DAVAO CITY, Oct. 17 (PIA) Members of the technical working group of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council met to review the local risk reduction and management plans per local government unit and to review the readiness of partner agencies to respond to contingencies following the earthquake that struck Central Visayas Tuesday morning.
Loreto Rirao, director of the Office of Civil Defense 11 and chair of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council 11 said the latest disaster entails everyone to be prepared on any disaster.
He also cited the need to strengthen the coordination between the RDRRMC and the local government units in handling emergency situations geared at saving lives.
Rirao noticed the need to improve the coordination between many local government units and the disaster bodies in handling actual emergency situations during the immediate aftermath of the disaster.
“Only the schools are focused in conducting either earthquake or fire drills,” he said.
Rirao stressed the need to examine further the local disaster risk reduction and management council per province and municipality and to align it with the corresponding national and regional plans on disaster prevention and mitigation, disaster preparedness and response, disaster rehabilitation and recovery.
He said during the scrutiny, partner line-government agencies can make evaluation and recommendation especially on their corresponding contribution to make the disaster plan relevant and effective.
“We have to evaluate the local DRRM plans seriously per municipality, per province,” Rirao said.
He said the local DRR plans must conform with the laws on disaster risk reduction management like the Republic Act 10121. (PIA 11-Joey Sem G. Dalumpines)
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