Disaster management : an informative guide to managing and surviving disasters
/ Shirley L. Guillermo, Dolly T. Villaflor
- vii, 204 pages : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references.
Chapter 1: Our Disaster Prone Country Our disaster-prone country Basic concepts Climate change Geological factor Types of hazards Public strom signals Color coded rainfals advisories Water related hazard Safety precautions measures and sinkholes Flash flood Mass movement landslide Coastal erosion precautionary measure and sinkholes Tornado and safety precautions Drought Volcanoes in the philippines Types of volcanoes Warning sign of a volcanic eruptions Volcanic Hazard Volcanic Eruptions Precautionary Measures The Philippine is an Earthquake prone country Earthquake Preparedness Guide Earthquake Intensity Scale Earthquake safety in school Possible hazards in school What to expect during an earthquake What to do during an earthquake Stages of an Earthquake Drill Earthquake Related hazard Seismic Hazard Urban fire what to do before, during, and after Preparedness Guide and safety during a tsunami Natural signs of a tsunami Tsunami Alert level Distribution of active faults Chronological and Societal hazard Terrorism a hazard Responding to childs emotional need Common diseases during and after calamities Family disaster preparedness and emergency plan Chapter 2: Fundamentals Comprehensive Disaster Management Framework Understanding the process of managing disasters Understanding Local risk and Vulnerabilities Benchmark of a disaster - Prepared LGU Overview of existing CBDRRM projects and Progress in the country Role of local government in CBDRRM Key iniatives Chapter 3: Management Legal framework for NDRRMC National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council NDRRMC OPCEN Core Functions Hyogo Framework for actions Resource base Help from the world Humanitarian community Best practices of agencies towards disaster management