“The grab kits will include flashlights, toiletries, transistor radios and food in pouches,” Davao del Norte Assistant Provincial Administrator Romulo Tagalo said during yesterday’s Kapihan sa PIA.
He said while the disaster awareness campaign of the province reached as far as the barangays prior to Typhoon Pablo, they will now go down to the household level to make the campaign more effective.
Tagalo said they are targeting mothers who are bound to think of their family’s safety first, compared to fathers who have the tendency to think of their farmlands first in time of disasters.
Among the strategies identified by the province as part of its disaster preparation are lectures on climate change, basic household preparation, early warning system and communication system.
“When it comes to climate change, there is no safe area now,” he said. It is now a reality that disaster risk is no longer defined by whether you live near the seashores or in the cities, he added.
As part of its early warning system, the province has recently inked an agreement with the Department of Science and Technology for the establishment of the Tagum-Liboganon River Flood Forecasting and Warning Center (TLRFFWC).
DOST XI provincial science and technology coordinator for Davao del Norte Engineer Rogelio Corcino earlier said that the Center will serve as a hub for all forecasting and warning activities for the Tagum-Liboganon River Basin and all its tributaries and allied rivers.
The Center is expected to rise in a 500-square meter land within the Provincial Government Center. (lovely a. carillo)
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