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Disaster Risk Reduction and

Management Program

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Disasternatural or man-made events wherein communities experience severe danger and incur loss of lives and properties causing disruption in its social structure and prevention of the fulfillment of all or some of the affected community’s functions.

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Different Types of Disasters

Natural- disasters caused by nature such as floods, typhoons, storm surges, climatic variability’s (El Nino. La Nina) earthquake, tsunami, volcanic eruptions, landslides and ground subsidence.

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Man-made disasters- disasters caused by man or involving human intervention such as fire, sea and air accidents, terrorist-initiated activities (radioactive fall-out, gas leaks), Civil strife, Oil Spill, pollution (solid waste, air, water, thermal), industrial accidents, red tide.

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 Disasters, whether natural or human-made, affect everyone, especially the poor, children, women and elderly who have the least capability to deal with disasters.

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Important Terms Associated with Disaster

Disaster Mitigation- the lessening or limitation of the adverse impacts of hazards and related disasters.

Disaster Preparedness- the knowledge effectively anticipate, respond to, and recover from, the impacts of likely, imminent or current hazard events or conditions.

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Disaster Prevention- the outright avoidance of adverse impacts of hazards and related disasters through action taken in advance.

Disaster Response- the provision of emergency services and public assistance during or immediately after a disaster in order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected.

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Disaster Risk- the potential losses in lives, health status, livelihood, assets and services, which could occur to a particular community or a society over some specified future time period.

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Disaster Risk Reduction-the concept and practice of reducing disaster risks through systematic efforts to analyze and manage the causal factors of disasters, including through reduced exposure to hazards, lessened vulnerability of people and property, wise management of land and the environment, and improved preparedness for adverse events.

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Disaster Risk Reduction and Management

- the systematic process of using administrative directives, organizations, and operational skills and capacities to implement strategies, policies and improved coping capacities in order to lessen the adverse impacts of hazards and the possibility of disaster. 

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Republic Act 10121“AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PROVIDING FOR THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK AND INSTITUTIONALIZING THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”.

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Important Aspects In Disaster Management

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