Primer On The Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
Primer On The Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
Primer On The Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
Acknowledgement
This primer was written by Atty. Eunice AgsaoaySao, with editorial and design support provided
by Allan Vera.
This primer is intended to serve as an aid to
understanding and popularizing the DRRM Act. It
is by no means intended to replace the actual
text of the law.
If there are any inconsistency in this primer with
the actual provisions of the law, the text of the
law shall prevail.
The DRRM Act
The Hyogo
Framework of Action
Strategic Goals:
a. Effective integration of disaster risk considerations into
sustainable development policies, planning and
programming at all levels disaster prevention,
mitigation, preparedness and vulnerability reduction.
b. Development and strengthening of institutions,
mechanisms and capacities at all levels.
c. Systematic incorporation of risk reduction approaches
into the design and implementation of emergency
preparedness, response and recovery programmes in
the reconstruction of affected communities.
Structure
Disaster Risk
Reduction
Governance
Governance
Capacity
Formulation of a national institutional capability building
program for disaster risk reduction and management of the
NDRRMC to address specific weaknesses of various
government agencies and LGUs, based on the results of a
biennial baseline assessment and studies (Sec. 6.1).
Periodic awareness & education programs to accommodate
newly elected officials & members of the LDRRMCs through
the DRRM Training Institutes (Sec. 9.1 par. 3)
Constitution of a technical management group to
coordinate and meet as often as necessary to effectively
manage and sustain national efforts on DRRM (Sec. 6.o).
Standards
Formulation of national standards by the OCD in
carrying out disaster risk reduction programs.
This includes preparedness, mitigation,
prevention, response and rehabilitation works,
from data collection and analysis, planning,
implementation, monitoring and evaluation
(Sec. 9.d).
Formulation of standard operating procedures in
all aspects of DRRM including coordination
before and after disasters at all levels (Sec.
9.g).
Penalties
Penalizing public officers who are found guilty
beyond reasonable doubt of committing
prohibited acts. Noteworthy is dereliction of
duties which leads to destruction, loss of lives,
critical damages of facilities and misuse of
funds (Sec. 19)
Risk Assessment
Knowledge Management
Vulnerability
Reduction
Before, the local calamity fund can only be used after a declaration
of a state of calamity.
Now, the fund has been renamed as the DRRM Fund and is
encouraged to be used to fund activities to reduce vulnerabilities.
It can be used:
At the local level, the LDRRMO through the LDRRMC and the
LDC shall submit the proposed programming of the LDRRMF
to the local sanggunian (Sec. 12.c.7)
It shall submit the report on the utilization of the LDRRMF and
other dedicated DRRM resources to the local Commission on
Audit (COA) (Sec. 12.c.24)
Releases, utilization, accounting and auditing of the LDRRMF
shall be monitored and shall be in accordance with the
guidelines and procedures by the NDRRMC (Sec. 6.i; Sec.
22.d)
The LDRRM Plan shall be the basis for the use and
disbursement of the local DRRM fund. This shall be monitored
by the LDRRMC (Sec. 21).
Disaster
Preparedness
Disaster Response
Prohibitions and Penalties
It is the primary responsibility of
government to respond to disasters.
Humanitarian agencies start to help
only if the government is unable or
unwilling to respond to the needs of
all affected people.