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| REPRESENTATIVES of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Philippine National Police distribute a copy of the 28-page Disaster Preparedness Manual to local government units and other partner-agencies and organizations on March 25 at the Tabacalera Function Hall in Laoag City during the provincial launching of the Oplan Listo program. The manual containing a checklist of early preparations in times of natural and man-made calamity hopes to assists LGUs in formulating disaster preparedness plans, allowing them to know if they are ready, and what they need to do to meet the minimum levels of readiness. Also in photo are: Officer-in-charge Julie Daquioag of the DILG Regional Office I, Provincial DILG officer Roger Daquioag and Major Randy Baoit, Bacarra chief of police. (Lei Adriano) |
By Leilanie G. Adriano
Staff reporter
LAOAG CITY—The Department of
Interior and Local Government (DILG) is seeking Local Government Units’ (LGUs)
full compliance of the mandatory creation of Local Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Office (LDRRMO) in its bid to strengthen fast and reliable response
when disaster strikes.
While the province of Ilocos
Norte has maintained a very satisfactory rating in terms of disaster
preparedness, DILG provincial director Roger Daquioag reiterated the need to
create an office and appoint personnel, who will be responsible to set
direction, develop, implement and coordinate programs meant to reduce and
properly manage risks caused by natural and man-made calamities.
In Ilocos Norte, he said
there are still LGUs which have yet to comply with Memorandum Circular No. 2014-1
jointly issued by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council,
DILG, Department of Budget and Management and the Civil Service Commission.
Under the memo dated April 4,
2014, LGUs that are financially capable shall create plantilla positions for
the LDRRMO and employ personnel with a salary grade ranging from 8-24, provided
it does not exceed the personal service limitation cap.
According to Mr. Daquioag,
the city government of Laoag has already fully complied with the memo circular
while other LGUs are still being updated.
Earlier, the Ilocos Norte
government has created the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Council (PDRRMC), now known as a task force on provincial
resiliency.
Aside from early preparations
towards unexpected eventualities, the Provincial Resiliency Task Force (PRTC)
also includes possible threats on terrorism, climate change and outbreak of
such as Dengue, Chikungguniya, HIV/AIDS and typhoid to be included in the
provincial action plan.
“Ilocos Norte is 100 %
prepared in terms of organization and everything. We just want to enhance what
really is the specific response for a specific disaster and we want to know who
are responsible for all these things,” said DILG regional director Julie
Daquioag during her recent visit to Ilocos Norte.
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