[av_one_full first min_height=” vertical_alignment=” space=” custom_margin=” margin=’0px’ padding=’0px’ border=” border_color=” radius=’0px’ background_color=” src=” background_position=’top left’ background_repeat=’no-repeat’ animation=”]
[av_heading heading=’OCD wraps up training on disaster preparedness’ tag=’h3′ style=’blockquote modern-quote’ size=” subheading_active=’subheading_below’ subheading_size=’15’ padding=’10’ color=” custom_font=”][/av_heading]
[av_textblock size=” font_color=’custom’ color=”]
Sunday, April 30, 2017
[/av_textblock]
[av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”]
ILOILO City – The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) in Western Visayas wrapped up yesterday its three-day seminar / training that prepared participants for disaster emergencies.
The participants were members of the newly-formed Rapid Emergency Telecommunications Team (RETT) and select members of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (RDRRMC).
The workshop was significant since Western Visayas has, among others, five earthquake generators that make the region prone to tremors, said OCD-6 director Rosario Cabrera.
These generators were the West Panay Fault, Negros Trench, zone of collision between the islands of Palawan and Mindoro, Tablas Fault and Central Negros Fault.
“Incident command system (ICS) is our language in relation to disaster response so that we can understand each other better during disaster operations,” said Cabrera.
The participants were familiarized with the ICS “because this is the mechanism we are using right now in disaster response,” she added.
ICS is an on-scene response mechanism.
Republic Act 10121 or the Philippine Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Act of 2010 seeks for the institutionalization of ICS, utilized during planned events involving huge crowds and human-induced hazards.
Cabrera said that Western Visayas ICS received commendation when it hosted several meetings of the 2017 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and the 2015 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
“It is in this region that they were able to see how we ran the activity. The practices that we have here are being replicated in other regions. The structure here will be followed by other regions hosting ASEAN meetings,” she said.
The ICS was also activated during the Holy Week, Dinagyang Festival of Iloilo, CapizTahan of Capiz and the Palarong Pambansa in Antique.
Apart from the RETT, 100 percent of the provincial DRRMCs in Western Visayas have already undergone the ICS training while it is ongoing for municipal DRRMCs.
ICS is a ladderized training. Thereafter, trainees may opt to avail themselves of the next training on integrated planning. The next level is position process and the last is the all hazard incident management team. (PNA/PN)
[/av_textblock]
[/av_one_full]
