THE PHILIPPINE

DISASTER RISK AND

MANAGEMENT LAW
 REPUBLIC ACT NO.10121
(also known as PDRRM Act of 2010)
 An act strengthening the Philippine disaster risk
reduction and management system, providing
for the national disaster risk reduction and
management framework and institutionalizing
the national disaster risk reduction and
management plan appropriating funds therefor
and for other purposes.
 RA 10121 provides a comprehensive, all-hazard,
multi-sectoral , inter-agency, and community-
based approach to disaster risk management
through the formulation of the National Disaster
Risk Management Framework.
 A National Disaster Risk Management Plan
(NDRMP) is being formulated, developed,
and implemented as the master plan that will
provide the strategies, organization, tasks of
concerned agencies and local government
units, and other guidelines in dealing with
disasters or emergencies. Through this plan, a
coherent, integrated, efficient, and
responsive disaster risk management at all
levels will hopefully be achieved.
 Philippine Disaster Reduction and
Management Act (RA 10121) The Act shifted
the policy environment and the way the
country deals with disasters from mere
response to preparedness. ... Through this
plan, a coherent, integrated, efficient, and
responsive disaster risk management at all
levels will hopefully be achieved.
 The law also promotes the development of
capacities in disaster management at the
individual, organizational, and institutional
levels. A very important feature of this law is
its call for the mainstreaming of disaster risk
reduction in physical and land-use planning,
budget, infrastructure, education, health,
environment, housing, and other sectors.
 The act aims to incorportate internationally
accepted principles of disaster risk management
in the creation and implementation of national,
regional and local sustainable development and
poverty reduction strategies, policies, plans and
budgets. It seeks to adopt and implement a
coherent, comprehensive, integrated, efficient
and responsive disaster risk reduction program
of government adhering to the principles of
good governance.
PREPAREDNESS
DISASTER RESPONSE
SALIENT FEATURES OF RA 10121

 Good governance through transparency and

accountability
 Adherence to universal norms, principles, and
standards of humanitarian assistance.
 Coherence with the international framework.
 Strenghtened institutional mechanism for
DRRM
PROGRESS OF IMPLEMENTATION

 THE PHILIPPINE DRRM LAW WAS SIGNED

ON MAY 27, 2010
 IMPLEMENTATION OF RULES AND
REGULATION WAS SIGNED ON SEPTEMBER
AND TOOK EFFECT 15 DAYS AFTER.
 NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
AND MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK WAS
SIGNED ON JULY 16, 2011
Reasons Philippines is
Disaster Prone
1. Lies along the Typhoon Belt
Coastal Homes
Deforestation
“THE PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK
AND MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2010”
 APPROVED: May 27, 2010
 EFFECTIVE: June 24, 2010

“DRRM ACT IMPLEMENTING RULES AND

REGULATIONS”
APPROVED:September 27, 2010
EFFECTIVE:October 7, 2010