Disaster handling policy in order to community empowerment at disaster-vulnerable region of East Java Province

Management policy of disaster handling at East Java Province is still poor. Therefore, it is necessary to gain new paradigma concerning disaster handling management in order to face this problems. Community-based disaster handling, that is, ward self-independent, self recognizing hazard in its neighborhood and self-aid ability of the community is an urgent sleeps that needs to be considered toward creating sustainability if disaster occure in the near future. There is no other alternatives for East Java Regional government, at this moment other than formulate natural disaster handling management policy that concist of comprehensive, integrative, and based on the community, also concern with optimization of related bureaucracies in handling natural disaster. Objectives of this study is to found any guideline or disaster handling management policy model at East Java Province, particularly in giving basic or minimum services at disaster-vulnerable regions. Nature of this study is qualitative descriptive using grounded theory and Baysian Approach. Data collection was conducted using in-depth interview, FGD, observation, and documentation of nearly 8 months at Jember Regency and Malang Regency, both as representatives of disaster-vulnerable region at East Java Province. Result of this study is bureaucratic role in handling natural disaster at disaster-vulnerable regions of East Java Province still not optimal since natural disaster handling management policy is still instructive in nature, therefore basic services are still not implemented good enough. Cooperation between region and between sectors i still poor. those, it is necessary to gain natural disaster handling management policy model at disaster-vulnerable region related with institutionalization and its handling at disaster-vulnerable region of East Java Province