Indonesia disaster management reference handbook (2025)

This updated Indonesia disaster management reference handbook provides information for personnel who either are planning a disaster management engagement or are involved in a response alongside Indonesia’s responders. This handbook provides background on the operational environment, hazards, national coping capacities, and other considerations to support effective preparation or response.

Indonesia’s location and topography expose its people to a wide spectrum of hazards. Chronic flooding and rain-triggered landslides affect every province. Global oceanic temperature phenomena drive widespread drought impacts. And the country is perched on active faults that produce frequent earthquakes, occasional tsunamis, and eruptions from more than 100 volcanoes. Moreover, the country is experiencing rapid urbanization, expanding infrastructure networks, and rising asset values that, collectively, mean ever increasing human losses and material costs associated with natural hazard events. Since the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean “Boxing Day” earthquake and tsunami, Indonesians have collectively built institutions and practices across the disaster management cycle – prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. One of the ways they do the work of building national and community resilience is through regional and international partnerships. The keystone of these partnerships is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).