Development of Disaster Preparedness Plan for Rizal Technological University
Journal Title: International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology (IJRASET) - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 6
Abstract
Earthquakes, typhoons, floods, landslides, and volcanic eruptions are the major threats The Philippines has been encountering. The Philippines experience an average of twenty (20) cyclones annually, so basically, Filipinos are already used to or are adapting to these kinds of disasters; but not to earthquakes. Typhoons can be predicted; but earthquakes cannot. Waiting for an earthquake to happen is not the right time to plan. Disasters affect communities around the globe each year. The community should be resilient throughout a disaster. Each community should have a disaster preparedness program at all levels. To make the program successful, awareness on the program should be increased, action plans should be developed, and people of the comunity should be practicing them. Parents may feel that their children may be safe from man-made accidents when their children are in school, but not from natural disasters. How safe is safe enough? In case a disaster strikes, like an earthquake, both parents and students should know how to contact each other afterwards. Are they prepared for the disaster? Will they survive for the next one or two weeks after the calamity. School officials, teachers, personnel, and students must be always informed on disaster preparedness. There should be a disaster prepared program implemented in the school. One-time drills are not enough for awareness. Some students, even some teachers or administrators, usually do not participate since they are aware that it was only a drill. What about the actual earthquake? Are they prepared? Schools and universities should have a disaster preparedness handout given to students, teachers and administrators. The handout should provide information on what they should have in case of emergencies, like a strong earthquake. They should know what to do if the earthquake strikes when they are still inside the classrooms. The handout should indicate where the students, teachers and administrators should go incase of evacuation. There should be posters or signs seen in strategic locations on disaster preparedness. Preparedness is very important. There is no definite time to know when an earthquake will strike; how strong is it; and, how big is the area it will affect.
Authors and Affiliations
Helen Mercedes Asturias, Rowena Pila, , Remedios Basco
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