Disaster Risk Management and Emergency Preparedness: A Case-Driven Training Simulation Using Immersive Virtual Reality

Disaster risk is the probability of harmful consequences or exposure to hazardous condition which may result to damages on livelihood or property or loss of life. Increasing risk can be managed by proper planning and by conducting appropriate training to disaster management. This study focuses on the development of simulated training on disaster risk management and emergency preparedness for facilitating programs on disaster awareness, capacity building activities and real environment training for proper respond to disasters. This study also aims to implement a case-driven training simulation using virtual reality technology. The case-driven simulation serves as an assessment tool to measure the competency of the users immersed in the virtual environment. The methodology applied in this study was qualitative approach to design the simulated training application using prototyping with gamification techniques. With the use of technology, training simulation on disaster such as earthquake, typhoon, tsunami and fire were achieved. Further, the rest of the study explores on the architecture and design features of the virtual training using immersive virtual reality for the propagation of disaster risk management and emergency preparedness program.