Disaster Risk Profile

Parañaque Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) Chairperson and City Mayor Florencio Bernabe, Jr. mobilized the various divisions of the PDRRMC as well as vital departments in the city government organization on Monday August 6, 2012 following alerts by the weather bureau for continuous southwest monsoon rains. Put on disaster management duty were the Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office which coordinated evacuation and rescue efforts; the City Health Office which attended to the health needs of the evacuees; Parañaque DSWD which supplied food and clean water in evacuation centers and distributed relief goods in affected communities. The Public Information Office which kept the citizens updated by way of its “text blast." DepEd-Parañaque offered public schools as evacuation centers.As a safety precaution, the local chief executive suspended classes in all levels from August 7 to 10, 2012. “We mobilized the various divisions that make up the PDRRMC and offices in our local government organizational structure that have been delegated disaster preparedness and response functions at the first indications that the country will be in for big rains so that we can mitigate risks, if not totally prevent injuries, deaths and damages to properties and infrastructures. As prior preparation, we invested on special equipment like our 2 “Spider” backhoe excavators; a “Vactor” drainage/sewer vacuum; and a river dredging equipment and with these, we regularly cleared our waterways of debris and widened creeks as necessary; removed sludge and trash from drainage; and removed silt from the Parañaque River. Our disaster awareness campaign also contributed to the effort.”, Mayor Jun Bernabe said.