Roselle Mae P. Otero (Author)

Abstract

This study examined how Loreto West District elementary schools collaborated to mitigate disaster risk. It profiled the schools’ vulnerability, school size, topography, and risk level. It also examined the school’s disaster risk reduction management, specifically on the indicators of SDRRM specified in DepEd Order 33 series of 2021 in terms of prevention and mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery, and rehabilitation. It also examined the school’s DRRM team’s challenges.  The study revealed that blocked pathways were the greatest exposure risk in classrooms, followed by swinging doors and protruding nails from chairs and tables. Broken toilet bowls, sinks, and chairs/desks/tables were the greatest threat, followed by exposed chemicals and liquids. Stray animals inside the school and an open/incomplete perimeter barrier increase school vulnerability. There was also no emergency hotline or method for student release to parents. Respondents indicated that their school was less than a kilometer from the river, while others were 1 to 3 kilometers and 5 to 10 kilometers away. These studies found that most respondents reside near bodies of water, making them vulnerable to water disasters. In addition, some teachers are assigned to schools located on hills or mountains, while others live at the foot of these hills or mountains.  In the four categories, risk level did not significantly affect DRRM implementation. The null hypothesis was therefore not rejected. The school’s risk level did not correspond to the school’s implementation of the DRRM program. To elucidate, the school should coordinate its implementation in combating the effects of disaster, as the schools are situated in a prone area. The more disaster-prone the school, the more crucial its DRRM program implementation. Implementers may have a heightened sense of urgency to execute, strengthen, and sustain DRRM programs in their assigned schools. It was also found that the DRRM team members lack disaster-resilience training, knowledge, and skills, and are therefore recommended for training. Materials, gadgets, and communication between schools and municipal governments were also lacking. As the number of staff, students, parents, and other stakeholders varies with school size, so do preparedness, mitigation, and recovery techniques vary.

Keywords: Disaster Risk Reduction Management, extent of implementation, prevention and mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery, and rehabilitation

DOI: http://doi.org/10.69651/PIJHSS0403451

Recommended citation:

Otero, R. M. P. (2025). The collaborative efforts in Disaster Risk Reduction Management (DRRM) in Loreto West District Elementary Schools. Pantao (The International Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences) 4 (3), 4851-4865. http://doi.org/10.69651/PIJHSS0403451

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