Community Empowerment
Model for Building a Peatland Fire Disaster-Resilient Village
Arisanty Deasy, Hastuti Karunia Puji, Setyasih Iya, Syahril and Rosadi Dedi
Disaster Advances; Vol. 18(9); 1-10;
doi: https://doi.org/10.25303/189da01010; (2025)
Abstract
Peatland fires continue to recur in the Banjarbaru area, South Kalimantan, especially
in the dry season. Community empowerment is the key to overcoming these fires and
realizing resilient villages from land fire disasters. This study analyzes community
empowerment to form a peatland fire disaster-resilient village. Data collection
uses questionnaires on fire care communities and people living in disaster-prone
lands. There were 37 questions asked to formulate a community empowerment model,
with around 382 respondents involved in community empowerment activities to reduce
the risk of land fires and the fire care community. Data analysis uses SEM (Structural
Equation Model) to formulate a community empowerment model to realize disaster-resilient
villages in peatland-prone areas prone to fire.
The study results show that physical capital, human resource capital and social
capital significantly influence community empowerment capabilities and the empowerment
process. The capital can still not empower the community optimally to form a disaster-resilient
village. The community is still not able to independently make decisions to overcome
peatland fires and form a peatland fire disaster-resilient village. There is a need
for the role of the Government through various empowerment programs to improve the
ability and capacity of the community to overcome peatland fires.
