<![CDATA[The increasing frequency of disasters and environmental degradation in West Sumatra in 2024 has reshaped public perceptions of natural disasters. This study examines the role of disaster narratives in enhancing community knowledge, fostering disaster education values, and facilitating the transmission of these values. A service-learning approach was implemented through a community outreach program at Gandoriah Beach, Pariaman City, West Sumatra. Between May and June 2024, data were collected from 131 respondents representing diverse backgrounds. Participants were surveyed on disaster narrative knowledge, educational values, and value transmission while receiving narrative-based disaster mitigation education. Program outcomes were evaluated using structured and open-ended questionnaires, and the data were analyzed through quantitative and qualitative methods. The findings indicate that community knowledge of disaster narratives was generally high but unevenly distributed. Disaster education values were evident, with environmental and religious values emerging as the most dominant, whereas social responsibility, empathy, and moral values remained less developed. Disaster narratives also promoted emotional engagement and demonstrated strong potential for broader educational application. Moreover, their function has shifted from simply recounting past experiences to fostering causal understanding, environmental awareness, and preventive action, although community preparedness is still developing. These findings highlight the importance of strengthening narrative-based disaster education grounded in local knowledge and community experience to integrate knowledge, values, and action, thereby improving disaster preparedness, particularly among communities living in ecologically vulnerable coastal areas.]]>
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