WV to culminate Disaster Consciousness Month celebration
Western Visayas will culminate the Disaster Consciousness Month celebration with a program to be graced by Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Deputy Administrator Anthony Golez on Aug. 21.
OCD Regional Dir. Rosario Cabrera said that during the program, they will present to the deputy administrator the output of their workshop on the assessment of organizational responses to Typhoon Frank and the lessons learned from it.
Cabrera said that the output of the workshop conducted on June 19-20 at the Iloilo Grand Hotel is important for it has been drawn out by the different local disaster coordinating councils on how to further strengthen their response to disasters like the recent Typhoon Frank.
It could be recalled that during the height of Typhoon Frank many local government units found themselves ill prepared and helpless for the disaster.
The workshop's recommendations could greatly help improve the local officials capabilities, through the assistance of the OCD. (PNA)