By
Gideon C. Corgue
PAGADIAN CITY – Elected
municipal and barangays officials, department heads, representatives from
business and religious sectors, and peoples organization of Lapuyan town completed
the 3-day Basic Incident Command System (ICS) training held last May 18-21 at
Four Queens Resort here.
The ICS is a standard, on-scene
all hazard incident management system that enables various response groups to
efficiently and effectively manage a single or multiple incidents or even a
non-emergency or planned events. It
allows users to adopt an integrated organizational structure to match the
complexities and demands of any situation without being hindered by agency or
jurisdictional boundaries.
Engr. Angelito Casinillo, training
officer of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD9) said the training sought to
provide the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (MDRRMC)
with the necessary skills in managing emergencies to ensure that disaster risks
and impacts are minimized, if not prevented, including natural and
human-induced disasters.
Casinillo said the training
comprised lectures on the ICS, its organization and staffing, ICS facilities,
organizing and managing incidents and events, and other related topics and
issues.
Mayor Daylinda Sulong in her
message said “ICS
training is very important saying that their municipality is vulnerable to
natural disaster.”
“Importante
gyud kaayo nga kaming mga opisyales ug kawani mopailawom ning maong pagbansaybansay
tungod kay ang among lungsod dali ra matandog sa mga kalamidad. Adunay duha ka mga suba nga
naglatas sa mga barangays. Kung walay hunong ang pag-ulan moawas ang suba ug mokatag
ngadto sa ubos nga mga barangay, Sulong explained.”
(It
is very important that the officials and employees will undergo this training
because our municipality is vulnerable to disasters. There are two bridges that
traversed the barangays. During heavy rains, the river will overflow and spread
to the low-lying barangays.)
“We
should be ready at all times because our municipality has experienced flooding,
dry spell, landslides, earthquake and human-induced disasters like massacre,
and piracy, and others,” Sulong added.
Sulong made sure that the concepts
and principles of ICS would be applied in their barangays and the same training
be cascaded to the 26 Barangay DRRMCs and other emergency responders in the
municipality.