DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE PROTOCOLS

Published by the Bureau of Local government Supervision

Department of the Interior and Local Government

PRE-CALAMITY PROTOCOLS
1. Organize, activate the Disaster risk Reduction and Management Council,
or Barangay Disaster risk Reduction and Management Committee.
2. Ensures that the Council is functional
3. Establish the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office.
4. Ensure that the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office is
functional.
5. Conduct public awareness activities on the hazard in the locality utilizing
existing hazard maps in the area and other available information and
educational materials such as poster and manuals developed by PAGASA
PHILVOCS, DENR-Mines and geosciences Bureau.
6. Identify the following
a. Population at risk in vulnerable areas such as those living in low lying
and flood prone areas along the river or shorelines.
b. People with special needs such as the elderly, children, infants,
pregnant women and person with disability and their location.
c. Light materials constructed houses.
7. See to it that disaster preparedness and response work.
8. Ensure proper coordination with the concern agencies.

DURING CALAMITY PROTOCOLS

Within 12 hours from the broadcast of a Typhoon signal within a
geographic area or on the basis of a 24 hour weather forecast and Extended
Weather outlook particularly on a widespread rainfall and thunderstorm which
may trigger flashfloods and landslides issued by the Philippine atmospheric,
Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration.
1. Activate Disaster Auxiliary Command Center and mobilize the members
of the Barangay Disaster Risk and Reduction Management Committee on
a 24 hour basis.
2. Activate the flood early warning and evacuation alert system
3. Deploy the Emergency Response and Rescue Teams as well as
evacuation and rescue equipment in staging or in assigned deployment
areas.
4. Activate the Designated evacuation Center.
 a. Deploy trained personnel in flood handling and orderly distribution of
relief goods, in medical and counseling services, in law enforcement
and in settling interpersonal conflicts.
b. Ensure availability and adequacy of basis and essential needs at the
centers immediately prior to actual evacuation such as but not limited
to water supply, back up power supply, food, medicines, sleeping
mats, blankets, pillows and gender-sensitive sanitary facilities.
5. Enforce pre-emptive or forced evacuation of population at risk.
6. Cause the effective utilization of the Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Fund.

AFTER CALAMITY PROTOCOLS

In the aftermath of a calamity-
1. See to it that affected areas are no longer dangerous to evacuees prior to
their return.
2. Provide continuing relief assistance, including medical, psycho-social
counseling services to families or individual in need.
3. Cause the collection of garbage and the total clean up and clearing of
waterways and sewerage systems in the locality within 24 hours after the
calamity.
4. Conduct Damage Assessment
a. Local government -owned facilities, buildings and infrastructure.
b. Agriculture and link damage assessment information to reconstruction
and rehabilitation efforts.
5. Cause the effective utilization of the Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Fund.