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BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
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ILOILO City – The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has been conducting disaster contingency planning workshops in Western Visayas municipalities along major river basins.
According to OCD regional director Rosario Cabrera, the workshops started early September.
“We want our local disaster risk reduction and management councils capacitated to cope with any disaster,” said Cabrera, also the chairperson of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC).
The council is currently monitoring the movement of typhoon “Haima” (to be named typhoon “Lawin” once inside the Philippine Area of Responsibility), revealed Cabrera.
“We will convene our pre-disaster risk assessment teams so that specific preparations can be put in place,” she said.
“Lawin” is expected to dovetail the track of typhoon “Karen” which left the country early Monday.
So far this year, OCD already conducted four basic Incident Command System for provincial DRRMCs, RDRRMC and member agencies to enhance command control coordination, said Cabrera.
There were also community-based disaster trainings for local DRRMCs, particularly in the barangay level./PN
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