DILG tells LGUs: Use apps, modern tech in updating disaster preparedness plan
Published: May 16, 2014
Secretary of the Interior and Local
Government Mar Roxas has advised all local executives to avail of the
latest breakthroughs in modern technology, particularly those involving
weather information applications, in updating disaster risk reduction
and management plans for their respective communities.
Roxas issued the call as the Department
of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Department of Science
and Technology (DOST), and other agencies of the government undertake a
national information and education campaign aimed at enhancing the
capacity of local governments to better prepare for and quickly respond
to Yolanda-like phenomena.
The campaign dubbed as “Iba Na Ang
Panahon: Science for Safer Communities,” which runs until the end of
May, is an inter-agency government program aimed at providing science
and technology-based disaster and weather information, tools, and
technologies that will help local communities to prepare for natural
calamities.
Other agencies involved in the campaign
include the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) of the Department of National
Defense (DND), the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) and the National
Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA) of the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
In a directive to all provincial
governors and city and municipal mayors, Roxas encouraged them and their
disaster managers and officers to participate in the campaign being
held in all regions of the country, and come up with their respective
disaster risk reduction plans.
“Hinihikayat ko ang mga LGUs na lumahok
sa proyektong ito at gamitin ang mga makabagong pamamaraan ng syensya at
teknolohiya tulad ng mga hazard maps, websites at applications upang
makagawa ng epektibong DRR (disaster risk reduction) plans,” Roxas said.
“Gawin natin ang lahat ng makakayang
gawin para siguruhing ligtas sa kapahamakan ang bawat pamilyang
Pilipino. Mahalaga ang bawat oras, mahalaga ang bawat buhay,” he added.
As part of the activity, the DOST and
Project NOAH (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards) were
directed to share information, tools and technologies that are crucial
in preparing DRR plans for communities.
NAMRIA, for its part, will share its
maps. The OCD, on the other hand, will help local governments prepare
their disaster plans using DOST’s tools and technologies.
Roxas said the Science for Safer
Communities campaigns were already held each in Regions III (Central
Luzon), IV-A (CALABARZON), IV-B (MIMAROPA), VI (Western Visayas), VII
(Central Visayas), IX (Zamboanga Peninsula), X (Northern Mindanao),
Caraga, and ARMM, which were attended by governors, city and municipal
mayors including their respective DRR managers.
Meanwhile, the regional campaign for
Regions I (Ilocos Region), II (Cagayan Valley), V (Bicol Region), VIII
(Eastern Visayas), XI (Davao Region), XII (SOCCSKSARGEN), CAR, and NCR
is set in the whole month of May.
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