Mitigation

Earthquake

Our community lives in a city where buildings and other structures are made. Due to our barangay located at Quezon City and being known as the heart of Metro Manila, we are prone to some disaster risk such as flooding, earthquakes, fire and epidemic.
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Most Houses and Buildings in our local community are made up of cement, concrete, bricks and stone. However, some houses are created with woods and other materials, and most buildings use cheap materials to save money.

Once the earthquake occurs in our area, there are safety places that the government provides for us to evacuate.There are also assigned people who rescue the community if the earthquake occurs in our community.

Theses tents will improve social distancing

Typhoon

To start off, our community is surrounded by buildings since our community lives in a city where buildings and other structures are made. Due to our barangay located at Quezon City and being known as the heart of Metro Manila, we are prone to some disaster risk such as flooding, earthquakes, fire and epidemic.

Most Houses in the local community are made up of cement, concrete, bricks and stone. However some homes are created with woods and other materials that makes the houses stay longer. Aside from this flooding, some environmental disasters are prone to our area.

Once the typhoon hits our area, there are evacuation centers that the government has prepared for us to go on. There are also assigned people who can rescue the community if a typhoon hitted our community.

Since some of the residents in our community must practice and learn about typhoons and other weather disturbances, their signs and warnings, effects and dangers and how to protect the people, records and property, the following points are the must to know to prevent you and your family from regretting what you have done wrong during the happening of typhoon.

Signs and warnings:

-Strong winds
-Dark clouds
-Sea level start to rise

Possible effect and danger:

-Flooding
-Violent winds
-Extreme high tides
-Lost their source of income

This following may protect the community

-Listen to the radio or TV for information and keep your radio handy
-Secure your home, close storm shutters and secure outdoor objects or bring them indoors
-Avoid using the phone, except for serious emergencies.
-Ensure a supply of water for sanitary purpose such as cleaning and flushing toilets: fill the bathtub and other larger containers with water
-Find out how to keep food safe during and after an emergency
-Go to the nearest evacuation center immediately after the end of the typhoon.

Preparedness

The following is information that we must be aware of in advance of an earthquake or any other disaster.

Must have items of a Go Bag: The go bag contains important information items needed for your family to survive.

Food

-Canned Goods (meat, vegetables, and fruits)
-Instant coffee
Food for infant and elderly people

Water

-Bring at least 2 gallons of water

First Aid Kit

- Scissor
-Tweezers
-Alcohol
-Thermometer
-Over the counter drugs (biogesic and diatabs)
-Cotton
-Bandage
-Safety pins
-Gauze pads and roll
-Face Mask
-Face Shield

Communication

-Radio
-Whistle
-Flashlight

Personal Supplies

-Important documents
-Spare money
-Mobile phones
-Power banks or charger
-Clothes
-Sleeping bags
Emergency kit

Once a typhoon occurs to the barangay, the local people prepare what must their family and oneself prepare before the actual sudden natural event (typhoon) occurs. Assigned jobs are ready to serve anytime. Here are the people that can help the community out:
QC Emergency hotline – 122
QC DPOS Rescue - 928-4396
QC Radio Communications Service Office - 922-3227 / 927-8827
QC Fire Department - 927-4444/ 920-1378
QC Central Police District - 924-3111
QC Red Cross - 433-2151 to 52 Hotline No. 920-3672 Blood Center: 433-6568
National Emergency Numbers
Police Assistance (including fire and ambulance assistance) – 117
Civil Defense Operation Center (for extreme emergencies caused by disaster/ calamities like typhoons, floods, earthquakes and the like) - 911-5061
Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) – 136
MERALCO - Call Center: 16211
Maynilad Water Services – 1626
Manila Water Company – 1627
Repair Services – 173
Globe Telecom - 730-1000 – Information
Smart Communications - 888-1111/ 811-0211 - Information
NDRRMC (task to prepare and respond to a natural calamities like Typhoon and Earthquakes )

Evacuation Center

Things to do when Earth quakes occur:

-Duck
-Cover
-Hold
Things to do(earthquake)

Step during an Earthquake:

-Check yourself and others if they are injured. Provide first aid for anyone who needs it.
-Check water, gas, and electric lines for damage. If any are damaged, shut off the valves. Check for the smell of gas. If you smell it, open all the windows and doors, leave immediately, and report it to the authorities (use someone else's phone).
-Turn on the radio. Don't use the phone unless it's an emergency.
-Stay out of damaged buildings.
-Be careful around broken glass and debris. Wear boots or sturdy shoes to keep from cutting your feet.
-Be careful of cabinets (they may fall on you).
-Stay away from beaches. Tsunamis and seiches sometimes hit after the ground has stopped shaking.
-Stay away from damaged areas.
-If you're at school or work, follow the emergency plan or the instructions of the person in charge.
-Expect aftershocks.

