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Republic Act 10121 is known as the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of ______.
2010
Disaster is a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability and security of the affected community to cope using its own ______.
resources
The act strengthens the Philippines' disaster risk reduction and management system by providing a framework and institutionalizing the national risk reduction and management plans as well as appropriating ______.
funds
Disaster mitigation is the lessening or limitation of adverse effects of ______ and related disasters.
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Disaster preparedness includes the knowledge and capabilities needed by an institution and/or an individual to anticipate and respond to and recover for the impacts of the ______.
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Disaster response is the provision of services and assistance during and immediately after a ______. It is short-term relief.
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Rehabilitation ensures that the affected community is able to restore their normal functioning ability. 7. Risk is the combination of the probability of an event and its negative ______.
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Risk management is the systematic approach and practice of managing uncertainly to minimize potential harm and ______.
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Vulnerability means the characteristics and circumstances of a community, system or asset, that make it susceptible to the damaging effects of a ______.
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The Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) was tasked in formulating and implementing the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan (NDRRMP). NDRRMP aims to strengthen the capability of both national and local government with partner stakeholders on how to build disaster resilient ______.
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It also outlines how to institutionalize arrangement and measures for reducing disaster ______.
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The vision of the framework is toward a safer, adaptive and disaster-resilient Filipino communities towards sustainable ______.
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To achieve its vision, there is a need for continuous and sustained conduct of disaster risk assessments of hazards, exposures, vulnerability and capabilities of the communities and mainstreaming of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaption (CCA) into development ______.
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The framework defines the four priority areas which correspond to the structure of the National Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC), such as: 1. disaster prevention and ______.
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Disaster ______.
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Disaster ______.
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