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Risk Assessment

Topic Outline:

•Risk / Disaster Risk

•Assessment

•Community Risk Assessment

•School Risk Assessment

Basic Definition

Components of Risk Assessment

•People’s Perception of Risk

•Hazard Assessment

•Vulnerability Assessment

•Capacity Assessment

What is Risk ?

The chance that if we do something or fail to do something, there will be a negative outcome.

What is Disaster Risk ?

Likelihood or probability of a hazard striking a vulnerable community, causing injury, damage and loss.

R = H x V / C

What is Assessment?

A participatory process involving on-the spot collection, interpretation and analysis of information from various sources

What is Community Risk Assessment?

- A participatory process which involves the identification and assessment of hazards, vulnerabilitiesand capacities.

- It involves understanding how people in the community perceiveand measure disaster risk.

What is Community Risk Assessment?

- Involves analysis of past patterns of hazards and present threats at the community level (hazard assessment), combined with an understanding of the underlying causes of why hazards become disasters (vulnerability assessment) and of the available resources an affected community uses to reduce risk (capacity assessment), and how different people perceive and measure risk (perception of risk).

What is School Risk Assessment?

- Involves analysis of past patterns of hazards and present threats at the school level (school hazard assessment), combined with an understanding of the underlying causes of why hazards become disasters (school vulnerability assessment) and of the available resources an affected school uses to reduce risk (school capacity assessment), and how they perceive and measure risk (perception of risk).

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Purpose of School Risk Assessment

• Unites the school in having a common understanding of disaster risk – hazards, vulnerabilities and capacities

• Basis for identifying appropriate and adequate risk reduction measures in the school

• Contributes to awareness raising about the risks in the school which they did not know before

• Baseline data on the situation of the school which can be used to evaluate the results of preparedness project or activities

• Data generated can be used in situational analysis which can be used for project proposals

Purpose of School Risk Assessment

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Components of School Risk Assessment

• People’s Perception of Risk - understanding the perception of risk of different groups and sectors of the community

• Hazard Assessment - assessing the nature and behavior of hazards

• Vulnerability Assessment - identifying the particular elements at risk and why they can be damaged

• Capacity Assessment - identifying how people’s survival or coping strategies and what resources can be used in disaster management activities (before, during and after a disaster)

Four (4) Inter-related Components