National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Plan

Disaster Preparedness According to the Word Disaster Report of 2012, The Philippines ranks third of the
most disaster-prone countries. Because it is situated on a geologically unstable region and is surrounded
by many subduction zones that may cause earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, typhoon and
tsunamis, it is impossible to stop natural disasters from hitting our country; all we can do is to manage
risks. The National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Plan is established to become the basis of
programs and proposals to help make the communities be disaster resilient and has four areas of
responsibility that are interlinked, supporting each other.

One of these key priorities of the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Plan is disaster
preparedness. It aims to increase the level of awareness of the communities to the threats and impacts
of all hazards and risks, to equip the community with necessary skills to cope with the negative effects
and to increase capacity of institutions One of the main goals of disaster preparedness is to increase the
level of awareness of the communities to the threats and impacts of all hazards and risks. This is due to
some Filipino's lack of knowledge about the geographical situation of the country and that probably,
only a few knows the reasons why the Philippines gets hit by natural disasters very often Some familles
may live in a geologically unstable location or near a water body that might be hit by natural hazards any
time

To help strengthen the disaster preparedness of the society the National Disaster Risk Reduction
Management Plan also aims to equip the communities with necessary skills and capability to cope with
the impacts of the disaster. This serves as the second step towards the effective disaster preparedness
because information dissemination is not enough. Filipinos need to be trained for them to know what
proper measures are to be undertaken before, during and after a calamity. Through the coordination of
Department of Interior and Local Government, the Office of Civil Defense and other government
agencies like the Armed Forces of the Philippines Department of Education, Department of Health
Department of Social Welfare and Development and Philippine National Police, vanous activities and
programs such as, trainings and simulation exercises in disaster preparedness and response, integration
of DRRM and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) to school curricula and establishment of DRRM training
institutes to conduct education, training, research and publication programs were developed and
implemented to accomplish the target. As a part of this program, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology
and Seismology, releases guides on earthquake preparedness to reduce the impacts

This is due to some Filipino's lack of knowledge about the geographical situation of the country and that
probably, only a few knows the reasons why the Philippines gets hit by natural disasters very often Some
familles may live in a geologically unstable location or near a water body that might be hit by natural
hazards any time, but how do they know?

This way, people will easily understand these calamities thus letting them be more prepared when
disasters strikeTo help strengthen the disaster preparedness of the society the National Disaster Risk
Reduction Management Plan also aims to equip the communities with necessary skills and capability to
cope with the impacts of the disaster.

The support of government and non-government sectors are necessary to equip the community with
essential skills to cope with the effects of a disaster so that people will have emotional stability, too The
Department of Interior and Local Government through the help of other government agencies leads
actions such as: accreditation of Non-Government Organizations, development of local DRRM plan,
administration of risk assessments, contingency planning, knowledge management and training
activities, inventory of resources, stockpilling and prepositioning of resources and establishment of
DRRM Operations Center to ensure self-reliant and operational DRRM councils and fully-functioning
adequately staffed and financially capable local DRRM offices.