Knowledge, atttitude, and action of community in disaster preparedness at the slope of Semeru Mountain, Indonesia

Abstract

Context: Communities whose level of understanding and knowledge of disasters are still low can influence community preparedness in the face of disasters from before the onset, during, and after a disaster. Aims: This study aims to analyze the behavior of people in disaster preparedness in Argosari Village, Senduro Subdistrict, Lumajang Regency, Indonesia. Settings and Design: This research was conducted in Argosari village, Senduro sub-district Lumajang regency in April 2018. This study uses quantitative methods and observational with a cross sectional design. Methods and Material: The sampling technique was accidental sampling method of 40 respondents. The independent variables were knowledge and attitudes of the community while the dependent variable was community preparedness for disasters. Statistical analysis used: Data analysis was bivariate analysis using SPSS software. Indept interview was used in collecting qualitative data. Results: According this study, most of the respondent was in moderate and sufficient categories. There was a significant relationship between knowledge and attitudes towards the behavior of natural disaster alertness in Argosari village with a p-value of 0.010 < α = 0.05. Some of the residents, did not yet have sufficient knowledge about natural disaster alertness. Knowledge that is lacking in awareness of natural disasters is influenced by several factors, namely the level of education, employment and age. Conclusions: There was a relationship between the level of knowledge and attitudes about disasters against natural disasters in Argosari Village,

Pembinaan Sekolah Siaga Bencana Melalui Pelatihan Kebencanaan Kepada Guru dan Siswa di Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan Negeri 1 Selo, Samiran, Boyolali

“…Berdasarkan letak geografisnya, Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan N 1 Selo, Boyolali, Jawa Tengah terletak di kawasan rawan bencana letusan gunung berapi dan gempa bumi. Maka sangat penting kesiapsiagaan terhadap bahaya bencana untuk mengurangi risiko dampak bencana tersebut melalui berbagai upaya seperti mengurangi kerentanan dan meningkatkan kemampuan dalam menghadapi bencana (Pranata, Widodo, Vranada, Machmudah, & Mariyam, 2021;Rokhmah, Khoiron, & Burlakovs, 2020;Sangkala & Gerdtz, 2018). Langkah awal yang paling efektif untuk mewujudkan hal tersebut adalah dengan mendukung dan berpartisipasi dalam program Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (BNPB) untuk mewujudkan Sekolah Siaga Bencana (Pranata et al, 2021).…”

“…Sekolah Siaga Bencana merupakan program berbasis sekolah dalam rangka membangun kesiapsiagaan masyarakat terhadap potensi bencana di Indonesia pada umumnya dan di SMK N 1 Selo, Boyolali, pada khususnya. Program ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kesadaran seluruh elemen baik secara individu maupun kolektif di lingkungan sekolah agar memahami dan siap menghadapi bencana yang mungkin terjadi (Amri, Bird, Ronan, Haynes, & Towers, 2017;Rokhmah et al, 2020) Pengurangan Risiko Bencana di tingkat sekolah merupakan salah satu cita-cita untuk membangun dan mengembangkan masyarakat tangguh bencana yang dapat diterima sebagai produk pendidikan yang membangkitkan kesadaran dan perilaku yang didukung oleh proses pelembagaan dalam sistem yang lebih luas untuk bersama-sama membangun budaya, keselamatan, dan ketangguhan (Amri et al, 2017;Rokhmah et al, 2020). Dengan melibatkan dunia pendidikan dalam upaya pengurangan risiko bencana diharapkan mampu membangun perilaku civitas sekolah dan masyarakat dalam menghadapi bencana.…”

How to Prepare a School Based Disaster Preparedness in Indonesia

“…Landslides occur around residential areas are at high risk of causing damage and loss of life. A data in a certain study states that 247 cases of a landslide occurred in Indonesia [13]. Heavy rain and floods, seismic activity, erosion from the ocean and rivers as well as vegetation were also affecting and giving a huge impact on soil compilation, [2,8,12].…”

“…Implementing a school-based disaster preparedness should start by improving the understanding and knowledge of all school components regarding preparedness in school activities, [10,11,13,14]. Disaster knowledge possessed by all components of the school plays an important role in the process of self-rescue when a disaster occurs [7].…”

“…Disaster knowledge possessed by all components of the school plays an important role in the process of self-rescue when a disaster occurs [7]. The more each school component understands the disaster well, the easier it is to take appropriate self-rescue steps, [11,13]. to deal with disaster through knowledge and attitude reinforcement, school policies, emergency response plans, school early warning systems, and mobilization resources based on existing school capacities, [15].…”