DRRR

This refers to the potential loss of life, injury, or destroyed or damaged assets which could occur to a system, society, or a community in a specific period of time.

• Disaster

• Disaster Risk

• Hazard

• Vulnerability

A situation or occurrence with the capacity to bring damages to lives, properties, and the environment.

• Disaster

• Disaster Risk

• Hazard

• Vulnerability

A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic, or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources.

• Disaster

• Disaster Risk

• Hazard

• Vulnerability

The Philippines is said to be disaster prone because _____________.

• We are near the equator.

• We are near the Sun.

• We are located near the Pacific Ring of Fire

• We are located near the Southernmost part of the hemisphere.

It is defined as composed of several physical, social, environmental, or economic factors that increase the susceptibility of a population or community to a hazard.

• Disaster

• Disaster Risk

• Hazard

• Vulnerability

This refers to those people or properties which are directly affected by natural disasters.

• Capacity

• Risk

• Vulnerability

• Exposure

It is related to natural phenomena that occur on Earth with or without warning.

• Man-made disasters

• Biological disasters

• Natural disasters

• Socio Natural disasters

Which of the following BEST describes hazard?

• loss of life or injury naturally

• a phenomenon or human activity

• potentially damaging physical event

• reduction of vulnerability and exposure

Which among the groups suffer more adverse effects when an earthquake causes disaster?

• men and women

• children and women

• old persons and women

• old persons and children

How would you generally describe the effects of disaster in one's life?

• Older people are more vulnerable

• Children's capacity to cope depends on their parents

• Psychologically; men, women, children, and older people have their own degree of fear towards disaster.

• The degree of impact of disaster varies from one person to another.