SWOC Tool

LGU: PGIS
THEMATIC AREA: Disaster Preparedness

Strengths Weaknesses
1. Continuous conduct of Cap. Bldg. Activities for 1. No specific EWS for different hazards in the community
PDRRMC Members

2. Enhancement and proper dissemination of 2. No established Operation Center

Training modules on DRRM

3. Regular conduct of awareness activities such as 3. Not all PDRRMC members attended ICS training
community meetings and house-to-house
information dissemination, posters and
pamphlets and other IEC materials, poster-
making contest for schoolchildren and other
school-based activities, celebration of disaster
consciousness day/week/month

4. * Introduction of Oplan Ligtas na Pamayanan in 4. No established database of key players and stakeholders
all barangays by the BFP as responders
*Regular training of BPATs

5. Maintenance of strong partnership between 5. Lack of gender-based PPAs during disasters

the LDRRMC and the organized volunteer groups

6. Sustainability of disaster preparedness 6. Lack of training of the community in the formulation of

programs (IECs, Search and Rescue Trainings, Contingency Plan
Drills, etc.)

7. Continuous conduct of Cap. Bldg. Activities for

C/MDRRMCs
8. Sustainability of disaster preparedness
programs (IECs, Search and Rescue Trainings,
Drills, etc.)

9. Enhancement of Manual of operations for

Operations Centers

10. Active participation of Accredited NGOs in

DRRM activities

11. Continuous enhancement of coordination

mechanisms and guidelines in the contingency
plans

12. Regular conduct of IEC by different member

agencies and stakeholders.
13. Lack of gender-based PPAs during disasters

14. Inclusion of GRDRRM subjects in the curricula

of local schools

15. Regular conduct of Evacuation drill and

disaster simulation exercises in schools,
community including women and men, CSOs,
government institutions, business sectors

16. Availability of relief supplies (stockpile) and

logistics

17. Regular conduct of evacuation drill and

disaster simulation exercises in schools,
government offices and public places

18. Availablity of stockpile and logistics enough

for the possible evacuees and long duration in
time of disasters by forging MOA with grocery
stores

19. Availability of inventory of rescue and

response equipment, budget for every
component, DRRM programs led
by the LGU, DRRM Programs by private
organizations and public-
private partnerships for DRRM

Opportunities Challenges

No. Assessment Area Strength Weakness Remarks

1 Capacity Building activities for DRRM key decision-makers, implementers
and other stakeholders (Trainings on disaster preparedness, gender-
1 Continuous conduct of Cap. Bldg. Activities for PDRRMC Members
responsive DRRM, etc.)

2 Development, dissemination and standardization of training modules on

DRRM
1 Enhancement and proper dissemination of Training modules on
DRRM

3 Establishment and Operation of Community early warning system for

different hazards
1 No specific EWS for different hazards in the community

4 Public awareness activities such as community meetings and house-to-

house information dissemination, posters and pamphlets and other IEC
1 Regular conduct of awareness activities such as community
meetings and house-to-house information dissemination, posters
materials, poster-making contest for schoolchildren and other school-based and pamphlets and other IEC materials, poster-making contest for
activities, celebration of disaster consciousness day/week/month, etc.
schoolchildren and other school-based activities, celebration of
disaster consciousness day/week/month

5 Are there specific individuals and organizations that are focused into
preparedness programs?
1 * Introduction of Oplan Ligtas na Pamayanan in all barangays by the
BFP
*Regular training of BPATs

6 Is there a strong collaboration between these entities and the

LDRRMC?
1 Maintenance of strong partnership between the LDRRMC and the
organized volunteer groups

7 Is the LDRRMC’s preparedness program effective? Is there any

evaluation of these programs?
1 Sustainability of disaster preparedness programs (IECs, Search and
Rescue Trainings, Drills, etc.)
8 Formation and strengthening of C/MDRRMC 1 Continuous conduct of Cap. Bldg. Activities for C/MDRRMCs
 9 Community DRRM organizations involvement in preparedness activities 1 Sustainability of disaster preparedness programs (IECs, Search and
Rescue Trainings, Drills, etc.)

10 Establishment of Operations Center 1 No established Operation Center

11 Manual of operations for Operations Centers 1 Enhancement of Manual of operations for Operations Centers

12 Incident Command System (ICS) coordination and communication systems 1 Not all PDRRMC members attended ICS training

13 Accreditation of NGOs for the LDRRMC 1 Active participation of Accredited NGOs in DRRM activities

14 Database of key players and stakeholders as responders 1 No established database of key players and stakeholders as
responders

15 Coordination mechanisms and guidelines in the contingency plans 1 Continuous enhancement of coordination mechanisms and
guidelines in the contingency plans

16 Individual, family and community preparedness measures:

knowing what to do before, during and after a disaster:
17 What measures does the LDRRMC provide to individuals, family and
community as part of its preparedness programs?
1 Regular conduct of IEC by different member agencies and
stakeholders.

18 Does it provide solutions to the problems experienced by women and men,

youth, children, PWD, elderly and Persons with Special Needs during
1 Lack of gender-based PPAs during disasters
disasters?

19 Formulation of community contingency plan:

20 Did the LDRRMC involve the community including women and men in the
formulation of community contingency plan? Are the contingency plans and
1 Lack of training of the community in the formulation of Contingency
Plan
the BDRRMC gender-responsive?

21 Integration of DRRM and CCA in school curriculum:

22 Are the local schools and its teachers able to integrate GRDRRM into their
curricula? What are their measures in doing it at present?
1 Inclusion of GRDRRM subjects in the curricula of local schools

23 Evacuation drill and disaster simulation exercises:

24 Schools, community including women and men, CSOs, government
institutions, business sectors
1 Regular conduct of Evacuation drill and disaster simulation exercises
in schools, community including women and men, CSOs,
government institutions, business sectors

25 Strengthening coordination, networking and institutional arrangements

26 Ensuring availability of relief supplies (stockpile) and logistics 1 Availability of relief supplies (stockpile) and logistics

27 Evacuation:
28 Has the LDRRMC conducted evacuation drill and disaster simulation
exercises?
1 Regular conduct of evacuation drill and disaster simulation exercises
in schools, government offices and public places

29 When, what and how many institutions were involved? 1

30 Did it consider the roles, needs and participation of women and men, PWDs
and senior citizens?
1
31 Are the stockpile and logistics enough for the possible evacuees and long
duration in time of disasters in the locality?
1 Availablity of stockpile and logistics enough for the possible
evacuees and long duration in time of disasters by forging MOA with
grocery stores
32 Development of the LDRRMP:
33 Is there an LDRRMP? How comprehensive was the plan in covering the four
(4) DRRM thematic areas?
34 Conduct of risk assessments and knowledge management activities

35 Inventory of resources for Preparedness:

36 Does the LDRRMC have an inventory of rescue and response equipment,
budget for every component, DRRM programs led
1 Availability of inventory of rescue and response equipment, budget
for every component, DRRM programs led
by the LGU, DRRM Programs by private organizations and public- by the LGU, DRRM Programs by private organizations and public-
private partnerships for DRRM?
private partnerships for DRRM

37 Evaluate and determine if each of these were strength or a weakness.

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