BREAKOUT SESSION OF CLUSTER 5

IBA NA ANG PANAHAN

Philippine International Convention Center, Pasay City
May 29, 2014
AFTER ACTICITY REPORT
The breakout session of cluster 5 (whole of society) started at 1:30 pm where
the emcee Mr. Raymond Patrick Maximo acknowledged the participants. He called
Dir. Renato Solidum Jr., for the groupings. The participants were grouped into NGOs,
NGAs, and Representatives from the Office of the Senate, GOCCs, Academe,
Transportation, Utilities, and DOST Systems.
Mr. Maximo gave instructions and
discussed what is contained in the DVD. It contains information or data that will be
used during the lecture and workshop.
Mr. Maximo highlighted the importance of google earth. It shows maps that
overlays different types of hazards. The organizations can study it and use them in
their advantage.
Afterwards, Dir. Solidum discussed the workshop mechanics or objectives. He
informed the participants that DOST prepared 132 list of activities. It is a checklist
that will assess the state of preparedness or readiness of National Capital Region.
During the workshop, the organization will find out the strengths and weaknesses of
the action plan and know which action plan to prioritize in the next years.
The group answered the worksheet and identified the top 3 strengths, needs
improvement, areas of cooperation in the city.
The following were the reporters per group and summary on their reports:
Reporter
1. Jacqeuline O. LopezKaw

Group
Academe Group

Summary
The group agreed on the
ff:
-that patients would be
evacuated to an open field
after the ground shaking
and resume treatment
there
-that
classes
would
resume three weeks after
-to at least have a
school/university-wide eq.

drill at east once evry

semester
-that NSTProgram would
be tapped for Disaster
Preparedness
2. Marina Aunzo

Dep-ed Academe

The ff. weaknesses were

highlighted:
-schools are not equipped
with adequate technology
-no fund allocations for
capability bldg.
-parents are not attending
meetings
The group wishes to tie-up
with NGOs for Disaster
Preparedness supplies
***
Q&A
Dir. Solidum: are you not
prioritizing the integrity of
your school buildings?
Ms.
Genia
Santos
of
DepEd-NCR: We are, but
then we are just asked to
give top 3.
Dir Solidum: If its your
priority,then
it
should
come up on the Top 3.

3. Conrad Soriano

Utilities (Smart, Globe,

Maynilad, Manila Water)

Ms. Genia: Yes, sir. In

addition, we are trying our
best to to have experts
assess each of our bldgs.
They have contingencies
in place.

4. Nelson Garcia

Academe
NCR
(UMak,Adamson,
Lyceum,
PWU, PNU)

The group has agreed that

on minor disasters they
would resume operations
within 24 hrs and for
major disasters, within 1
week
The
group
sees
earthquake impacts as a
good thesis topic and
would encourage students
on that topic.
The group agreed on the
importance of geo-hazard
analysis required by law.
They would see to it that
new buildings and plans
would have to comply to
it.

5. Adelo Jandayan

Light trail Transit/Transport

Group

PNU, a member of the

group is currently on the
process of retro-fitting
The group does not have a
problem with earthquake
impacts
in
general.
However, they wish to tap
foreign organizations that
can
conduct
seismic
performance based on
requirements.
***
TRIVIA
LRT 1 & 2 can withstand
magnitude
7.4
earthquakes
LRT 3 can
magnitude 10

6. Benjo Bacani

Fire and Rescue Group

withstand

The group agreed on the

importance of cascading
fire and safety training

down to
lcevel.

7. Roger Guiterez

CSOs - NGO

the

barangay

They wish to have a

unified standard for the
community, a centralized
source
of
data
and
additional
servers
for
Patrol 117 for better
service.
The group wishes to have
the ff: -an in house
training of ERT
-more linkages among
stakeholders
-more
community
/grassroots participation
-more
private-public
partnerships
The group has agreed that
they shall operate a week
after a disaster has struck

8. Dr. Rosalinda
Torres
9. Eric

C.

Dost System
Industry (oil and gas)

This group has everything

in place and just needs
continuous assessment of
their assets. Moreover,
they
are
serious
in
ensuring the integrity of
their assets e.g. making
sure their products wont
spill
However, the group aired
that
most
of
the
companies involved in
their
sector
are
multinational companies
and owned by a foreign
entity
and
therefore
contractual
obligations
within these entities can

be a potential problem
The group wishes to have
their
IT
infrastructure
improved
The group said that they
would help once theyre
done
with
their own
backyard

(See attached worksheets for the full report of the respective groups)