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Preparedness is known as an effort to respond effectively when a disaster occurs. Improving disaster preparedness attitudes is an important element of reducing disaster risk before it occurs. This study was conducted to determine students' perceptions of disaster preparedness for volcanic eruptions. The type of research used is descriptive qualitative research. The analytical technique used is to convert qualitative data into quantitative data. The instrument used is a student knowledge questionnaire about volcanic eruption disaster preparedness which is distributed to 7th-grade students of SMP in Sleman Regency. From the results of the analysis calculation, it was obtained that students' perceptions of volcanic eruption disaster preparedness in the knowledge aspect were 70% in the good category, planning was 67% in the good category, the warning system was 66% in the good category, and resource mobility was 73% in the good category good. Based on the results, it can be concluded that students' perceptions of disaster preparedness with this knowledge, planning, warning systems, and resource mobility are in the good category with an average percentage of 69%. Therefore, it is necessary to increase knowledge about preparedness attitudes towards volcanic eruptions in junior high school