Pdrrmo Division Functions and Responsibilities

PDRRMO DIVISION FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
DRRM Research and Planning:
1. Design, program, and coordinate DRRM activities, consistent with the

NDRRMC's standards and guidelines;
2. Facilitate and support risk assessments and contingency planning activities at

the local level;
3. Consolidate local disaster risk information which includes natural hazards,

vulnerabilities, and climate change risks, and maintain a local risk map;
4. Conduct research and development initiatives on DRRM;
5. Formulate and implement a comprehensive and integrated Local DRRM Plan

(LDRRMP) in accordance with the national, regional, and provincial
framework, and policies on DRR in close coordination with the Local
Development Council (LDC);
6. Prepare and submit to the Local Sanggunian through the Local DRRM Council
and the LDC the annual LDRRMO Plan and budget, the proposed
programming of the LDRRMF, other dedicated DRRM resources, and other
regular funding source/s and budgetary support of the LDRRMO or BDRRMC;
7. Maintain a database of human resource and their capacities, equipment,

directories, and location of critical infrastructures such as hospitals and
evacuation centers;
8. Serve as the Secretariat and executive arm of the Local DRRM Council
(LDRRMC);
9. Recommend through the LDRRMC the enactment of local ordinances

consistent with RA 10121; on the utilization of the LDRRMF and. other
dedicated DRRM resources to the local COA, copy furnished the regional
director of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and the local government
operations officer of the DILG; and
10. Prepare and submit, through the LDRRMC and the LDC, the report on the
utilization of the LDRRMF and other dedicated DRRM resources to the local
COA, copy furnished the regional director of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD)
and the local government operations officer of the DILG; and
11. Involve the most vulnerable sectors (women, children, senior citizens, and
PWD) in risk assessment and planning.
DRRM Administration and Training:
1. Organize and conduct training, orientation, and knowledge management

activities on DRRM at the local level;
2. Identify, assess and manage the hazards, vulnerabilities and risks that may
occur in their locality;
3. Identify and implement cost-effective risk reduction measures and strategies;
4. Disseminate information and raise public awareness about those hazards,

vulnerabilities, and risks;
5. Take all necessary steps on a continuing basis to maintain, provide, or

arrange the provision of, or to otherwise make available, suitably-trained and
competent personnel for effective civil defense and DRRM in its area;
6. Organize, train, equip and supervise the local emergency response teams and
the accredited community disaster volunteers (ACDVs), ensuring that
humanitarian aid workers are equipped with basic skills to assist mothers to
breastfeed; (ACDVs), ensuring that humanitarian aid workers are equipped
with basic skills to assist mothers to breastfeed;
7. Within its area, promote and raise public awareness of, and compliance with
RA 10121 and legislative provisions relevant to the purpose of the latter;
8. Implement policies, approve plans and programs of the LDRRMC consistent

with the policies and guidelines laid down in RA 10121; and
9. Train the most vulnerable sectors (women, children, senior citizens, and PWD)
in DRRM, especially in disaster preparedness.
DRRM Operations and Warning:
1. Operate a multi-hazard early warning system, linked to DRR to provide

accurate and timely advice to national or local emergency response
organizations and to the general public, through diverse mass media,
particularly radio, landline communications, and technologies for
communication within rural communities;
2. Conduct continuous disaster monitoring and mobilize instrumentalities and

entities of the LGUs, CS0s, private groups and organized volunteers, to utilize
their facilities and resources for the protection and preservation of life and
properties during emergencies in accordance with existing policies and
procedures;
3. Develop, strengthen, and operationalize mechanisms for partnership or

networking with the private sector, CS0s, and volunteer groups;
4. Respond to and manage the adverse effects of emergencies and carry out
recovery activities in the affected area, ensuring that there is an efficient
mechanism for immediate delivery of food, shelter and medical supplies for
women and children, endeavor to create a special place where internally-
displaced mothers can find help with breastfeeding, feed and care for their
babies and give support to each other;
5. Coordinate other DRRM activities;
6. Establish linkage and/or network with other LGUs for DRR and emergency
response purposes;
7. Establish a provincial, city or municipal, and barangay DRRM Operations

Center;
8. Give early warning to the most vulnerable sectors (vvomen, children, senior
citizens, and PWD) to respond to their needs; and
9. Respond to and manage the adverse effects of emergency and carry out
recovery activities to the most vulnerable areas especially to the vulnerable
sectors (women, children, senior citizens, and PWD).

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PDRRMO DIVISION FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

DRRM Research and Planning:

1. Design, program, and coordinate DRRM activities, consistent with the

2. Facilitate and support risk assessments and contingency planning activities at

3. Consolidate local disaster risk information which includes natural hazards,

4. Conduct research and development initiatives on DRRM;

5. Formulate and implement a comprehensive and integrated Local DRRM Plan

7. Maintain a database of human resource and their capacities, equipment,

9. Recommend through the LDRRMC the enactment of local ordinances

1. Organize and conduct training, orientation, and knowledge management

3. Identify and implement cost-effective risk reduction measures and strategies;

4. Disseminate information and raise public awareness about those hazards,

5. Take all necessary steps on a continuing basis to maintain, provide, or

8. Implement policies, approve plans and programs of the LDRRMC consistent

1. Operate a multi-hazard early warning system, linked to DRR to provide

2. Conduct continuous disaster monitoring and mobilize instrumentalities and

3. Develop, strengthen, and operationalize mechanisms for partnership or

5. Coordinate other DRRM activities;

7. Establish a provincial, city or municipal, and barangay DRRM Operations

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