Disaster Preparedness of Maritime Students

This research was conducted in order to provide insights and knowledge about the disasterpreparedness of maritime students. Specifically, it sought to describe the profile of respondents in terms ofage, gender, year level and program; determine the disaster preparedness of maritime students. Test thesignificant difference of responses when grouped according to profile variable and propose plan of actionbased on the results of the study. This utilized a descriptive research method with (205) maritime studentsthat were chosen on the basis of random sampling. Survey questionnaire was used as the main datagathering instrument with frequency distribution, percentage, weighted mean, composite mean, andANOVA as statistical tools. The results showed that the majority of the respondents are male 16-18 yearsold and BS Marine Transportation 3rd year students. The respondents know that it is important to perform regular drills in the university appeared to be fully aware on disaster preparedness of maritime students. There is no significant difference on disaster preparedness of maritime students when grouped according to profile variables such as age, gender program and year level. This indicates that the age, gender, program and current year level of an individual does not influence their awareness as to disaster preparedness. It is recommended that the Maritime Education Department may post emergency hot line numbers on every building and bulletin board for the students to call it during emergency.

Keywords – Disaster Preparedness, drills, awareness