Do's and Don'ts

Do's

-You can drop below a sturdy table or other furniture for cover.
-Stay away from windows, glass walls, and anything that can fall or break during the shaking.
-Stay on your bed if you are lying when the quake happens. Cover your head with a pillow to secure from the things that are falling.
-Pull over the car if you are driving when the quake started.
-Cover your mouth with a handkerchief.

-Remember the three things to do (Duck,Cover and Hold)

Don'ts

-Don’t go and run outside when you are indoors when the quake starts.
-Wait until the shaking stops
-Don’t use the elevator in going down as the electric power may be interrupted.
-Don’t stay near the street lights and utility wires when you are outside of the house
-Don’t get near bridges when you are driving when the quake begins.
-Don’t stop near the trees, buildings, and overpasses when you are driving and the quake started.

Response

Response for Earthquake and Typhoon

Response to earthquake and Typhoon:is putting the people safe and preventing the next disaster
-Rescue Team: are assigned to help people to go to an safe and secure place
-Medical Team: Medical teams are responsible for those people that are in need of help if any injuries or problem happens to themselves.
-Firefighter: Firefighters are the one who are responsible for extinguishing fires if there may be.
-Volunteer: They may be help also since everyone is in panic

Equipment and supplies after the earthquakes are being provided by the government in a container van around the commonwealth as this provides every essential need that some local people might not have.
For people to know or from time to time be updated of such news, a radio becomes important to have for this may use to inform us about the happenings. At the same time we also have to save the emergency hotlines or the mobile numbers that must be saved.
Since we are in a pandemic there are protocols that people need to follow to prevent the spreading of the virus even if we are in an evacuation center

-Wear face mask all the time
-Sanitize your hand all the time and prevent touching anything
-Apply Social distancing to prevent the spreading or infectecting others
-Check through mobile devices or radio for updates
-Through following these points, this would secure your family's safety if a typhoon occurs even in the middle of a pandemic.

Other announcements given by the government are the following:

-Remind all the people to calm down
-Follow the reminders of the barangay officials
-Local people must wait for the barangay officials announcement.

Recovery

Recovery for Earthquake and Typhoon

This is the action of regaining something that was lost.
After all this happens, the resident can’t recover too fast. But we (community officials) need to act immediately to recover those things that were lost.
Call for Help

Barangay Holy Spirit Emergency Hotlines:

Damaged infrastructure to be used:

-Cement
-Brix
-stone

These materials are the best choice to use for rebuilding the house. Because these materials are stronger than the other materials when it comes to fixing what must be fixed out in the community

Earthquake

Assigned people to help the barangay officials:
Engineer and Architect: They are the one who was assigned to rebuild the buildings and houses.
Construction workers: They are also assigned to help rebuild the buildings and houses, They are also assigned to fix road damage.

Typhoon

-Carpenter
-Owner (it’s up to them if they would want themselves to recover their own homes)
-Barangay Cleaners
-Garbage Collectors

reference

Earthquake

-List: Evacuation centers, relief operations in Metro Manila. (2012, August 7). Rappler.

List evacuation center

-Endsley, K. (n.d.). What should I do before, during, and after an earthquake?Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences | Michigan Technological University.

Before, Dururing , and after an Earthquake

-Earthquakes: Do’s & don’ts. (n.d.). NDMA, GoI.

Do's and Don'ts

-Recovery and reconstruction planning in the aftermath of typhoon Haiyan. (n.d.). PreventionWeb - Knowledge platform for disaster risk reduction.

Recovery

Typhoon

-Recovery and reconstruction planning in the aftermath of typhoon Haiyan. (n.d.). PreventionWeb - Knowledge platform for disaster risk reduction.

Recovery

-(n.d.). League of Cities of the Philippines.

Link

-How to prepare for typhoon hazards during a pandemic. (2020, October 13). Rappler.

How to prepare for typhoon hazard during pandemic

-n.d.). Google.

Link

-List: Evacuation centers, relief operations in Metro Manila. (2012, August 7). Rappler.

List Evacuation Center