Pengaruh Pengetahuan dan Sikap Petugas Badan Penanggulangan Bencana Daerah (BPBD) terhadap Penanggulangan Bencana Banjir di Kecamatan Kabupaten Tapanuli Selatan

Abstract

Flood occurring almost in every rainy season in Tapanuli Selatan District has inflicted an adequately significant increase of flood frequency and loss values. Tapanuli Selatan District is included in the next Five-Year Flood Disaster Mitigation Plan stated in the 2010-2014 National Disaster Mitigation Plan. The officers’ education and attitude is very much related to the flood disaster mitigation. In fact, there are still many community members who are not satisfied with the professionalism of the officers mitigating the disaster. The purpose of explanatory study was to analyze the influence of independent Variables (education and attitude) on the dependent variable (flood disaster prevention done by the officers of Regional Disaster Mitigation Board in facing the flood disaster in Tapanuli Selatan District. The population of this study was all of the 36 officers of Tapanuli Selatan Regional Disaster Mitigation Board and all of them were selected to be the samples for this study. The data for this study were obtained through questionnaire distribution. The data obtained were analyzed through multiple linear regression tests at α = 5%. The result of this study showed that, statistically, knowledge and attitude had influence on flood disaster mitigation with tcount of knowledge = 3.754 > ttable = 2.042 and attitude of attitude = 3.229 < 2.042. The Head of Tapanuli Selatan Regional Disaster Mitigation Board Office is suggested to propose various trainings and simulations, to provide opportunity fot his/her staff to pursue further education, and to recruit new staff with disaster educational background that they can understand more about flood disaster mitigation before, after or when the flood disaster is going on.

Kondisi banjir di wilayah Tapanuli Selatan hampir terjadi setiap musim penghujan dengan nilai kerugian dan frekuensi kejadian bencana banjir terlihat adanya peningkatan yang cukup signifikan. Kabupaten Tapanuli Selatan termasuk dalam rencana penanggulangan bencana banjir dalam lima tahun mendatang dimuat dalam Rencana Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana 2010-2014. Pengetahuan dan sikap petugas sangat berhubungan dengan penanggulangan bencana banjir. Masyarakat masih banyak yang tidak puas dengan ketidakprofesionalan petugas dalam menanggulangi bencana. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh antara variabel independen yaitu pengetahuan dan sikap petugas Badan Penanggulangan Bencana Daerah dengan variabel dependen yaitu penanggulangan bencara banjir di Kabupaten Tapanuli Selatan. Penelitian ini jenis survei menggunakan pendekatan explanatory research. Populasi adalah seluruh petugas Badan Penanggulangan Bencana Daerah Kabupaten Tapanuli Selatan yang berjumlah 36 orang dan sekaligus dijadikan sampel. Data diperoleh dengan menggunakan kuesioner, dianalisis dengan regresi linier berganda pada α=5%. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan secara statistik terdapat pengaruh pengetahuan dan sikap terhadap penanggulangan bencana banjir dengan nilai thitung pengetahuan =3,754 >ttabel= 2,042 dan sikap sikap 3,229<2,042. Disarankan kepada Kepala Kantor Badan Penanggulangan Bencana Daerah mengusulkan berbagai pelatihan, simulasi, dan memberikan kesempatan untuk mengikuti pendidikan lanjutan dan merekrut petugas baru memiliki latar belakang pendidikan bencana agar lebih memahami penanggulangan bencana banjir sebelum, saat dan setelah terjadinya bencana banjir.