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OCD-ARMM orients local disaster managers on PDRA
- Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=864555
- Wednesday, March 9, 2016
- (PNA), JBP/NYP/EOF
DATU ODIN SINSUAT, Maguindanao, March 9 (PNA) -- To prepare disaster response at the local level, the Office of Civil Defense in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (OCD-ARMM) has conducted Tuesday a day-long orientation Pre-Disaster Risk Assessment (PDRA) for Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officers (MDRRMOs) of Lanao del Sur.
Myrna J. Angot, OCD-ARMM regional director, said the activity was vital to disaster managers, 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.
“Since PDRA is very significant in government action, it must be clear to everyone so they can come up with appropriate and timely action during emergencies,” according to NDRRMC Chief and Civil Defense Administrator Alexander P. Pama.
Pama, in a statement during the orientation, stressed that disaster managers in local government units must undergo pre-disaster risk assessments to come up with a design appropriate to their local needs.
Equally important, according to Angot, is the need for more efforts to make the public understand disaster warnings so they too can react accordingly.
OCD-ARMM is mulling to translate emergency signs in the vernacular for people in the countryside so they can easily understand the impact of disasters in their lives.