Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction - The Philippine DRRM Law

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Philippines Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010

Philippines Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010

The Philippine DRRM Law is also known as _______

Republic Act 10121

Philippine DRRM Law

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

The Philippine DRRM Law, was signed on May 27, 2010, by ________

National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC)

came up with a new framework was signed on June 16, 2011.

Disaster Risk Reduction and Management

Meaning of the acronym DRRM

National Disaster Coordinating Council

Meaning of the acronym NDCC

National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Plan

Meaning of the acronym NDRRMP

Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Response and Disaster Rehabilitation and Recovery

Four thematic areas of NDRRMP

Goal of NDRRMP

Is envisioned to be achieved by 2028 through 14 objectives, 24 outcomes, 56 outputs and 93 activities as its indicators

Project NOAH, Project ARKO and Project Ready or GMMA Day

Most notable projects of NDRRMP

Project NOAH

• Department of Science and Technology response to develop a more accurate, integrated, and responsive disaster prevention and mitigation system in high risk areas throughout the Philippines.

Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards

Meaning of the acronym NOAH

Project ARKO

• A mobile application that uses the extensive database of project NOAH and DOST.

• It effectively harnesses the power of the internet to keep the people informed as to the situations regarding floods or rainfall in their areas

Project Ready or GMMA Day

• It aims to decrease the vulnerability of the Greater Metro Manila Area to natural hazards and increase their resilience.

• It is composed of 16 cities: the city of Manila, Quezon City, Caloocan, Las Piñas, Makati, Malabon, Mandaluyong, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Navotas, Parañaque, Pasay, Pasig, San Juan, Taguig, and Valenzuela

Philippine Laws on DRR

Climate Change Act of 2009

People’s Survival Fund Act

Republic Act 9729

Philippine Laws of DRR:

Climate Change Act of 2009

Republic Act 10174

People’s Survival Fund Act

Incident Command System

• It is used to organize a community in case of any emergency regardless of magnitude.

• It enables integrated communication and planning.

Incident Commander

1. responsible for all aspects of the response, including developing incident objectives and managing all incident operations.

2. is faced with many responsibilities when he/she arrives at the scene. Unless specifically assigned to another member of the command staff or general staff, these responsibilities remain.

3. Some of the more complex responsibilities include the following:

   1. Establish immediate priorities, especially the safety of respondents, other emergency workers, bystanders, and people involved in the incident

   2. Stabilize the incident by ensuring safety, and managing resources efficiently and cost- effectively

   3. Determine incident objectives and strategy to achieve the objectives

   4. Establish and monitor incident organization

   5. Approve the implementation of the written or oral incident action plan

   6. Ensure that adequate health and safety measures are in place

Command Staff

responsible for public affairs, health and safety, and liaison activities within the incident command structure.

Information Officer, Liaison Officer and Safety Officer

The IC remains responsible for these activities or may assign individuals to carry out these responsibilities and report directly to the IC. These 3 are:

Information Officer

develops and releases information about the incident to the news media, incident personnel, and other appropriate agencies and organizations.

Liaison Officer

serves as the point of contact for assisting and coordinating activities between the IC and various agencies and groups. This include congressional personnel, local government officials, and investigating personnel and organizations arriving at the scene.

Safety Officer

develops and recommends measures to the IC for assuring personnel health and safety, and to assess and/or anticipate hazardous and unsafe situations.

also develops the site safety plan, reviews the incident action plan for safety implications, and provides timely, complete, specific, and accurate assessment of hazards and required controls.

General Staff

includes operations, planning, logistics, and finance/administrative responsibilities. These responsibilities remain with the IC until they are assigned to another individual. When the operations, planning, logistics, or finance/administrative responsibilities are established as separate functions from the IC, they are managed by a section chief and can be supported by other functional units.

The Operations Staff

is responsible for all operations directly applicable to the primary mission of the response.

The Planning Staff

is responsible for collecting, evaluating, and disseminating the tactical information related to the incident, and for preparing and documenting incident action plans (IAPs).

The Logistics Staff

is responsible for providing facilities, services, and materials for the incident response.

The Finance and Administrative Staff

is responsible for all financial (including cost-analysis) and administrative aspects of the incident.