CAT REVIEWER: DISASTER RELIEF AND RESCUE OPERATION

By: Juliana Sy

Disaster - a situation, usually catastrophic in which if not corrected or prevented could

nature, in which a number of persons are lead to disaster.
plunge into helplessness and as a result in
need of food, clothing, shelter, medical care
and other basic necessities of life. Concept of Civil Defense
●​ Self-help
TYPES OF DISASTER ●​ Mutual Assistance
●​ Use of Available Resources in the are
Natural before asking for assistance
-​ Earthquake ●​ Augmentation of Resources by
-​ Floods individual volunteers, voluntary
-​ Hurricane organisations, and the general public.
-​ Volcanic Eruption
What can we do about Disaster?
Man-made ●​ Save lives
-​ Chemical ●​ Protect Survivors
-​ Riots ●​ Reduce Losses
-​ Air Crashes ●​ Help Rapid Return or Normalcy
-​ Industrial Accidents
-​ Warfare Before Disaster Strikes
-​ Major Accidents (Land & Sea) Have the following:
-​ Flashlight
EFFECTS OF DISASTER -​ Candle
-​ Matches
●​ PHYSICAL -​ First Aid Book and Kit
-​ Deaths -​ Transistor Radio
-​ Injuries -​ Know how and where to Turn-off your
-​ Food Scarity electricity
-​ Homelessness
-​ Increase risk of communicable Rules when Disaster Occurs
disease ●​ Listen and remain tuned to the
-​ Displacement of population nearest operating radio station
serving your community and carry
●​ ECONOMIC out any instruction given
-​ Destruction of Crops ●​ Do not use your telephone for
-​ Disruption of production anything less than for saving lives. If
-​ Set-back to Economic Development warning is ignored, telephone
exchanges will be overloaded and
Emergency- a situation actual or imminent, rescue, medical and other services
involving unusual conditions and hazards will be gravely affected in the efforts
CAT REVIEWER: DISASTER RELIEF AND RESCUE OPERATION
By: Juliana Sy

●​ Contact your neighbors - they may disaster control groups on civil

need help defense and civil assistance measures.
●​ Contact your nearest disaster ●​ To furnish guidance to the various
operation center if you need help or provinces, cities, municipalities and
can give help barangays in the planning,
●​ Sightseeing is forbidden - you will organization and operation of their
hinder essential work, traffic and civil defense organization
endanger yourself ●​ To advise the Secretary of National
Defense on matters concerning civil
Organization of Civil Defense defense and make recommendation
●​ RA 1190 (CIVIL DEFENSE ACT OF from time to time as may be deemed
1954) appropriate or as the Secretary may
●​ PD No. 1 as implemented by LOI No. require, and
19 gave effect to RA 1190. ●​ To perform such other duties as may
●​ NCDA (National Civil Defense be directed by higher authority or
Administration) was established on provided by Law.
August 18, 1954 through RA 1190
became forerunner of the Office of National Disaster Coordinating Council
Civil Defense. (NDCC)
●​ Highest policy determining body for
Functions of the Office of Civil Defense major disasters
●​ To establish and administer a ●​ Composed of the member of the
comprehensive national civil defense Cabinet with the chairmanship of the
and civil assistance program Secretary of National Defense
●​ To formulate plans and policies for the
protection and welfare of the civilian ●​ To advise the President on the status
population in time of war directly of the national disaster preparedness
involving the Phils. Or other national program, disaster operations and
emergencies of equally grave rehabilitation efforts undertaken by
character. the government and private sector.
●​ To estimate the total material,
manpower and fiscal requirements for ●​ Utilizes the facilities and services of
carrying out the civil defense the Office of Civil Defense
program, and allocate to the
provinces, cities, municipalities and Regional Disaster Coordinating Council
barangays such as aid in facilities, (RDCC)
material and funds as may be ●​ Responsible for the regional
available from the national preparedness programs, disaster
government. operations and rehabilitation
●​ To develop and coordinate a program activities by the government and the
for informing, educating and training private sector.
the general public, members of the
disaster coordinating councils and
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By: Juliana Sy

●​ Advise the NDCC through the OCD's communications and adequate

13 regional center on the status of warning systems throughout the
disaster preparedness and operations period of impending and or existing
in the region. disaster and calamities.

PDCC/MDCC/BDCC Public Information Service

-​ Provides accurate information and
●​ Organized their respective disaster instruction to the civilian population
coordinating councils during emergencies.

●​ Oversee the status of the Rescue and Engineering Service

preparedness programs, disaster -​ Provides teams to save lives by
operations and rehabilitation quickly getting people out of damage
activities by the government and buildings, and freeing the trapped or
private sector in their areas of isolated.
responsibility.
Evacuation Service
Civil Defense Services -​ Cares for the homeless and distresses
responsible for setting up welfare
Health Service centers for catering, accommodation,
-​ Involves medical services and first aid billeting, emergency clothing,
registration and inquiry and other
Auxiliary Fire Service assistance of personal nature.
-​ Helps the existing fire departments in
operating fire engines putting out Welfare and Rehabilitation Service
fires and organizing fire brigades. -​ Provide for rapid restoration of well
being and morale of persons affected
Police Service by disaster and emergencies.
-​ Helps the PNP in enforcing traffic
regulation, prevention of looting and
other acts of lawlessness

Emergency Transportation Service

-​ Operates trucks, buses, and other
means of transportation for hauling
supplies, civil defense workers,
injured persons and evacuees to
designated places.

Communication and Warning Service

-​ Provides, operates and maintains
continues and reliable