Praptining Sukowati - Politic and Social Science Faculty, Merdeka Malang University
Vecky Nelwan - Student of Psychology Doctoral Program, Malang State University

The management policy of handling disasters in East Java Province is still a concern. Therefore a new paradigm of disaster management is needed to overcome these problems. East Java Province, as one of the disaster-prone areas (± ۳۵ District / City, BPBD ۲۰۰۹), with a vast expanse of nature and a relatively dense population, should not bet again on dealing with natural disaster problems. There are no other alternatives for The Regional Government of East Java, in addition to formulating a comprehensive, integrative and community-based natural disaster management policy and optimizing the role of the bureaucracy related to handling natural disasters. The research objective was to find guidelines or models for disaster management policies in East Java Province, especially in providing basic or minimal services in disaster-prone areas. Whereas long as the role of local government bureaucracy has not been optimally related to service in an integrative community-based manner. The nature of the research is qualitative descriptive with a grounded theory approach from Bysan. Data collection through in-depth interviews, FGDs, observations, documentation for almost eight months in Jember District and Malang Regency as a representation of disaster-prone areas in East Java Province. The results of the study were the role of bureaucracy in handling natural disasters in disaster-prone areas of East Java Province was not optimal, because the management policy of natural disaster management was still an instruction so that essential services had not been appropriately implemented. Cooperation between regions and between sectors has not been well implemented. So that a management policy model for handling natural disasters in disaster-prone areas is needed that is related to institutional and handling in areas prone to natural disasters in East Java Province.

Policy, Handling natural disasters, Role, Bureaucracy, Community-Based