DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND

MODULE
MANAGEMENT
4
What is Disaster risk reduction?
What is Disaster risk management?
 Learning Objectives:

At the end of this modular unit, students are expected to:

• Be aware of the key statute and international conventions that underpin disaster risk reduction and
management and other emergencies;
• Understand the operational concepts, structures and priority actions relative to the Philippines
Disaster Management Systems;
• Verbalize the basic concepts and principles involving disaster risk reduction and management;
• Relate the factors a disaster risk reduction practitioner would use to determine the vulnerability of
a population to a natural hazard;
• Identify risk reduction and preparedness activities that will reduce vulnerability, mitigate the
impact of emergencies and support efforts to prevent conflict and civil unrest,
• Explain how poverty can contribute to vulnerability to natural hazards, and Create contingency
plan based on likely emergencies in their respective schools/communities.
Overview
As an archipelago located at the south-eastern part of Asia, the Philippines is
exposed to both climatic and geological hazards. It is situated in the Pacific
Ring of Fire where two major tectonic plates, the Pacific Plate and the
Eurasian Plate meet. With several fault line crossing the country, earthquakes
could have very devastating effects. There are 220 volcanoes, 22 of which are
classified as active (NDCC 2008)

The Philippines Is also located along the typhoon belt on the North Pacific
Basin in the Pacific where 75 percent of the typhoons originate. There are 20
to 30 typhoons passing through the country, 5-7 of which can be destructive
(NDCC 2008). As a consequence of extreme rainfall events, flash floods,
flooding and landslides have become more prevalent since 2000.
 INPUT NO. 1. OVERVIEW OF THE PHILIPPINE
DISASTER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

1. Republic Act No. 10121, known as the “Philippine Disaster Risk and Management
(PORR1. Republic Act No. 10121, known as the “Philippine Disaster Risk and
Management (PORRM) Act of 2010”

“An Act of Strengthening the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
System, Providing for the National for the National Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Framework and Institutionalizing the National Disaster Risk Reduction
and Management Plan, Appropriating Funds Therefore and For Other Purposes”
 Sections 2. Declaration Policy

1. Upholding people’s right to life and property and adherence to internationally

accepted principles, norms and standards for capacity building in DRRM and
humanitarian assistance;
2. Adoption of a holistic, comprehensive, integrated, proactive and multi-sector
approach in addressing the impacts of disasters, including climate change;
3. Development, promotion and implementation of a comprehensive National Disaster
Risk Reduction and Management Plan (NDRRMP);
4. Mainstreaming DRR and Climate Change in national and local development plans
and development processes (e.g. policy formulation, socio-economic development
planning, budgeting and governance);
5. Mainstreaming DRR into the peace process and conflict resolution;
6. Ensuring DRR and CC-Gender responsive measures, sensitive to indigenous
knowledge and respect of human rights;
7. Strengthening capacity building of LGUs on DRR (e.g. decentralized
powers, responsibilities, resources) and vulnerable and marginalized groups;
6. Engaging the participation of CSOs, private sectors and volunteers in DRR;
9. Promotion of breastfeeding before and during a disaster or emergency, and
10. Ensuring maximum care, assistance and services to affected individuals and
families.
 Salient features of PDRRM Act of 2010

1. Policy Statements and Terminologies on DRRM (Secs 2 & 3)

2. Institutional Mechanics (Secs. 5-12)

A. DRRMs (National, Regional, Provincial, City and Municipal Level and Barangay
Development Council at the barangay level);
B. Office of civil Defense
C. Permanent Office on DRRM at the LGU Level; Barangay DRRM Committee
D. Disaster Volunteers
 
3.Operational Mechanics (Secs 15-18)
A. Coordination during Emergencies
B. Declaration of State of Calamity
C. Remedial Measures
D. Mechanism for the IHAN

4. Participation, Accreditation, Mobilization, Protection and Development of

Disaster Volunteers

5. Training and Education in DRR

A. Establishment pf DRRM Training Institutes
B. Mandatory Training in DRR for Public Sector Employees
C. Integration of DRR in school curricula, training for.out-of-school youth
Sangguniang Kabataan, and informal training.
R.A. No. 10121 (Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management (PDRRRM) Act of 2010)
• 21 years in the making
• 7 congresses
• 4 administrations
• Signed into law on May 27, 2010 by then President Gloria M. Arroyo

R.A. No. 10121 provides for:

• Strategies/approaches
• Policies Administration
• Institution
• Actors
• Financial Sustainability
 II. The National Disaster Risk Reduction
Management Council (NDRRMC)

Leading the collaborative efforts in disaster preparedness planning and mitigation, as well as
disaster response operations and rehabilitations both in the government and private sectors is the
NDRRMC. It is the highest policy-making coordinating and supervising body at the national level
chaired by the Secretary of National Defense thru the Executive Director of the Office Defense
(OCD), and has fourteen (14) departments and thirty nine (39) line agencies as members.

