CAPITOL UNIVERSITY

Cagayan de Oro City

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

LESSON PACKET

SUBJECT: DISASTER RISK AND READINESS

ESSENTIAL TOPICS:
- Concept of disaster and disaster risk
- Nature of disaster
- Effects of disaster
LESSON CODE:W1L1
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the lesson, you will be able to:
 Differentiate the meaning of disaster and disaster risk
 Differentiate the effects of disaster on one’s life
 Analyze disaster from different perspectives (physical, psychological, socio-cultural, economic,
political, and biological)

Identify the following event that is happening in the picture.

1. _____________ 3. ______________

2. ______________ 4. ______________
 LESSON 1
NATURE OF DISASTER AND
DISASTER RISK

What do you need to know?

Concept of hazard, disaster, and disaster risk

Hazard - is a threat or harm that has the potential to

cause damage to a person or community.

Disaster - is any event that causes widespread human,

economic, and environmental loses or impacts that seriously
disrupt the normal functioning of a community. Pictures
above (Module Jumpstart) are examples of disasters.

Disaster risk – may be specified to a location or condition

of a community. It determines the tendency of a
community to face disasters.

Example: the disaster risk of volcanic eruption for a community

Living 1000 km away from the volcano is lower compared with
that of a community that is living 100 km near the volcano.
 TYPES OF DISASTER
Natural disasters Man-made disasters, also called
technological disasters
are devastated outcomes from
natural hazards such as Earthquakes. Are destructions from man-made
hazards such as bomb explosions.

EFFECTS OF DISASTERS
According to measurable severity, the effects of disasters are primary, secondary, and tertiary in nature.

Primary effects are direct

situations arising from the disaster
itself. Example: There’s a typhoon, it can
cause primary effect such as flooding
and damage to property.

Secondary effects are situations

resulting from the primary
effects
Example: Disruption of electrical and
water services because of the typhoon.

Tertiary effects are those that are

not experienced as a disaster is
taking place but can be felt some Example: Lack of livelihood due to
time after the disaster has occurred. destruction of farmland.
PERSPECTIVES ON DISASTERS

PERSPECTIVES DEFINITION Examples

Cracks on the main roads may require a
detour.

The altered or
removed structures
Physical that change the
landscape, and
accessibility of an
area

Anxiety, shock, terror, trauma, depression and

etc.
.
Refers to the
people’s
Psychological emotional,
cognitive, or
interpersonal
reaction to
difficulties.

Display of ‘bayanihan’ where Filipinos help

each other in times of crisis.

Centers on the
response of the
Sociocultural people, victims or
not, to emergency
situations.

Disruptions in the flow of goods and services.

Focuses on the
disruption of
Economic economic
activities.
 Developing plans and policies related to
disaster risk reduction and recovery plans.
Deals with how the
government
services are used to
reduce loss or
Political damage by
preparing for and
preventing
disasters.

Virus transmission
Takes into
Biological consideration the
potential for
infectious diseases
after a disaster
takes place.

1. How can you prepare from a natural disaster?

2. As a student, what are the things that you need to do after a disaster?
3. How can you help other people from a disaster?

Disaster and Risk Management (Diwa)

Aira. (2017, December 22). Different perspectives of a disaster-TEAM BAHA [Video]. YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTpgqdpkhWk