Dagupan receives award for Exceptional Disaster Management
BALON DAGUPAN NEWS
DAGUPAN CITY – This city received another award following the DSWD award for having the Most Functional City Advisory Council of 4Ps in Region 1 last Friday in La Union. This time the award is in recognition of the city’s exceptional disaster risk reduction preparedness.
The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council of Region 1 (RDRRMC1) presented the Gawad Kalasag Exceptional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Service Award to the city last December 4, 2015 at Hotel Ariana in Bauang, La Union by Melchito M. Castro, Regional Director, Office of the National Defense and chairperson of RDRRMC1.
The award was presented to Mayor Belen T. Fernandez on February 15 during the regular flag raising ceremony at the city plaza by City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) head Ronaldo De Guzman.
The award was in recognition of the city’s exemplary actions and unprecedented support in Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, Preparedness, Response and Recovery promoting DRRM at its optimum especially in extending help and assistance to the affected villages during the onslaught of the past typhoons despite the adversities of various disaster operations.
That the city never falter to respond to the call of Public Service in attaining the optimum goal of saving lives and properties and that Fernandez never stop in increasing the city’s preparedness through upgrading the city’s DRRM equipment and knowledge towards the realization of a safer, adaptive and disaster resilient community.
At present the CDRRMO is equipped with two rescue trucks, one tanker fire truck, one ambulance, one ten wheeler dump truck, one backhoe, one dewatering pump, four barracuda rescue boat with outboard motor, and two generator sets.
De Guzman disclosed that the other equipment which are due for delivery are one six wheeler water truck, one pay loader, four portable generator sets, six chainsaws and four portable water pumps. (CIO)
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