Difference Between Hazard and Disaster Definition Hazard is a dangerous situation that poses a threat to human life while disaster is an event that completely causes damage to human life and property. Degree Disaster has more critical consequences when compared to the threats to the humans from a hazard. Therefore disaster is more catastrophic in nature than a hazard Occurrence Disaster happens most often in a short time, thus making more severe while hazard will take its full shape after a series of events, which might have led it to happen. Therefore, necessary precautions can be taken to avoid the negative consequences of a hazard. Conclusion Hazard and disaster are occurrences that have dangerous impacts on nature and human lives. The difference between hazard and disaster is that hazard is a dangerous situation or event that poses a threat to humans while disaster is an event that actually harms human’s life, property and thus disrupts social activities.

1. Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction
Grade 12-Gas
Loren Marie L. Acebo
Subject Teacher

2. Week 2 - Lesson 2.1

3. OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the lesson, the learners
will be able to:
1.Describe a disaster;
2.Examine events that have
led to a disaster; and
3.Analyze the factors of
disaster risk.

4. Review
HAZARD - A dangerous phenomenon, substance, human
activity or condition that may cause loss of life, injury or other
health impacts, property damage, loss of livelihoods and
services, social and economic disruption, or environmental
damage.
DISASTER - A serious disruption of the functioning of a
community or a society involving widespread human, material,
economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds
the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its
own resources.

5. Review
TWO MAIN CATEGORIES OF HAZARDS:
Natural Hazards - Natural hazards are those resulting from an
adverse interaction between a natural process and human
society or its man-made environment.
Man Made and Technological Hazards - Technological or
'man-made' hazards are an inevitable potentiality of
technological innovation, and can occur after the failure of an
existing technology. These tend to be less understood than
natural hazards due to the scope of technological expansion.

6. WHEN WE SAY
DISASTER RISK
WHAT DOES IT
MEANS?

7. Disaster risk is the potential
disaster losses, in lives,
health status, livelihoods,
assets and services, which
could occur to a particular
community or a society over
some specified future time
period.

8. EXPOSURE - People,
property, systems, or
other elements present
in hazard zones that are
thereby subject to
potential losses.

9. VULNERABILITY - the
characteristics and
circumstances of a
community, system or
asset that make it
susceptible to the
damaging effects of a
hazard.

10. CAPACITY-the
combination of all the
strengths, attributes and
resources available within
a community, society or
organization that can be
used to achieve agreed
goals.

11. The factors of disaster risk
Factors to disaster risk
Essentially, the factors of
disaster risk are the variables
in the equation (exposure to
hazard, vulnerability, and
capacity).
Disaster Risk=Exposure to Hazzard x Vulnerability
Capacity to Cope

12. THE FACTORS OF
DISASTER
1. Physical factors
2. Psychological factors
3. Socio-cultural factors
4. Economic factors
5. Political factors
6. Biological factors

13. 1.Physical factors would pertain to
tangible objects or infrastructure,
like the availability of fire exits, or
the sturdiness of the building, or
the presence or absence of objects
that can harm you or help you, etc.

14. 1. Psychological factors include
state of mental capacity and
health (e.g. are we dealing with
babies? Kids? Adults? People with
special needs?), perception of self
(e.g. self-assessment of capability
to respond to disasters, fear), etc.

15. 3.Socio-cultural factors
include religion, social
status, traditions,
perception by society, etc.

16. 4.Economic factors
include assets and
liabilities, income,
economic class, etc.

17. 5.Political factors
include government
structure, diplomatic
issues, etc.

18. 6.Biological factors
include flora and
fauna in environment,
health, diseases, etc.

19. SUMMARY:
Disaster risk is the potential disaster losses, in lives,
health status, livelihoods, assets and services, which
could occur to a particular community or a society
over some specified future time period.
Disaster Riskis oftendefinedby thefollowing relationship:
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Disaster Risk is often defined by thefollowing relationship:
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20. SUMMARY:
THE FACTORS OF DISASTER
1. Physical factors
2. Psychological factors
3. Socio-cultural factors
4. Economic factors
5. Political factors
6. Biological factors

21. EVALUATION:
Explain the following questions related to your
personal experience.
1.How can you explain disaster now a days
specially during this time of Covid 19 pandemic?
2.Give at least 3 factors that led to disasters and
explain it according on what is happening right
now in our environment.