File photo: Oplan Listo
The Department of the Interior and Local Government campaigns an information drive to prepare the public before calamity strikes.
The project named Oplan Listo educates the local government units on the actions to take days before a tropical cyclone hits the country.
The project is divided into 3 parts.
The Listong Pamahalaang Lokal or the Alert Local Government, the Listong Pamayanan or the Alert Community and the Listong Pamilyang Pilipino or Alert Filipino Family.
The campaign distributes manuals containing guidelines to local chief executives and local officials prior to calamities.
Written here are the minimum to do actions that must be accomplished by the mayor within 4 or 5 days before the impact or landfall or even during land fall.
Oplan Listo was started to develop in 2014 and it was tried in the part 4 strong tropical cyclone that hits the country like Glenda.
“It is not necessary for them to study the minimum actions that they have to do because experts have already done it and this will be their guide,” said DILG-Disaster Information Coordinating Center Director Allan Tabell.
DILG says residents’ participation is vital for the success of the program.
The DepEd also has programs for students in government schools to also make them prepared.
“Schools makes homework’s and they need to solve it with their parents,” Tabell said.
Aside from its use during tropical cyclone, the program is also applicable for other weather systems like southwest monsoon and tsunamis which usually takes place after an earthquake.
DILG is also monitoring the 18 major rivers systems in the country where millions of residents nearby may be immediately affected if rivers overflow.
To date, the DILG is still looking for fundings for the procurement of needed equipment during calamities.
(REY PELAYO/UNTV NEWS)
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