DRRM 12 SUMMATIVE TEST

Severe disruption of a community or society’s day to day functioning that involves extensive physical, financial, material or ecological losses and its devastation.

• Calamities

• Hazards

• Disasters

• Injuries

It means planning and preparations employ to minimize the impact of a disaster.

• Mitigation

• Response

• Recovery Phase

• Injuries

Mobilization of forces done during and immediately after a calamitous event.

• Mitigation

• Response

• Recovery Phase

• Injuries

Slow return to normal life after a disaster.

• Mitigation

• Response

• Recovery Phase

• Injuries

When does Hazard become a Disaster?

• when they actually impact people and/or physical system

• when they combine with mitigation

• when they under recovery phase

• all of the above

It is cause by errors of man, either intentional or accidental.

• Natural Disaster

• Man-made Disaster

• Hazards

• Mitigation

Results from an environmental disturbance or peril that surpassed the coping capacity of the affected community.Ex.volcanic eruption, typhoon, tsunami,tornado,floods etc.

• Natural Disaster

• Man-made Disaster

• Hazards

• Mitigation

It involves identification and mapping of the elements at risk and the assessment of vulnerability.

• Risk Assessment

• Element at Risk

• Hazards

• Mitigation

It is used in estimating how much mitigation and preparedness measures will be applied.

• Risk Assessment

• Element at Risk

• Hazards

• Quantifying Vulnerability

Hydro meteorological / Hydrologic Hazards:

• Typhoons,tornado,Floods,Hailstorm

• Earthquake,Tsunami,Volcanic

• Disease,Epidemics,Pest Attacks

• Pollution,Deforestation,Desertification,Pest Infection