CDRRMO to prioritize face-to-face training of personnel

Davao City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office Head Alfredo Baloran, in an interview over Davao City Disaster Radio on Thursday, said that among the top priority of his office for 2023 is to catch up with face-to-face training that is important for disaster and emergency response.

“Ipadayon nato ang mga trainings kay pipila ka tuig—two years wala ta Naka-conduct og face to face trainings kay naay mga training sauna pero zoom lang medyo kulang gyud na siya kay kailangan man gud sa CDRRMO nga trainings naay theory and practical exercises (The series of training will continue because for two years we have not conducted them, instead only via Zoom, which is not enough because, for the CDRRMO, the training needs theory and practical exercises),” Baloran said.

He said that face-to-face training will help their personnel practice the application of theories, especially for emergency medical services, such as first aid that requires demonstration.

“Mas madali kung naa po’y practical exercises ma-implement niya tung matun-an sa theory (It will be easier if there are practical exercises so that those learned from the theories will be implemented),” he said.

Baloran said that to cater to the increasing population of Davao, they aim to add more apparatus to detect river swelling in upstream and downstream areas. More apparatus means real-time information to warn residents living in hazard-prone areas.

He added that apart from that, they seek to hire more permanent personnel with the expansion of the CDRRMO as it recently absorbed Central 911 as its division. Central 911’s expanded capacity is also the target for this year and currently, they are hiring personnel for medical responses and search and rescue teams.

“Iimprove nato ang services sa kaigsuunan, inline sa ISO 9001-2015 professionalize nato ang services sa 911, magdungag patag tao pa, medyo kulang personnel sa medical responses and search and rescue teams. (We will further improve our services to Dabawenyos, in line with ISO-9001-2015 we will professionalize our services for 911 and will add more personnel, since we need more of them in the medical response and search and rescue teams),” he said. CIO