Protecting Lives, Saving Communities: Disaster Preparedness and Risk Reduction in Philippine Setting is a reference arid guidebook in the conduct of the Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction course for Grades 11 to 12.This book will help the students – understand the basic concepts arid processes in disaster risk reduction arid management; – develop competencies that will enable them to prepare for disasters, respond to disasters, and recover from disasters; – cultivate proper attitude arid behavior that can sustain disaster risk reduction; arid – come up with disaster risk reduction activities at home, in school, and in the community.