PAGADIAN CITY - The Office of Civil Defense – Regional Disaster Risk Reduction
Management Council (OCD-RDRRMC) in coordination with the Department of
Education conducted on Friday, March 15, 2013 its 1st Quarter
School-Based Tsunami and Earthquake Drill at Sta. Lucia National High School,
this city.
An estimated 800 high school students and faculty
members participated in the drill.
OCD-9 Regional Director
and RDRRMC-9 chairperson Adriano D. Fuego said the activity aims to promote
disaster preparedness, mitigation and awareness of the community especially
among the students and teachers.
It also entends to assess
the capacity level of the school during the event of earthquake and other
disasters, Director Fuego added.
RDRRMC member
representatives acted as evaluators during the actual drill which is composed
of the different agencies such as the Department of Science and Technology
(DOST), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG-City), Bureau of
Fire Protection (BFP), Philippine National Police (PNP), Philippine Red Cross
(PRC), and the Philippine Information Agency (PIA).
Ms. Shirley P. Sumugat,
School Principal expressed her gratefulness to OCD and the RDRRMC members for
choosing their school as the pilot area in the conduct of the tsunami and
earthquake drill. Sta. Lucia National High School is very much prone to tsunami,
being located along the seashore facing
Yllana Bay.
It can be recalled that
hundreds of residents in the area perished during the fateful August 17, 1976
tsunami. (PIA9)
