Capiz disaster team train on ICS

ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Feb. 3 (PIA6) – Capiz disaster responders vow to apply the proper procedures in handling any situation.

This, after the Office of the Civil Defense Regional Office VI conducted a three-day Basic/Intermediate Incident Command System (ICS) training course to the selected 40 members of the Capiz Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Committee on Response with some representatives from the two towns, namely Sigma and Sapian.

Capiz Police Provincial Director Domingo Cabillan, who is also the province’s PDRRMC Vice Chairperson, said that the training course recently conducted in Iloilo City, will be of great help especially in handling not only disaster responses but also of other events and situations.

“Our learning’s in the three-day training course is a timely input in managing events especially that Capiz will be hosting the Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association (WVRAA) meet this February as we want the delegates to be safe and secure while staying in the province,” he said.

Cabillan added that in the ICS training, the roles, scope and functions of everyone who are directly involved in incident operation and management are clearly defined.

On the other hand, OCD Regional Director Rosario Cabrera pointed out that the training on ICS for disaster responders is aimed to ensure the effective and efficient response operation at the scene level.

Cabrera said that the National Disaster Risk Reduction and management Council through the OCD in the country is taking in lead in the implementation of disaster management with different partner agencies such as the Department of Health, Bureau of Fire Protection, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Philippine Red Cross among others.

She also stressed that the training of responders who are members of the local DRRMCs is based on Republic Act 10121 or the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010.

She said that Capiz is last province that underwent said three-day ICS training which was participated in by representatives from the PNP, Philippine Army, PRC, Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office, PDRRM Office, volunteer groups, Philippine Coast Guard, BFP and Philippine Information Agency, among others.

Lectures therein include Dr. Joseph Bacareza of the BFP, Bago City Fire Marshall Pamela Candido, Dr. Rowel Gerson of the Negros Occidental Provincial Health Office, Escalante City Police Chief Jefferson Descallar and Engr. Paul Nogra of OCD6.(PIA/Jemin B. Guillermo)