NATIONAL DISASTER RESILIENCE MONTH. A senior high school student from Calasiao Comprehensive National High School interacts with the lecturer from the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office during the Dunong. Kaalaman. Kaligtasan. Program on July 12. (Photo courtesy of PDRRMO Pangasinan)
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan -- The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) in Pangasinan had conducted trainings and information drive for senior high school students, people in communities and members of the Philippine Army in line with the celebration of National Disaster Resilience Month this July.
In an interview Monday, Shallom Balolong of the PDRRMO operations and warning department, said they have educated senior high school students of the Calasiao Comprehensive National High School on disaster risk reduction and management through the “Dunong. Kaalaman. Kaligtasan. Program” of the provincial government on July 12.
“We have already conducted the said program in at least seven high schools in the province and we target to cover all the senior high school students in the province,” Balolong said.
PDRRMO also taught the people in two barangays of Aguilar town basic survival skills against the hazards in their community last week, said Balolong.
“We have identified the hazards in their community and we taught them basic survival skills, which they could use against these hazards,” he added.
Balolong further said that they held trainings on water search and rescue as well as basic life support for the personnel of the Philippine Army based in Camp Lt. Tito Abat in Manaoag town.
“Our activities were in line with this year’s (National Resilience Month) theme 'Katatagan sa Kalamidad ay Makakamtan Kapag Sapat ang Kaalaman sa Kahandaan',” he said.
He added that the province is planning to sign a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Philippine National Police and the Bureau of Fire Protection, the first responders during disasters and calamities, to establish the local 911.
“This is in relation to the executive order 56 of President Rodrigo Duterte dated May 25, designating 911 as the national emergency hotline,” Balolong said.
He noted that the province aims to have the MOA by this month or the next and the PDRRMO to have more upcoming activities on disaster risk reduction and management. (PNA)
