Caraga disaster council enhances Regional Risk Profile

By Jennifer P. Gaitano

Wednesday 1st of August 2012

SURIGAO CITY, Aug. 1 (PIA) -- The member-agencies of the Caraga Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) reviewed and enhanced the Regional Risk Profile on Tuesday at the Tavern Hotel, this city.

It is a two-day activity from July 31 to August 1, wherein focal persons of each member-agency will fill-in other data necessary for inclusion in the regional risk profile.

The regional risk profile is an inventory and analysis of the risks in a region, including relevant risks from neighboring regions.

The risk inventory contains an overview of all high-risk situations and the types of incidents that may occur as a result.

The council, headed by Blanche Gobenciong, regional director of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD)-13, is aimed at improving and finalizing the risk profile of the region.

Participating member-agencies will improve its presentation with in-depth data on the rationale, background of Caraga region, and be able to present the latest data recorded on the occurrence of the natural and human-induced events by province and municipalities, as well as the specific type of risks in different areas in the region, among others.

Gobenciong said OCD has initiated the crafting of the regional risk profile with the assistance of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Caraga which provided the initial disaster-related information recorded from the previous years.

“There is really a need for us to match our disaster management plan to our regional risk profile so that all the operations to be undertaken will correspond or coincide to the profile of the risk-affected areas in the region,” said Gobenciong.

Gobenciong with the four vice chairpersons will critique the regional risk profile on the last day.

It was also learned that the council will also set another follow-up workshop, and this time, a speaker from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) will be invited to discuss and equip the members on how to budget and utilize the funds provided for the RDRRMC. (JPG-PIA 13 Caraga)