Ms.
Lubang from OCD explains the roles and responsibilities of the
National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. (Photos
Courtesy of Mr. Dymark Constantino) |
NMP employees
undergo disaster preparedness seminar
By National Maritime
Polytechnic
December 2, 2014
TACLOBAN CITY – The
employees of National Maritime Polytechnic (NMP), the premier
government maritime training and research center located at Brgy.
Cabalawan, this City, underwent a one-day Disaster Preparedness
Seminar on November 21, 2014 at the Palo Municipal Multi-purpose Hall.
“Disaster is at end of the
spectrum by which we have to prepare for. Risks are found everywhere
and we have to be cautious about them,” Atty. Ruben Y. Maceda, NMP OIC
Deputy Executive Director, said as he welcomed the fifty (50) regular
and Job Order Workers who participated in the said training.
Aimed at increasing the
awareness of NMP employees on how to prepare for disasters and reduce
the risks affiliated with them, the seminar focused on topics about
environmental and human-related disasters and the necessary
precautionary measures to be considered for each with Ms. Cherelyn
Lubang, Civil Defense Assistant from the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD),
as the Resource Speaker.
Towards the end of the
seminar, Ms. Lubang facilitated in the preparation of
disaster-preparedness plan that may be applied at home or in the
Agency.
OCD, the civil defense arm
of the Department of National Defense, is a government agency in
charge of the enforcement and implementation of the regulations set
forth by Republic Act 10121, an Act Strengthening the Philippine
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management System, Providing for the
National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Framework and
Institutionalizing the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
Plan, Appropriating Funds Therefor and other Purposes.
The conduct of the
seminar-workshop is one of the commitment activities pursued under the
Agency’s Gender and Development (GAD)and spearheaded by its Focal
Person Elena M. Santos.