The NDRRMC is also responsible for advising the President of the Republic of the Philippines on
the status of the national disaster preparedness programs and management plans, disaster
operations, and rehabilitation efforts of all stakeholders; and it also recommends to the President the
declaration of the state of calamity and the release of the national calamity fund needed.
 III. The Office of Civil Defense (OCD)

The Office of Civil Defense (OCD), officially established on July 1, 1973, serves as the executive
arm and secretariat of the NDRRMC. The OCD formulates and implements the National Disaster
Risk Reduction Management Plan (NDRRMP). It has in its vision a service-oriented organization,
prepared population and a safe nation. Its mission is to basically administer a comprehensive
national civil defense and civil assistance program by providing leadership in the continuous
development of measures to reduce risk to communities and manage the consequence of disasters.

As the nerve center for alert and monitoring, resource mobilization, response coordination, and
information management, it has the primary task of coordinating the activities and functions of
various government agencies and instrumentalities, private institutions and civic organizations for
the protection and preservation of life and property during emergencies.
IV.Organization Network

The Philippine Disaster Management System (PDMS), as embodied in Presidential

Decree No.1566 and RA 19121, is carried out a various political subdivisions and
administrative regions of the country through the National Disaster Risk Reduction
and Management Council (NDRRMC);, 17 Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Councils (RDRRMC); 80 Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Councils (PDRRMC), 113 City Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Councils (CDRRMC), 1,496 Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Councils (MDRRMC) and 41,958 Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction
and Management Councils (BRRMC) respectively.
 I. Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (LDRRMO) (Section 12, PDRRM Act)

A. It is established in every province, city and municipality, and a Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
Committee (BDRRMC) in every barangay.

B. Responsibility-setting the direction, development, implementation and coordination of disaster risk management
programs within their territorial jurisdiction.

C. The LDRRMO shall be under the office of the governor, city or municipal mayor, and the punong barangay in case of
the BDRRMC. The LDRRMOS shall be initially organized and composed of a DRRMO to be assisted by three (3) staff
responsible for:
1. administration and training;
2. research and planning; and
3. operations and warning. The LDRRMOS and the BDRRMCS shall organize, train and directly supervise the local
emergency response teams and the ACDVs.
 II. Accreditation, Mobilization, and Protection of Disaster Volunteers and
National Service Reserve Corps, Civil Society Organizations and the
Private Sector (Section 13, PDRRM Act)

A. The government agencies, CSOs, private sector and LGUS may mobilize
individuals or organized volunteers to augment their respective personnel complement
and logistical requirements in the delivery of disaster risk reduction programs and
activities.

B. The agencies, CSOs, private sector, and LGUs concerned shall take full
responsibility for the enhancement, welfare and protection of volunteers, and shall
submit the list of volunteers to the OCD, through the LDRRMOS, for accreditation
and inclusion in the database of community disaster volunteers.
 Ill. Integration of DRR Education into the School Curricula and
Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Program and Mandatory Training for the
Public Sector Employees (Section 14, PDRRM Act)
 
A. The DepED, the CHED, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), in
coordination with the OCD, the National Youth Commission (NYC), the DOST, the DENR, the
DILG-BFP, the DOH, the DSWD and other relevant agencies, shall integrate disaster risk reduction
and management education in the school curricula of secondary and tertiary level of education,
including National Service Training Program (NSTP), whether private or public, including formal
and nonformal, technical-vocational, indigenous learning, and out-of-school youth courses and
programs.

B. The NDRRMC, the RDRRMCs, the LDRRMCs, the LDRRMOs, the BDRRMCs and thSK councils
shall encourage community, specifically the youth, participation in disaster risk reduction and
management activities.
THANK
YOU!