CDM

Comprehensive Disaster Management

Ever wonder which government organization is responsible for the management of disaster should a catastrophic event occurred? Or else, instead the private or NGO corporation are the ones who are responsible when there is a calamity? Actually, the body or structure that is responsible for disaster management is known as the CRC, crisis response centre.

This centre is responsible for the management of disaster either man-made or natural. Also, they are the ones who are in charge during the process. They have to coordinate and manage the flow of aid internally and externally. Internal aids are those involved in the fieldwork. For example, the search & rescue teams, medical doctors who are specialize in emergency and disaster medicine, nurses, rescue volunteers, soldiers, paramedics, and many more. As for the external aid, the examples are the NGOs, the central government, the private companies or sectors, and multilateral agencies as well as other organizations.

In Jogjakarta, the crisis response centre in charge is known as the BNPB, Badan nasional Penaggulangan Bencana. They will command the local government (BPBK/KT) and the governor (BPBP) coordinate and cooperate with them in handling their respective districts and regions. Besides that, the BNPB will collaborate with the district health office and the provincial office in aiding the refugees and victims of the disaster. Monetary funding will be provided from the Ministry of Health where the revenue will be relayed to the BNPB for purchasing the resources needed to support the refugees.

The resources are listed in the following:

· medicines

· health supplies / kits

· water and environmental health

· food

· logistic / administration

· shelter-electrical-construction

· personal needs / education

· human resources

· agriculture / livestock

· unclassified / others

Basically, the main thing to handle or manage a disaster is to follow the disaster conceptual framework which has 6 main components. The components are hazard, risk, events, impact, damage and disaster. From there, we can develop a few actions that composed of prevention, preparedness, mitigation, resilience and recovery development to help in the management of the disaster.

Hazard is the physical effects generated in the naturally occurring event. Another definition is a dangerous condition or events that threatens or have the potential for causing injury to life or damage to property or the environment.

Risk is defined as a measure of the expected losses (deaths, injuries, property, economic activity etc) due to hazard of a particular magnitude occurring in a given area over a specific time period.

Event is the realization of hazard. Impact is the contact between an event and society. Damage is the negative result from the impact of an event. After damage, there would be a change of social function where if there is a need of external aid for recovery then it is called a disaster. If there is no external aid needed then it is just an event.

Here I discussed about the 6 main components of the framework and its definitions and as for their respective actions, I will discuss it at my next post. So stay connected with my next post. Lastly, I would like to conclude that practice makes perfect therefore it is better to do the planning, prevention, mitigation and also the management before the disaster happen so that to provide the best service and support to those who require them.

References:

Lecture Notes Block 4.2 (Conceptual Framework of Disaster and Disaster Management, Logistic Management Support, and Preparedness, Response, and Recovery)