WorksheetsNSTP - Disaster Management
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Worksheet time: 28mins
The following are the most damaged places after the worst earthquake in the Philippines occurred except for one:
Baguio
Dagupan
Manila
Cabanatuan
On November 5, 1991 this typhoon caused a flashflood at Ormoc City in Leyte Province, killing at least 3000 people and destroying 50,000 homes
Typhoon Yolanda
Typhoon Thelma
Typhoon Haiphong
Typhoon Kammuri
This is the worst man-made disaster recorded to have occurred in the country.
50-foot garbage mountain at Payatas dumpsite Quezon City collapsed
Bocaue, Bulacan sank into the muddy Boaue River
Passenger ferry owned by Sulpicio Lines collided with an oil tanker off Mindoro Island
131 people were killed when a commercial airplane from Manila crashed in Samal Island
This is the worst festival tragedy recorded to have occurred in the country.
50-foot garbage mountain at Payatas dumpsite Quezon City collapsed
Bocaue, Bulacan sank into the muddy Bocaue River
Passenger ferry owned by Sulpicio Lines collided with an oil tanker off Mindoro Island
131 people were killed when a commercial airplane from Manila crashed in Samal Island
This is the worst sea accident recorded to have occurred in the country.
50-foot garbage mountain at Payatas dumpsite Quezon City collapsed
Bocaue, Bulacan sank into the muddy Boaue River
Passenger ferry owned by Sulpicio Lines collided with an oil tanker off Mindoro Island
131 people were killed when a commercial airplane from Manila crashed in Samal Island
This is the worst air accident recorded to have occurred in the country.
50-foot garbage mountain at Payatas dumpsite Quezon City collapsed
Bocaue, Bulacan sank into the muddy Boaue River
Passenger ferry owned by Sulpicio Lines collided with an oil tanker off Mindoro Island
131 people were killed when a commercial airplane from Manila crashed in Samal Island
This is the worst terrorist attack recorded to have occurred in the country.
Abu Sayyaf (Bearers of the Sword) group raided the Christian town of Ipil in Zamboanga del Norte province
Fire at Ozone disco along Timog Avenue in Quezon City
On July 16, 1990, an earthquake that registered 7.7on the Richter scale
A landslide that killed 58 people and buried over100 houses at Cherry Hills Subdivision in Antipolo City.
This is the worst fire accident recorded to have occurred in the country.
A landslide that killed 58 people and buried over100 houses at Cherry Hills Subdivision in Antipolo City.
On July 16, 1990, an earthquake that registered 7.7on the Richter scale
Fire at Ozone disco along Timog Avenue in Quezon City
131 people were killed when a commercial airplane from Manila crashed in Samal Island
This is the worst earthquake recorded to have occurred in the country.
A landslide that killed 58 people and buried over100 houses at Cherry Hills Subdivision in Antipolo City.
On July 16, 1990, an earthquake that registered 7.7on the Richter scale
Fire at Ozone disco along Timog Avenue in Quezon City
Abu Sayyaf (Bearers of the Sword) group raided the Christian town of Ipil in Zamboanga del Norte province
This is the worst landslide recorded to have occurred in the country.
50-foot garbage mountain at Payatas dumpsite Quezon City collapsed
Passenger ferry owned by Sulpicio Lines collided with an oil tanker off Mindoro Island
A landslide that killed 58 people and buried over100 houses at Cherry Hills Subdivision in Antipolo City.
On July 16, 1990, an earthquake that registered 7.7on the Richter scale
It is the continuous process in an effort to avoid or minimize the impact of disasters resulting from hazards.
Disaster Management
Risk Reduction
Disaster Preparedness
Mitigation
Is the discipline that involves preparing, warning, supporting and rebuilding societies when natural or man-made disasters occur.
Disaster Management
Risk Reduction
Disaster Preparedness
Mitigation
Effective disaster management relies on
thorough integration of _____ levels of government and non-government involvement.
Emergency plans at all departments
Emergency plans at all aspects
Emergency plans at all areas
Emergency plan at levels
Check those that are considered as goals of Disaster Management
Avoid or reduce the potential losses from hazards
Assure prompt and appropriate assistance to victims of disaster
Increase the preparedness of the community against disaster
Achieve rapid and effective recovery.
Process by which the government and the private sector plan for and reduce the impact of disasters
Mitigation
Risk Reduction
Disaster Management
Disaster Management Cycle
Appropriate actions at all points cycle lead to greater:
Preparedness
Better Warnings
Reduced Vulnerability
All of the above
When risk is high but perception is low.
