Analisis Potensi Kesiapsiagaan Masyarakat Dalam Menghadapi Bencana Banjir

Objective: To analyze the potential for community preparedness in dealing with flood
disasters.
Methods: This research was correlational study with a cross sectional approach. This
research was conducted in the Suci Village area of Panti Sub-district on the basis that
Panti District has been hit by floods, and Suci Village was an area that was quite severely
affected by floods. The population in this study were the family, especially families who
have family members belonging to vulnerable groups such as pregnant women, infants
and toddlers, disabled, and the elderly totaling 312 families. Samples were taken with
a stratified random sampling of 120 sampel. Data analysis used ordinal regression.
Results: The results show that the majority of the community's preparedness in dealing
with flood disasters was not ready and the factors that influence community preparedness
in dealing with disasters were knowledge and attitude, emergency planning, disaster
warning system, and resource mobilization capacity.
Conclusion: Improve community preparedness in dealing with flood disasters by
looking at the community potential was very important to do.