Philippine is located along the typhoon belt in the Pacific, the Philippines is visited by an average of 20 typhoons every year, five of which are destructive. Being situated in the "Pacific Ring of Fire" makes it vulnerable to frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Its geographical location and physical environment also contributes to its high-susceptibility to tsunami, sea level rise, storm surges, landslides, flood/ flash flood/ flooding. and drought.
-Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC)
Disaster Management System:
Legal System:
Promulgated on 11 June 1978, Presidential Decree (PD) No. 1566 entitled " Strengthening of the Philippines Disaster Control Capability and Establishing the National Program on Community Disaster Preparedness" has created the National Disaster Coordinating (NDCC). PD 1566 has been the legal authority of the NDCC in leading the collaborative efforts in disaster preparedness planning, as well as disaster response operation and rehabilitation, both in the public and private sectors in the country. In response to the urgent need to focus more on reducing disaster risks, the NDCC has started to take on the challenge of shifting its disaster management approaches and strategies from reactive (emergency management, disaster response) to pro-active (disaster risk reduction/management (DRR/M). Since 2008, the Government of the Philippines has been working its way into the passage of a new DRM Act which shall be known as the "Philippines Disaster Risk Reduction, Management and Recovery Act of 2009:. This Act provides for the development of policies and plans and the implementation of actions and measures pertaining to all apects of disaster risk reduction, management and recovery, including good governance, risk assessment and early warning, knowledge building and awareness raising, reducing underlying risk factors, and preparedness for effective response and early recovery.
Organization:
The National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) is the highest policy-making, coordinating and supervising body at the national level for disaster risk management in the country. It actively carries out the notable efforts of the governments and programs on disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and rehabilitation. The NDCC also serves as an advisory body on disaster preparedness programs, disaster operations, and rehabilitation effort undertaken by the government and other stakeholders. It also recommends to the President of the Republic of the Philippines the declaration of State of Calamity in disaster-affected areas and the release of national calamity funds as needed. The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) as the operating arm and secretariat of the NDCC has the primary task of coordinating the activities and functions of various government agencies and instrumentalities, private institutions and civic organizations for the protection and preservation of life and property during disaster and emergencies.
Plan:
The NDCC has a National Calamities and Disaster Preapredness Plan (NCDPP) which specifies the functions and responsibilities of each member agency in times of disasters and emergencies, as well as, how concerted and coordinated disaster control effort from the national down to the regional, provincial, city, municipal, an barangay levels are being undertaken. The plan also stipulates numerous disaster management activities that have to be undertaken by concerned member agencies at the pre-disaster, emergency, and post-emergency phases. A national Disaster Risk Reduction, Management and Recovery Framework and Plan will be developed and formulated once the new the international standards set by the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA). The NDCC, through th OCD, and with technical support from the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has developed a long-term plan coined as the Strategic National Action Plan (SNAP) on Disaster Risk Reduction (2009-2019) to implement the priorities for action of the HFA. The SNAP is a roadmap articulating priority progarams and projects on DRR for the nest ten years. Approval of said is in progress.
No comments:
Post a Comment