By
Alfonso T. Ruda
DIPOLOG
CITY - The Dipolog City Disaster Risk Reduction Management
Council (DRRMC) in collaboration with various concerned agencies has conducted an earthquake recently at
Barra Elementary School, Barangay Barra this city.
City
DRRMC head Felipe Mangila said the activity aimed to promote awareness among
schoolchildren to be able to respond appropriately during disasters.
Mangila
pointed out the need to prepare the kids against earthquake and tsunami, as the
school is situated in a coastal barangay.
Supporting
the CDRRMC’s disaster preparedness initiative are the Bureau of Fire
Protection(BFP), Philippine National Police (PNP), Department of Social Welfare
and Development(DSWD), Philippine Volcanology and Seismology (Philvolcs), Dipolog
City Information Office (DCIO) and the Philippine Information Agency(PIA).
Zamboanga
del Norte Philvolcs provincial head, Engr. Florenette Garcia, reminded the
faculty of the said school to put emphasis on the drill more particularly on
the preparation and reaction during any eventuality to augment their disaster
response capabilities.
Earlier,
similar undertakings had been conducted at Miputak East and Miputak West
Elementary Schools.
