Preparedness of vocational high schools in the face of earthquake disasters in Lembang fault area, Indonesia

Abstract

In the effort to reduce the risk of earthquake hazards in the Lembang Fault area, it is necessary to understand the level of preparedness in dealing with earthquake, especially for those who are in disaster prone areas. This study aims to find out the perception of high schools on the dangers of earthquake, as well as the preparation conducted by the schools such as campaign and simulation for preparedness if an earthquake happened, prepare a gathering point, prepare technological devices to provide earthquake disaster warnings to students, including preparation of school building resilience in facing earthquake happening in the Lembang Fault area. The result of this research indicates that the responses obtained from the interview conducted at SMK 45 Lembang and Pembangunan Negeri Agriculture Vocational High School Lembang identified that most of them know and aware that their own school is located within the Lembang Fault line and of the danger of earthquakes in the future. However, the schools have not done much preparation, including no earthquake hazard detection technology, there are also obstacles in the construction of earthquake resistant school standards that become one of the points of the lack of preparedness in dealing with earthquake disaster.