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AT A GLANCE:
The month of July of every year as a National Disaster Consciousness Month and Institutionalizing the Civil Defense Deputization Program. (Executive Order No. 137, s. 1999)
To effectively ensure the sustainability of the disaster management program of the government at the grassroots level, dedicated personnel from local government units are deputized as focal points or conduits of the program in keeping with local autonomy.
The law says:
SECTION 1. The whole month of July of every year is hereby declared as National Disaster Consciousness Month to be collectively observed by all Filipinos throughout the country through the conduct of fitting activities for the occasion.
SEC. 2. There is hereby implemented a Civil Defense Deputization Program at the local government level whereby dedicated personnel of LGUs are designated by the Chairman, National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC), as Civil Defense Deputized Coordinators (Tanggol Patrols), whose primary role is to initiate and coordinate programs, projects and activities on civil protection and disaster management through an integrated multi-sectoral approach. The Civil Defense Deputized Coordinators shall also serve as the Executive Officers of the Local Disaster Coordinating Councils. (Sections 1 and 2, E.O. No. 137, s.1999)
What is a disaster?
Republic Act No. 10121 or the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010 defines disaster as “a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources.”
The law further says:
“Disasters are often described as a result of the combination of: the exposure to a hazard; the conditions of vulnerability that are present; and insufficient capacity or measures to reduce or cope with the potential negative consequences, Disaster impacts may include loss of life, injury, disease and other negative effects on human, physical, mental and social well-being, together with damage to property, destruction of assets, loss of services, Social and economic disruption and environmental degradation.” (Section 3, par. h, R.A. No. 10121)
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