Ifugao govt donates search, rescue equipment to the BFP
Posted on | Monday, 25 April 2011 | No Comments
by Mhars B. Lihgawon
LAGAWE, Ifugao- - The provincial local government unit (PLGU) through the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Center (PDRRMC) donated recently search and rescue equipments to the Bureau of Fire Protection in the province to help the firemen in performing their job efficiently.
“These equipments could be used in times of calamities and emergencies in the province,” said provincial disaster action officer Gerry Gano.
Gano disclosed that the search and rescue equipments include one set of rescue basket with accessories, one unit steel chainsaw and portable generator, rope rapelling, hand held radios, medical kits, and other accessories all worth P211,100.
During the turnover ceremony, BFP – Cordillera regional director FSSupt. Samuel Jamias thanked the provincial government for the said donation. He reiterated that the search and rescue equipments would help the agency in performing its mandate to serve the people effectively and efficiently.
Meanwhile, the PDRRMC recently conducted a one day orientation on the process of risk assessment to disaster council representatives in the municipalities of Kiangan, Lagawe, and Lamut as one way of providing more capability to respond in cases of disasters or calamities.
PDRRMC staff Marcela Cortez stated that disaster risk assessment is very important in order that members of the various disaster councils can effectively and efficiently do their respective duties and responsibilities. She stressed that the disaster risk assessments include hazard characterization frequency analysis, consequence analysis, risk estimation, and risk evaluation.
Hazard characterization frequency analysis involves identifying and characterizing the hazards that threaten the area while consequence analysis is the determination of the consequences of these potential hazards to exposed population and land uses.
On the other hand, risk estimation involves estimating the risk expressed as the expected annual numbers of lives lost and damage to property and risk evaluation involves prioritizing areas by comparing the risk estimates to the acceptability criteria and assigned score. *(JDP/JBS-PIA CAR,Ifugao)
LAGAWE, Ifugao- - The provincial local government unit (PLGU) through the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Center (PDRRMC) donated recently search and rescue equipments to the Bureau of Fire Protection in the province to help the firemen in performing their job efficiently.
“These equipments could be used in times of calamities and emergencies in the province,” said provincial disaster action officer Gerry Gano.
Gano disclosed that the search and rescue equipments include one set of rescue basket with accessories, one unit steel chainsaw and portable generator, rope rapelling, hand held radios, medical kits, and other accessories all worth P211,100.
During the turnover ceremony, BFP – Cordillera regional director FSSupt. Samuel Jamias thanked the provincial government for the said donation. He reiterated that the search and rescue equipments would help the agency in performing its mandate to serve the people effectively and efficiently.
Meanwhile, the PDRRMC recently conducted a one day orientation on the process of risk assessment to disaster council representatives in the municipalities of Kiangan, Lagawe, and Lamut as one way of providing more capability to respond in cases of disasters or calamities.
PDRRMC staff Marcela Cortez stated that disaster risk assessment is very important in order that members of the various disaster councils can effectively and efficiently do their respective duties and responsibilities. She stressed that the disaster risk assessments include hazard characterization frequency analysis, consequence analysis, risk estimation, and risk evaluation.
Hazard characterization frequency analysis involves identifying and characterizing the hazards that threaten the area while consequence analysis is the determination of the consequences of these potential hazards to exposed population and land uses.
On the other hand, risk estimation involves estimating the risk expressed as the expected annual numbers of lives lost and damage to property and risk evaluation involves prioritizing areas by comparing the risk estimates to the acceptability criteria and assigned score. *(JDP/JBS-PIA CAR,Ifugao)
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