Lanao del Sur MDRRMOs train on pre-disaster risk assessment

• Source:http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/1661457590801/lanao-del-sur-mdrrmos-train-on-pre-disaster-risk-assessment
• Saturday, March 12, 2016

(IBEroy/PBChangco-PIA Cotabato City with report from OCD-ARMM)

COTABATO CITY (PIA) -- Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officers (MDRRMOs) of Lanao del Sur undergo a one-day orientation on Pre-Disaster Risk Assessment (PDRA), Tuesday, March 8.

The Office of Civil Defense in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (OCD-ARMM) initiated the orientation at Golden Lace, Cotabato City.

According to NDRRMC Chief and Civil Defense Administrator, Alexander Pama, said the PDRA is significant so it would be clear to everyone how they respond to the calamities.

Pama said, disaster managers most especially those in local government, will be headlining pre-disaster risk assessments in pursuit to design appropriate responses based to their needs.

Meanwhile, OCD-ARMM-OIC Myrna Angot, said the activity is important for disaster managers most especially at the local level so they would analyze and understand the risk factors in their areas and would have possibly translate this into proper responses.

“There is still a need for more effort to make the public understand disaster warnings and explain it in vernacular most especially to those who are from the countryside and as well understand the impact of disasters on their lives,” Angot added.

Other government line agencies present during the activity are Department of Interior and Local Government, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Regional Planning and Development Office, Department of Environment and Natural Resources all under in the ARMM, PAGASA and PHIVOLCS Cotabato, and the ARMM-HEART (Humanitarian Emergency Action and Response Team).