BAHAY, CHRISTIAN JAY L.

LEVEL OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AMONG UNIVERSITY OF

MINDANAO DIGOS COLLEGE STUDENTS

VARIABLE: awareness of disaster resilience

Introduction

This study requires the awareness of learners in coping with potential natural disaster
hazards. Although disaster risk reduction has been taught to the students, there is no
assurance that they have taken to heart the things they’ve learned. In our present
situation, we consistently experience natural and man-made hazards. We are in need of
most effective resiliency framework to the problem of disaster pliability and communities
need to be coped up with the international resiliency coping frameworks so that we
would be aware of what to do, as well as our school. Schools are responsible also for
sharing information and teaching as some of software plans and drills and orientations.
If this will be implemented throughout academe, then a drastic decrease of injuries and
casual case and rise of schools’ resiliency would occur.

Research objective

This study aims to determine their awareness of the dangers of disasters and their
ability to survive and cope with the changes that disasters bring.

1. To reduce the loss of life and livelihoods.

2. Making sure individuals, communities, and organizations are prepared for
disasters
3. Improving tolerance. Preventing losses and dangers. Providing relief to the affected
people.
4. To reduce, or avoid the potential losses from hazards, assure prompt and
appropriate assistance to victims of disaster, and achieve rapid and effective
recovery.
QUESTION

1. In your university/institution disaster plan, do you have a specific delineated role?

2. Have you personally experienced a disaster in the past?
3. Have you ever attended courses on disaster preparedness & response outside of your
university?
4. If you feel yourself insufficient for disaster preparedness and response, would you consider
taking another course on disaster preparedness and response in the future?
5. Do you know whether your university has any information on how it can prepare itself for a
disaster? (E.g. know emergency routes, meeting points, emergency telephone numbers,
obtaining emergency food and supplies)?
6. Do you have emergency contact number in your house?
7. Do you have knowledge about disaster management?
8. Have you attended any lecture on disaster management previously?
9. Do you store foods and drinking water for possible earthquakes?
10. It is important to prepare in advance in case a disaster(such as an earthquake,
fire, flood, etc.