Units of the Eastern Mindanao Command (EMC) conducted a
three-day humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HADR) planning
exercise at its Naval Station Felix Apolinario headquarters in Panacan, Davao
City last June 13 to 15.
Major Ezra Balagtey, EMC public affairs office chief, said
planners and disaster management implementers from the Command attended the
three-day planning session.
He added EMC head Lt. Gen. Leonardo B. Guerrero ordered this
HADR planning session.
The goal is to alert all units under its control and review
their respective disaster plans as part of the preparation with the onset of
the rainy season.
Aside from reviewing existing plans, the activity also aimed
to update different planners and disaster response implementers on the basics
of Incident Management in accordance to the standards of Incident Command
System.
Being the lead agency in Search Rescue and Retrieval, which
falls under the thematic Area Disaster Response, the exercise also allows EMC
to inventory and identify different search and rescue organizations in its
area-of-responsibility.
The exercise also includes inter-operability and
inter-connectivity review with different stakeholders and organizations, being
one of the lessons learned during past disasters.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=895314
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