DRRM Lesson 4: Emergency Management and Disaster Preparedness

Preparedness entails pre-disaster activities that are undertaken within the context of disaster risk management and are based on sound risk analysis.

Emergency management is a top-down response with external agencies providing resources and services, while disaster preparedness involves going one step backward before a disaster to mitigate and possibly prevent its effects by safeguarding lives and assets.

Vulnerability is the condition determined by physical, social, economic, and environmental factors that increase the susceptibility of a community to the impact of disasters.

<p>Capacity refers to the combination of all the strengths and resources available within a community that can reduce the level of risk of a disaster.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The key components are prevention, mitigation, preparedness, relief/response, recovery, and development.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Felt earthquake, extreme lowering of sea level, noticeable rise and fall of coastal water, rumbling sound of approaching waves</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Run away from the shore toward a higher ground because a tsunami might have been triggered</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Active volcano is currently erupting or showing signs of eruption; potentially active volcano has erupted and then entered a long period of inactivity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Lava flow, pyroclastic flow, pyroclastic surges, tephra falls, ballistic projectiles, volcanic gas, lahar</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By preparedness planning and risk assessment</p> Signup and view all the answers