DRRR  Powerplant

Disaster – are inherently unexpected or come  Fuel resources, pumpline and pumps
quickly with little or no warning.  Power generating plants and lines
Impacts of Disaster  Multipurpose plants, water tanks, and
•Medical Effects - traumatic injuries, emotional lines.
stress, epidemic disease and indegeneous  Food Processing Facilities
disease. c. Transportation Lifelines
•Damage to Critical Facilities -  Highways, bridges, railway, tunnel
communication, installation, electrical  Bus facilities
generating and transmission facilities,  Port and Harbor
hospitals, water facilities and other public and  Airport and ranways
private buildings. d. Utility Lifelines
•Disruption of transportation - disrupred by  Portable water, waste water, pipeline
broken bridges roads, and streets that are distribution
tendered possible by landslide and floods.  Oil and gas
•Economic impact - disaster disrupt  Communication and distribution lines
economies as normal business operations and
other economic activities.
•Global environmental change - more severe
cyclonic storms increase in born flooding and
drought redused by productivity in the oceans
and weakened immune systems of people and
animals.
Hazard – is a situation or occurrence with
capacity to bring damages to lives, properties,
and the environment.
Types of Hazards
1. Natural Hazards
2. Human – made
3. Combination or Socionatural Hazards
Elements at Risk
 People
 Properties
 Economic Activities
 Private and Public Services
Disaster Risk – Casualties, property loses or
damges
Exposure – lack of awareness about the range
of consequences of hazard event is the reason
why many natural hazards for granted.
Vulnerability – According to UNDP it is the
degree of loss given element at risk at a certain
severity level.
List of Physical Elements exposed to various
hazards
a. Essential Facilities
 Educational
 Medical and Health Care
 Emergency (Fire, Police, Evacuation)
 Government Offices
 Recreational or Tourist
 Place of Worship
 Bank and Financial Centers
 Market and Shipping Centers
 Cementeries
b. Industrial and High Potential and Hazard
Containing Facilities
 Dams and Ponds