DAGUPAN City Mayor Belen T. Fernandez received the Gawad Kalasag Exceptional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Service Award for the city from the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) in Region 1 in recognition of the city’s exceptional disaster risk reduction preparedness.

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 (Disaster Risk Reduction and Management) 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.

The award acknowledged that the city never faltered to respond to the call of public service in attaining the optimum goal of saving lives and properties and that Mayor Fernandez never stopped in increasing the city’s preparedness through the upgrading of 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 10-wheeler dump truck, one backhoe, one dewatering pump, four barracuda rescue boats with outboard motors, 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.

The city also received another award from the Department of Social Welfare and Development  (DSWD) for having the Most Functional City Advisory Council of 4Ps in Region 1. (CIO)

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