LINGAYEN, Pangasinan — The provincial government of Pangasinan is currently constructing two buildings for the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) to strengthen its emergency response capability.
“PDRRMO at present occupies the evacuation center of our province, but soon they will have their own operation center,” Provincial Engineer Antonieta Delos Santos said in an interview on Tuesday.
She noted that the province allotted PHP19.8 million for the two-story emergency operation center and PHP7.2 million for the one-story rescue vehicles bay and supply house.
The Provincial Engineering Office started construction of the two buildings earlier this year, according to delos Santos.
“We hope to finish the bay and supply house by the end of August, while the operation center by the end of this year,” she said.
Shallom Balolong of PDRRMO, in a previous interview, also disclosed the plan of the provincial government to launch its own local 911.
“There will be a memorandum of agreement with our first responders; the Philippine National Police and Bureau of Fire Protection, wherein they will have one personnel on duty at the command center (PDRRMO’s office), so that communication will improved during disasters or emergencies. But this is still being finalized,” Balolong said. (Hilda Austria/PNA)
