CAMP GEN SERVILLANO AQUINO, Quezon City (DWDD) – As the eye of Typhoon Ompong made its landfall at the municipality of Baggao,Cagayan last Sept 15, 2018 (Saturday), the Northern Luzon Command (NOLCOM) was one of the first government bureau to respond to the call for help of the people in ground zero during the lashing of typhoon Ompong, side by side with the Alagang Kapatid Foundation, a non-government foundation who immediately took initiative to provide relief packages and necessities for the people in Cagayan.
NOLCOM’s 502nd Infantry Brigade (502IB), 77th Infantry Battalion (Cadre) (77IBC), 17th Infantry Battalion, Tactical Operations Group 2 (TOG2), and NBCO are all deployed in Cagayan Valley to immediately respond to the calls for help of the people.
NOLCOM’s Disaster Response Units deployed in the area helped the Alagang Kapatid Foundation to reach their destination by clearing the roads manually to make them passable so that help will reach the ground zero areas.
They were able to serve hot cooked meals, and drinks for roughly 800 individuals. The residents took advantage of Libreng Tawag using Smart Communication Satellite phones to get in touch with their loved ones as well use the free charging services, courtesy of One Meralco generator set.
PLDT Smart Foundation and Sogo Employee Council gave out blankets to the senior citizens and pregnant women at the site. With the situation at hand, sources of clean water have been compromised thus water filters which are able to purify rainwater or contaminated water to potable drinking water from Metro Pacific Investments were turned over to the barangay officials to remedy their problem with lack of drinking water.
The team has already served 2 evacuation centers in Apparri, Sta Ana and Gonzaga towns in Cagayan. Currently, the team is on their way to extend assistance to the affected barangays in Gattaran. Afterward, they’ll head out to the provinces of Ilocos and Benguet.
The day after Ompong made its landfall in Cagayan (September 16, 2018) The Felix Y Manalo (FYM) Foundation in close coordination with Civil Relations Service AFP was able to immediately give out 47,000 bags of relief packages which comprises of rice, canned goods, drinking water and other basic necessities for all of those who were affected by Typhoon Ompong in La Union, Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Norte, Isabela, Abra, Pangasinan, Benguet, and Cagayan particularly in Baggao.
With the continuous clearing operations of NOLCOM’s DRTUs in Cagayan, more help was able to reach these ground zero areas.
Moreover, Lt Gen Emmanuel B Salamat, Commander NOLCOM personally went to Isabela on September 15, 2018, to assess the isolated barangays in the area as well as oversee the conduct of operations in ground zero.
Over 13,000 soldiers were deployed all throughout the areas of Northern and Central Luzon to mitigate the damages brought by Ompong as well as perform HADROs during and after its onslaught.
Regardless of the constraints of being part of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, NOLCOM will strive harder to perform HADRO more efficiently and operationally and ensure that their people are safe from any type of disasters.
The joint efforts of NOLCOM with its partners will bring furtherance to the speedy recovery of the people and of the calamity-stricken communities here in Northern and Central Luzon. NOLCOM / MCAG
http://dwdd.com.ph/2018/09/19/disaster-response-nolcom-provides-immediate-assistance-to-ground-zero-in-baggao-cagayan/
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