Good Public Communications Are Key to the Success of Disaster Mitigation

Increasing Community Literation of Disaster Mitigation by Government Public Agency in Padang City

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210618.003How to use a DOI?

Keywords

disaster communication, disaster mitigation, BPBD

Abstract

Padang city is located in a disaster-prone area. The earthquake that hit the city of Padang on September 30, 2009, recorded 383 people who died due to the quake. Since then, the local government strives to reduce the death rate during a disaster by providing disaster information to the public. This study aims to analyze the optimization of disaster communication by the disaster management office Padang city (BPBD) on disaster mitigation. This study is qualitative with descriptive methods, intended to understand the phenomenon experienced by research subjects. The results showed that BPBD Padang City had built good and intensive communication with the Padang City community. That can be seen from the existence of a special section of the BPBD that is tasked with disseminating information related to disaster mitigation, namely the disaster prevention and preparedness section. Also, the material presented was well prepared, involving experts in the field of disasters and NGOs. Furthermore, in conveying information to the public, BPBD uses a variety of media or channels, such as discussion forums, radio, television, social media (Facebook, wag), billboards, and making a “tsunami save zone” road markings to make people understand how to save themself if a disaster occurs. This disaster mitigation socialization has been carried out to the community of 15,000 houses and 50 urban villages in the tsunami red zone. This has an impact on reducing the number of people who exodus to outside Padang City.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Rahmadhona Fitri Helmi
AU  - Nila Wahyuni
AU  - Yuliarti
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/06/21
TI  - Good Public Communications Are Key to the Success of Disaster Mitigation
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Progress in Social Science, Humanities and Education Research Symposium (PSSHERS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 12
EP  - 16
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210618.003
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210618.003
ID  - Helmi2021
ER  -