Every guide on this site

Hazards

Each one follows before, during and after, sourced to PAGASA, PHIVOLCS or a city disaster office.

• Typhoons: what to do before, during and after Watch the wind signal PAGASA has raised over your province, get the go bag and the documents above the water line, and go when your barangay says go.
• Earthquakes: what to do before, during and after Duck, cover and hold. Stay inside if the building is sound, get to open ground if you are outside, and get to high ground if you are near the shore.
• Volcanic eruptions: what to do before, during and after Stay out of the danger zone PHIVOLCS has drawn, and treat ashfall as the part that reaches you: cover your nose and mouth, close the house up, and get ash off the roof before it rains.
• Floods and landslides: what to do before, during and after Get the go bag and anything that matters above the water line, kill the power before you leave, and do not walk or drive into floodwater.
• The earthquake drill, phase by phase All six PHIVOLCS phases, and the three stages that come before the drill itself.
• Paghahanda sa lindol, sa Filipino The UNICEF Philippines earthquake guidance in Filipino, on one printable sheet.
• Paghahanda sa bagyo, sa Filipino The UNICEF Philippines guidance in Filipino, on one printable sheet.
• Paghahanda sa kalamidad, sa Filipino What to do before a typhoon, an earthquake and an eruption, on one printable sheet.
• A blank evacuation map to draw by hand A grid and a legend, for a barangay, school or subdivision.
• An earthquake drill poster to print The six PHIVOLCS phases on one sheet, for a classroom wall.
• Three PAGASA warning cards to print Wind signals, rainfall colours and storm surge heights, one to a sheet.
• An evacuation plan you can print and fill in The four things PHIVOLCS says to work out first, then a blank page.
• Storm surge, or daluyong ng bagyo The heights PAGASA warns at, and why it is not a tsunami.
• Tsunami: the signs and the warnings The three natural signs PHIVOLCS names, and what each bulletin asks.
• The West Valley Fault Where it runs, the magnitude 7.2 scenario, and how to check your distance to it.
• Where to check typhoon and earthquake updates The PAGASA, PHIVOLCS and NDRRMC pages that carry live information.
• Bagyo and the wind signals What each PAGASA signal does to houses, power and roads.
• Typhoons in the Philippines How many a year, the worst months, and how PAGASA names them.
• Lindol: what to do during and after Wherever you are when it starts, and the aftershocks.
• Leptospirosis after a flood The symptoms to watch for after wading, and what the DOH says to do.
• Yellow, orange and red rainfall warnings What each one means, and the action PAGASA puts beside it.
• Types of landslide, and what sets one off The five kinds of movement PHIVOLCS names, and six that happened here.
• Earthquake hazards The six PHIVOLCS names, from ground rupture to liquefaction and tsunami.
• Types of faults Normal, reverse and strike-slip, and how to find the active fault nearest you.
• Volcanic hazards Lahar, pyroclastic flows, ashfall and the other hazards PHIVOLCS lists.
• Active volcanoes in the Philippines All 24 on the PHIVOLCS list, with the province of each.
• Flash floods and the types of flood What PAGASA means by a flash flood, and what causes flooding.
• How to use HazardHunterPH The free government tool that checks an address for natural hazards.
• The hazards hub All four in one place.

Get ready

• What to put in a go bag UNICEF Philippines' checklist, item by item.
• Philippine emergency hotline numbers 911 and the rest of the government directory.

Around the house

• Keeping a house safe Fire prevention, electrical safety and fall prevention.
• Fire safety at home Eleven ways to prevent one, nine things to do in one.
• Fire extinguisher types The classes of fire and which extinguisher the Fire Code allows for each.
• Fire extinguisher inspection The yearly check, the service tag and mounting height.
• How to use a fire extinguisher PASS, and the three things BFP officers teach you to do first.
• Fire drill procedure How often each building must drill, and the school steps.
• RA 9514 Fire Code IRR Where to get the 2019 IRR, and what it asks of buildings and houses.
• Fire extinguisher colour code There is none in the Fire Code. The British bands, explained.
• Brownout vs blackout The words, the grid alerts, and what to do when the power goes off.
• Undas safety tips Cemetery visits, the road and the sea, and the house you leave behind.

Archive

Two articles kept from the site's first version, at their original addresses. Both name no source for their advice, so both carry a notice saying so.

• Practical tips for personal safety and preparedness Published 25 November 2024.
• Essential tips for personal safety and emergency preparedness Published 25 November 2024.