Tarlac LGUs Participate in OCD’s RDANA and PDNA Refresher

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Written by LGOO VI Bryan N. Rivera

Category: NEWS AND EVENTS

Published: 07 December 2020

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Tarlac City, Tarlac – following the most recent typhoons that battered the country in the past months, LGUs in the province of Tarlac including the provincial government participated in the reorientation on Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDANA) and Post-disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) initiated by the Office of the Civil Defense and the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council on December 3, 2020.

DILG Tarlac Provincial Director Belina T. Herman and LGOO VI Bryan Rivera were among the participants in the one-day event together with the C/MDRRMOs and concerned offices of Tarlac and other provinces in Region 3.

Mr. Bong Bernabe, MDRRMO of Cardona of Rizal Province acted as resource person and presented the basics of RDANA and PDNA. He reminded that RDANA is immediately done after a disaster and shall be composed of OCD personnel, Local DRRM Officer, and sectoral experts.

Ideally, RDANA can be triggered by the declaration of a State of Calamity, request for assistance of a specific DRRMC, no communication or contact in areas for at least six (6) hours, there have been severe devastation, and as directed by the DRRMC chairperson.

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