The Concept of Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
With the frequency and magnitude of impact hazards, it is of great importance to raise the level of awareness and proactively transition towards a culture of preparedness.
Gaining knowledge and understanding of hazards, its impacts, how it leads to disasters, and the concepts of disaster risk reduction and management that significantly influence the capacity of institution and communities, is timely and significant to the current events across the globe.
To know more about the current state Disaster Risk Reduction across the globe, the Global Assessment Report on DRR 2019, maybe accessed here:
https://www.undrr.org/publication/global-assessment-report-disaster-risk-reduction-2019
Learning through Makati DRRMO
The Makati Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office Entry Level Capacity Building Program envisions to develop its human resource arm with knowledge, skills and attitude that represents disaster resilience as a way of life.
While our experiences on the ground will mold us to become competent, effective, and compassionate first responders in times of emergencies, we strongly believe that educating about the profession that we do, the communities that we help, and most significantly, understanding the purpose of the capacities we build, plays a deeper role in our becoming as premier DRRM practitioners.
As part of this professional organization, we hope for you to begin your career journey by immersing yourself in learning more about what we do, and what you too, will be doing for our beloved City and its communities to MAKE DISASTER RESILIENCE, A WAY OF LIFE.
OVERVIEW OF THE ONLINE COURSES
This tri-module virtual short course is designed to either introduce or reinforce the knowledge, skills, and attitudes towards your function as practitioners in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management. We are all called to effectively manage disaster impacts in communities through the acquisition of knowledge and understanding on how disasters affect lives, and how reducing risks, enhancing our response capacities and preparing communities alleviate these impacts.
COURSE OUTCOME
By the end of this self-paced courses, DRRMO Personnel will be able to apply the concepts, principles, and appropriate skills to effectively perform their mandated functions daily, and most especially during emergency and/or disaster situations in the City.
Course Roster
The courses available are self-paced activities for you to undertake at your own convenience. This forms part of your regular knowledge enhancement and career development program as the prime first responders of our City. Click the icons below to access the courses.
Note: Course activities and a satisfactory rating on the course assessment will determine your level of completion
Knowing is Preparing
This introductory course on the basic concepts of DRRM and its principles of practice aims to enhance the understanding of learners about disaster risk reduction and management, and the significance of disaster resilience to society.
The course intends that learners become socially engaged and proactive individuals as practitioners of DRRM in their respective communities to achieve a high level of preparedness and responsiveness towards the impacts of hazards, and minimize the risk of disasters
Be the First to Help
The First Aid Basics Course provides learners with the knowledge, skills, and proactive attitude to assist or directly deliver immediate life-saving measures in emergencies occurring in an out-of-hospital setting. As injury, trauma, and out of hospital cardiac arrest remains to be one of the leading causes of disability and mortality across the globe (WHO, 2005), the call for better community response is consistently advocated to create networks of first responders that can aid in preventing injuries, trauma, and further, avoid or minimize the debilitating effects out of hospital emergencies & deaths.
Your Hands can save Lives
Did you know that Heart Disease and the occurence of cardiac arrest, most commonly known as heart attacks are the leading causes of death in the country?
It only takes 5 minutes to preserve one's life, even if you are not a health professional. This short course on hands-only CPR aims to help you learn the importance of delivering manual resuscitation to get the heart started again. The effects of cardiac arrest can be reversed, let your hands learn how.