Islamic City of Marawi (23 November) -- The Office of Civil Defense in region 10 (OCD-10) in partnership with the city government of Marawi conducted an orientation on Republic Act No. 10121 otherwise known as the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) Act.
OCD-10 Director Carmelito A. Lupo said RA 10121 seeks to promote community-based disaster management to be implemented through the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council which is empowered with policy-making, coordination, integration, supervision, monitoring and evaluation functions.
He stressed that said DRRM orientation aimed to raise awareness about the government's program on disaster management such as identifying the causes and impacts of disasters as well as mitigating their effects by developing the right approaches, strategies and actions.
The other objective of the orientation, he further said, was to re-organize the Marawi City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.
An overview of Contingency Planning, Incident Command System, and Rapid Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis were also tackled during the orientation.
The one-day orientation was held at Mamitua Saber Research Center in Mindanao State University (MSU) campus here and participated by city heads of offices, local representatives from the Philippine National Police, Philippine Army, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, Bureau of Fire and Protection, civil society organizations, academe and media.
Marawi City was placed under the temporary supervision of OCD-10 as far as disaster management is concern after the OCD in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao was deactivated sometime in 2009.
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