Disaster Management of flash flood in Banyumas : The Role of Regional Disaster Management Agency

Abstract

Banyumas is prone to several disasters including landslide, earthquake and flash flood with fifth rank of disaster prone areas among districts and cities in Central Java. Additionally 18 sub districts in from total 27 sub districts in Banyumas are prone to flash flood. Local Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) is an institution that holds main role in disaster management in local level such as disaster mitigation, preparedness, respond and recovery. This research aims to analyse the role of BPBD in disaster management particularly flash flood disaster in Banyumas. The research use qualitative method with deep interview as a main technique for data collecting. It also uses observation and documentation. The respondents are the head and staffs at BPBD office and also people affected by flash flood in Karanggedang village. Accordingly the interactive technique is adopted for this study. The aspects of the BPBD’s role that are examined in this research are entrepreneur, coordination, facilitating, and socialization. The research confirms that all aspects are found and working despite some problems still exists. In order to overcome the existing obstacles, BPBD needs to improve its capacity and build partnership with affected communities. 3rd International Conference on Social Transformation, Community, and Sustainable Development (ICSTCSD 2019) Copyright © 2020 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL. This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, volume 389