Preparedness
Response
Emergency
Catastrophe
Disaster has struck and people need to know what to do next.
Disaster
Response
Mitigation
Emergency
It is a situation that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property, or environment.
Preparedness
Response
Emergency
Catastrophe
A momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin
Accident
Disaster
Catastrophe
Emergency
An unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally, typically resulting in damage or injury.
Accident
Emergency
Disaster
Catastrophe
Risk is imminent and the community needs detailed explanation
Catastrophe
Accident
Preparedness
Response
The action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something.
Response
Preparedness
Mitigation
Risk Reduction
Includes actions taken to save lives, prevent damage to property, and to preserve the environment during emergencies or disasters.
Response
Recovery
Mitigation
Risk Reduction
It is the implementation of action plans.
Response
Recovery
Mitigation
Risk Reduction
Includes actions that assist a community to return to a sense of normalcy after a disaster.
Recovery
Mitigation
Risk Reduction
Prevention
Any activity that reduces either the chance of a hazard taking place or a hazard turning into disaster.
Response
Recovery
Mitigation
Risk Reduction
It includes building codes; zoning and land use management; regulations and safety codes; preventive healthcare; and public education.
Response
Recovery
Mitigation
Risk Reduction
Anticipatory measures and actions that seek to avoid future risks as a result of a disaster.
Risk Reduction
Prevention
Preparedness
Response
Avoiding a disaster at the eleventh hour.
Risk reduction
Prevention
Mitigation
Response
Includes activities which actually eliminate or reduce the probability of disaster occurrence, or reduce the effects of unavoidable disasters.
Preparedness
Response
Mitigation
Prevention
Plans to save lives and property and help the response and rescue service operations.
Mitigation
Prevention
Preparedness
Risk Reduction
This phase covers implementation/operation, early and
warning systems and capacity building so the population will react appropriately when a nearly warning is issued.
Preparedness
Risk Reduction
Mitigation
Response
Check those that are considered to be the reason for disaster
Rapid population growth
Concentration of populations in high-risk areas like floodplains, landslide-prone slopes and seismic zones
Capital Development; destruction of marches by real estate developers
Man-made destruction, for example deforestation, lessened ecosystem resilience to disaster
Growing poverty means more lives in increasingly substandard housing
Check those that are considered as natural disasters:
Earthquakes/Tsunamis
Typhoons
Drought
Fire
Air and Water Pollution
The following are considered as man-made disasters except:
War
Fire
Air and Water Pollution
Drought
An unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally, typically resulting in damage or injury
Accident
Disaster
Emergency
Catastrophe
A sudden, calamitous event that seriously disrupts the functioning of a community or society and causes human, material, and economic or environmental losses that exceed the community's or society's ability to cope using its own resources.
Accident
Disaster
Emergency
Catastrophe
A serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action.
Accident
Disaster
Emergency
Catastrophe
An event causing great and often sudden damage or suffering; a disaster.
Accident
Disaster
Emergency
Catastrophe
Lack of proper nutrition, caused by not having enough to eat, not eating enough of the right things, or being unable to use the food that one does eat.
Malnutrition
Poor Health
Inadequate basic services
Unemployment
Is a condition of inability to perform physically, mentally or socially of what is required from a person.
Malnutrition
Poor Health
Inadequate basic services
Unemployment
Lack of access to water, sanitation, drainage, light, education
Malnutrition
Poor Health
Inadequate basic services
Unemployment
When someone could work and wants to work but is unable to find a suitable job.
Malnutrition
Poor Health
Inadequate basic services
Unemployment
Which of the following are considered as resource depletion
Forest denudation
Soil erosion
Genetic erosion
Marine pollution
All of the above
Effective warning messages must be clear and use simple language
True
False
Effective warning messages should be NOT repetitive
True
False
Effective warning messages should contain Information on technical consequences
True
False
Effective warning messages consider: Community –clearly precautions and action
True
False
Effective warning messages should be convincing and consistent
True
False
The following are principles of disaster preparedness except for one:
Emergency plans should be made
The risk must be known
Vulnerability must be known
Mitigation measures must be in place
Preparedness system must be in readiness
Check those that are under disaster preparedness
Effective Warning Message
Emergency Plans
Land Use Planning
Public Awareness
Public awareness considers the following except:
Mitigation Awareness
Disaster Awareness
Emergency Response Awareness
Preparedness Awareness
