Irwan Meilano
Indonesia is prone to earthquake hazard due to the subduction of two tectonic plates, i.e. Indo-Australia and Pacifik-Phillipine Sea Plates beneath the Eurasia Plate. In the last ten years, many catastrophic earthquakes occurred in Indonesia and caused fatalities and also economic lossess. These negative impacts influenced the economic and development sector. Beside subduction, earthquake can also caused by fault in the land, such as Sumatra fault in Sumatera island, CImandiri fault, Lembang fault, Baribis fault in the western part of Java island, and Opak fault in Yogyakarta. Considering the large effect of earthquake, it is important to incrase the awareness of earthquake disaster. Therefore, research on earthquake disaster as well as socialization regarding the earthquake disaster also needs to be increased, especially in the area that is potential toward earthquake hazard. One of city that is prone to hazard disaster is Bandung. Therefore, it is important to increase the preparedness of Bandung City toward earthquake disaster. One method to increase preparedness is to increase the awareness of community and government toward earthquake disaster through dissemination and socialization. ITB collaboration with the Forum of DRR in West Java and Local Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) West Java conducted workshop to disseminate and socialize the information regarding earthquake hazard and risk to the community, especially school community, such as teacher and students. First workshop on Understanding Earthquake Disaster Potential to Schools was conducted on Occtober 11, 2015. In this workshop, there is sosialization of Earthquake Hazard Risk in Bandung due to Lembang Fault, school earthquake resilient conducted by FPRB, Earthquake Preparadness by BPBD West Java Province, and Lesson Learned from Yogyakarta 2006 Earthquake and Padang 2009 Earthquake.
Pelaksanaan Kegiatan Kepedulian Sosial berupa pendidikan/penyuluhan/pendampingan, Penanganan Darurat Bencana
Considering the large effect of earthquake, it is important to incrase the awareness of earthquake disaster. Therefore, research on earthquake disaster as well as socialization regarding the earthquake disaster also needs to be increased, especially in the area that is potential toward earthquake hazard. One of city that is prone to hazard disaster is Bandung.