One of the areas in Indonesia that often experiences natural disasters is Depok City, West Java. According to data from the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), throughout 2022 there were 42 natural disasters in Depok City, consisting of floods (18 incidents), landslides (12 incidents), tornadoes (7 incidents), fires (3 incidents), and earthquakes (2 incidents).
These disasters have caused material losses of IDR 12.5 billion and affected around 15,000 people. Based on the Indonesian Disaster Risk Index (IRBI) released by BNPB in 2019, Depok City is included in the category of areas with a moderate disaster risk level with an IRBI value of 0.32. This IRBI value shows that Depok City has a fairly high disaster potential and requires better mitigation efforts.
With this background, the Community Care Team of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Indonesia (FMIPA UI) in collaboration with the Indonesian Mosque Council (DMI) of Depok City, held an activity entitled "Workshop Disaster Mitigation Education Program in the Depok City Mosque Area, West Java”, at the MUI Building, Depok City on Saturday, October 7, 2023.
Team leader, Kevin Naufal Muhammad (Geology 2021) explained to the FMIPA UI public relations team that this activity aims to improve disaster literacy for the Depok City DKM administrators so that they can be at the forefront of improving disaster literacy in the community.
"The natural disasters that occurred in Depok City not only caused physical and material impacts, but also psychological and social impacts for the affected community. Therefore, preventive and mitigative efforts are needed to reduce the risk of natural disasters in Depok City," he said.
This activity, which received funding support from the Directorate of Student Affairs, University of Indonesia, involved 58 participants who were the Depok City Mosque Prosperity Council (DKM). The presence of (DKM) of Depok City, in this activity is considered to have a very important role as one of the elements of society that can help in providing education and information about disasters to the congregation and local residents.
Kevin explained that the workshop was divided into two sessions, the first session was an educational activity about disasters. In this session, the team provided material on disasters scientifically and how to mitigate them. This material was delivered using interactive discussions by academics and practitioners.
The second session was Evaluation. In this session, the team evaluated the level of participants' understanding of the disaster material that had been delivered through a questionnaire that had been filled out by each participant.
Present as a speaker, a Lecturer in Geology, FMIPA UI, Urwatul Wusqa, M.T., in his presentation entitled Natural and Human Disasters explained that the city of Depok is an area that is quite vulnerable to disasters, especially landslides, floods, and tornadoes. Floods in the city of Depok have the highest percentage of occurrences, namely 38% with a total of 12,383 victims and 28 damages based on BNPB data from 2007 - 2021.
In line with Urwatul, a disaster expert from the Geography Department, FMIPA UI, Dr. Triarko Nurlambang revealed that according to the 2022 IRBI (Indonesian Disaster Risk Index) book, the Depok City risk index is in the moderate class. This indicates that there is still potential for disasters that could occur at any time in Depok City.
He continued that increasing community capacity can reduce the disaster risk index. In addition, it is also important to have synergy from the government, community elements, and educational institutions in efforts to overcome disaster problems in Indonesia.
The Dean of FMIPA UI, Prof. Dede Djuhana, Ph.D., supports this activity and gives appreciation to the FMIPA and DMI Depok City teams. He admitted that he was happy with this program because according to him, as part of the FMIPA UI academic community, both lecturers and students have a moral and social responsibility to the community, to develop the capacity of the community according to their fields of science.
"As the FMIPA UI academic community, we certainly have obligations and moral responsibilities to the community, namely to develop the capacity and quality of life of the community, one of which is through this workshop activity," said the Dean.
He hopes that this kind of program will continue and be carried out in other places, considering the importance of disaster literacy has become a national program.
The Head of DMI Depok City, Eko Waludi, M.Sc., said, "We must implement the function of the mosque as in the time of the Prophet, namely that the mosque is not only a place of worship but also a center of activities that bring benefits and one of them is education to the community about disasters." He also expressed his gratitude to the FMIPA UI team for running this activity.
News source: https://sci.ui.ac.id/
Depok, 25 Juni 2025. Indonesia, sebagai rumah bagi keanekaragaman hayati global yang luar biasa, menghadapi tantangan besar akibat alih fungsi lahan dan kebakaran hutan. Namun, Prof. Dr. Rokhmatuloh., S.Si., M.Eng.,
Depok, 25 Juni 2025. Sumber daya perikanan Indonesia berperan penting dalam ketahanan pangan, pendapatan, dan mata pencaharian, serta menjadi sumber protein hewani yang terjangkau bagi masyarakat miskin di pedesaan. Hal
“Local Products with Global Standards: TGS EQ1 Geodetic GNSS Technology for High Precision Mapping Needs” This event will be held on:Day/Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2025Time: 13.00 – 15.00 WIBVenue:
