Preparing for disaster: a community-based approach

This booklet describes a disaster preparedness programme carried out by the Philippines National Red Cross in four provinces and one urban area. The programme has managed to involve the local communities fro the very outset in 1994 and it is the local communities who decide what to do and when and how to do it. The booklet describes the Integrated Community Disaster Planning Progamme and works through the 6 steps before going on to look at lessons learnt.