Wahid Akhsin Budi Nur Sidiq, Nana Kariada Tri Martuti, Isti Hidayah, Danang Dwi Saputro, Sri Ratna Rahayu, Muhammad Adam Khatamy
Tambakrejo Village is geographically located on the coast of Semarang City with an area elevation of 1.5-2.8 above sea level which is in the downstream part of the Tenggang River and the East Flood Canal, which has an impact on the high risk of flooding and tidal disasters. Flooding has occurred in January (2023) and March (2024) which resulted in 2,000 houses flooded 50 - 100 cm. In addition, Tambakrejo Village has a high population and building density with a total of 10,429 people (2023), which has an impact on the high threat of fire. However, the high population is a potential resource in reduction on disaster risk. The purpose of this research and service activity is to the risk reduce of flood and fire disasters through community empowerment. The method of activities with participatory mapping, field surveys (GPS surveys, questionnaires and interviews), and community and regional capacity building. The results of participatory mapping show that 57.03 hectares (54%) had a high threat of flooding. As for fire disasters, all regions have a high threat. Furthermore, the level of community and regional capacity to flood and fire disasters is in the medium category. As an effort to reduce disaster risk in the region, community and regional capacity building is carried out through the abode of a Disaster Safe Education Unit at Elementary School 3 Tambakrejo with disaster education activities, facilitation of emergency response equipment and disaster emergency response simulations. Furthermore, regional capacity building is also carried out by making an Early Warning System (EWS) to monitor the water level of the East Flood Canal as a flood emergency response effort. All activities are carried out by involving the community directly as an effort to reduce disaster risk in Tambakrejo Village. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
Geography Department, Faculty of Social Sciences and Political Science, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Semarang, Indonesia; Biology Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Semarang, Indonesia; Mathematics Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Semarang, Indonesia; Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Semarang, Indonesia; Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Semarang, Indonesia
