TANJUNG CELLOR North Kalimantan Province (Kaltara) won first place in the decline in the Disaster Risk Index (IRB) throughout Indonesia in 2024.
This achievement proves that the Provincial Government (Pemprov) of Kaltara, has succeeded in being listed as a disaster-resilient province in all lines.
Based on data released by the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), the IRB Kaltara in 2024 was at the level of 131.84 or a significant decrease from the level of 148.00 in 2023.
The Head of the Kaltara Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), Andi Amriampa, said the 16.16-point drop reflected great progress in disaster risk management in the Kaltara region.
"This success is thanks to the support of the Governor of Kaltara, Zainal Arifin Paliwang and collaboration between all levels of the local government," Amriampa said, Monday, June 23.
"The key is collective work, proper planning, and the involvement of all elements of pentahelix," he added.
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Amri revealed that the results of hard work across regional apparatuses increasing regional capacity in structural and non-structural disaster mitigation.
"Such as the preparation of risk maps to the socialization of disaster preparedness to the community," he said.
Andi Amriampa also explained that the assessment was given by the Directorate of Disaster Risk Mapping and Evaluation, Deputy for Systems and Strategies of BNPB based on 7 priorities, 71 indicators, and 284 questionnaires.
"This evaluation is a benchmark for regional performance in reducing disaster risk," he explained.
Meanwhile, the Young Expert Disaster Analyst of BPBD Kaltara, Zainuddin, said that the achievement of the North Kalimantan IRB proves the effectiveness of the Provincial Government's performance in providing education and disaster risk management as well as an important indicator of the performance of the Governor of Kaltara.
With conditions still limited, Kaltara is able to show maximum performance. This is thanks to the synergy of pentahelix involving the government, academics, the business world, the media, and the community," said Zainuddin.
In addition, IRB is an indicator of the level of vulnerability of an area to disasters influenced by social, economic, environmental, and community capacity in responding to disasters in its area.
"IRB has two main functions, providing risk information as the basis for the preparation of policies and strategies for disaster management and becoming the main indicator in assessing the performance of regional heads," he said.
Zainuddin added that IRB is part of the internal assessment of provincial achievements in reducing disaster risk from year to year.
"With this achievement, Kaltara not only shows seriousness in building regional resilience, but also becomes a national role model in reducing disaster risk in a sustainable manner," he concluded.
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