Assessing and preparedness for earthquake disaster in Salaf-Khalaf Islamic Boarding School

Abstract

Trenggalek is an earthquake-vulnerable area because it is located in the subduction zone of the Indo-Australian and Eurasian plates. Therefore, it is necessary to have the preparedness of the people who live there in order to reduce disaster risk. The Islamic boarding school that was there was also affected by the disaster. Santri have a high risk of experiencing a disaster because they live in the Islamic boarding school. There have been many studies related to the preparedness of the community and school students, but not many studies related to santri’s preparedness. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to analyze the level of santri’s preparedness against the earthquake disaster in Trenggalek. The research method is a quantitative description using questionnaires and interviews. The sample amounted to 30 and was obtained by stratified random sampling. Data analysis uses the earthquake preparedness index. The results showed that 10% were classified as extremely prepared, 35% were classified as prepared, 43% were classified as unprepared, and 17% were classified as extremely unprepared. This happens because of the lack of knowledge of students about the vulnerability of disasters that exist around the Islamic boarding school and the disaster mitigation efforts.