Level of Awareness on Disaster Preparedness

Abstract

This paper investigated the Level of Awareness on Disaster Preparedness of the residents of Mimbalot, Buru-un, Iligan City. Stakeholders, community, and the school focal people were involved in this project. Purok Enablers and Purok Presidents, who facilitated the survey, were subjected to orientation on how to conduct the survey. The collection of data started with the giving of the survey forms to the residents using the researcher–made a survey written in native language (Sinugbuanong Bisaya) for clear understanding. The processes of the project start from gathering, analyzing, and reporting the data gathered. After gathering and analyzing the data, result revealed that respondents are vulnerable to the presence of trees and more than half of them don’t have emergency exits, kits, and hotlines. With the result, respondents were given brochures and leaflets to be oriented and educated of the importance of being prepare during emergencies in addition to involving them in earthquake and fire drills, and meetings on disaster risk management in the school.