Armed Forces and Disaster Risk Reduction: A Theoretical Approach
- Institution: Fire University
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0997-5069
- Year of publication: 2023
- Source: Show
- Pages: 47-69
- DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/athena.2023.79.03
- PDF: apsp/79/apsp7903.pdf
This article presents a theoretical connection of armed forces operations and a disaster risk reduction concept. The objective is to elaborate a model of armed forces participation in disaster risk reduction in relation to the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030. The research method bases on a review of the literature and a cognitive design of the participation model. General role of armed forces, potential and societal expectations are factors that place them in a context of disaster risk reduction. Soldiers are said to participate in protection of the most important utilitarian values regardless of circumstances (military hazards and non-military hazards). Their operations might be ascribed into limiting of hazard power, reducing vulnerabilities, shortening exposure, improving resilience, and strengthening capacities to cope with a disaster. They can reduce the risk associated with military hazards and non-military hazards. The concept may be a reference in designing synergy in cooperation between military and non-military entities.