MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur--Various provincial departments and government line agencies presented their recent interventions in connection to disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) at the provincial level.
During the 1st quarter regular meeting of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) Tuesday, March 22, Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office’s (PSWDO’s) Mariam Balindong Casim shared that every occurrence of a disaster or calamity, they would usually magnify two types of response which are human-induced or man-made, and natural.
She detailed that in the former, they first validate the identity of affected families and how severe the disaster was before they go on-field and distribute assistance and necessities. With this, she said that it would be better if they get beforehand an initial report from the Municipal or City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Offices, as the case may be, regarding the transpired disaster or calamity to fast-track their action to the victims.
For the second type of response, the focal stated they immediately respond through the distribution of assistance, especially rice.
Casim then recalled that after the onslaught of Typhoon Odette in December 2021, at least 36 severely affected barangays in the province received rice assistance distributed mostly through a house-to-house basis while those whose property or structures were totally devastated were given financial assistance.
To augment this effort, the Ministry of Social Services and Development (MSSD) has accordingly sent support as well.
Casim further stressed that with regards to the most recent firefight incident in Maguing town here in the province, they, together with the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO), were closely monitoring roughly 892 impacted families wherein they have visited the displaced households in evacuation centers and rice distribution was also spearheaded.
For its part, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) here posted their hotlines which are available for residents. The representative said they are reachable through 09196412597 and 09171747933.
In connection to the council’s clustering scheme, the line agency shared they may be linked with clusters on search, rescue and retrieval, emergency communication, health protocol, law and order operations, logistics, camp coordinator, and food and security.
Meanwhile, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said that as part of their disaster response, they have been involved in road clearing operations to ensure availability, especially of vital road networks and passages, and their rescue initiative during the onset of Typhoon Odette in the province.
Other agencies and departments that introduced their respective efforts were the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine Red Cross (PRC), Ministry of Public Works (MPW) and MSSD, among others. (CRG/PIA-Lanao del Sur)
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