DAET, Camarines Norte, Aug. 14-- The municipal government of Daet sponsored a two-day Disaster Preparedness Seminar at the Daet Kalinangan Center over the weekend in support and to mark the celebration of the National Disaster Consciousness Month.
The disaster readiness training was attended by 67 participants from Daet's villages and representatives from other sectors. It was facilitated by officials of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Bicol.
Topics discussed during the seminar were: Understanding Hazards, their Resultant Effects and Countermeasures: Meteoroligical-Hydrological Hazards, Rain Induced Hazards, Geological Hazards; Philippine Disaster Management System; Effective Local Governance and Disaster Management: Indicators/Standards of disaster prepared community.
A workshop was conducted on the second day by OCD officials on contingency planning practical application and hazards and risks identification.
Executive Order 137 declared the month of July every year as National Disaster Consciousness Month in the country.
The seminar workshop was sponsored by the Daet local government led by Mayor Tito Sarte Sarion. It was supported by OCD Bicol, PAGASA Mines and Geosciences Bureau and Philvocs.
Sandy Q. Badaguas, the deputized OCD coordinator in Daet headed the disaster training.(PNA)