PDRMMO preparedness and response to be strengthened under Gov. Mabanglo’s administration

Nabunturan – PG head Joseph Randy M. Loy, MMCMDR of Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) of Davao de Oro shared that Gov. Raul G. Mabanglo expressed his huge support to the various disaster measures of the office during the Davao de Oro Peace Press Corps yesterday, July 31.

According to him, Gov. Mabanglo demonstrated his support immediately after officially taking the governor’s seat. He also emphasized that aside from existing plans of PDRRMO, he will strengthen the resiliency aspect of disaster management pillars.

PG Loy said that one way to achieve certain level of preparedness, we must focus on Early Warning System and it will require “early action”.

‎“𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝐷𝑅𝑅𝑀𝐶 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝐺𝑜𝑣. 𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑟. 𝑅𝑎𝑢𝑙 𝑀𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑜 … 𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑊𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡.”

Response measures were also discussed in the press conference, which were already approved by the governor, such as procurement of additional vehicles and equipment most especially for communication, submission of the updated Public Service Continuity Plan (PSCP) which will be used as operation manual during massive disruption to government services, improvement of Contingency plans for all hazards, and collaboration with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to reinforce cybersecurity measures during disasters.

He clarified that people participation at the community level is significant and that services should be felt at the grassroots for the safety of all citizens during emergencies which Gov. Mabanglo campaigned for as former barangay captain.  

‎“…𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙…𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒…𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒…𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑎 𝑚𝑖 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑑 𝑠𝑎 𝐾𝑎ℎ𝑖𝑚𝑠𝑜𝑔 𝑛𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡, 𝑝𝑟𝑒-ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒… 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑢𝑛𝑠𝑎𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑏𝑎𝑟…𝑠𝑜 𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑔 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑢𝑔 𝐶𝑃𝑅.”, 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑝𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑤𝑜𝑚 𝑛𝑖 𝑃𝐺 𝐿𝑜𝑦 𝑠𝑎 𝑚𝑔𝑎 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑜 𝑠𝑎 𝑔𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑟.

(“… we will…attach with different satellite offices of Engineering [office] so that we could be…closer to the people…that’s where we will come in in Kahimsog part, pre-hospital care…train people how to save…we will teach them first aid and CPR.”), PG Loy expounded.

He added that “𝐸𝑎𝑐ℎ ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑖 𝑛𝑎 𝑠𝑎 𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑦…𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑔𝑎 𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑜𝑘, 𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑦, 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑏𝑎𝑦𝑎𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑦𝑜 𝑠𝑎 𝑘𝑎𝑛𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑦.”

He added that (“Each has a role to play most especially at the barangay level…the community, purok, barangay, should work together and clean as frequently as they can.”) Ziyarah Manalo/PICTO-IPRD

Photos by: Albert Dayao/PICTO-IPRD