SAN JOSE, Antique – The province of Antique was chosen as the ceremonial site in Western Visayas for the fourth quarter exercise of the 2018 National Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) slated this Nov. 5.
Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer Broderick Train on Friday said they are preparing for the drill with an expected 3,000 participants.
“Gov. Rhodora Cadiao will be issuing an executive order for all capitol employees to participate in the earthquake drill,” he added.
Majority of the participants will be from the provincial capitol, with around 1,000 employees, since the drill will be held in San Jose, the provincial capital.
Train said other participants to the NSED will be from municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management (DRRM) offices – particularly those from Anini-y town, where there will be a simulation exercise on tsunami, being a tourist destination and a coastal town.
“The drill will be observed by key people from the Regional DRRM council so that they could give recommendations on how we could further improve our capability response to major accidents and other things to be developed,” Train said.
Train added that on Nov. 6, the province will also host the regional DRRM council meeting to discuss salient matters to strengthen disaster preparedness in Western Visayas. (With PNA/PN)
