CDRRMO Admin and Training Acting Division Head Lyndon Ancajas said during the I-Speak Media forum that safe zones will be established with new tsunami map as reference.
"Nanaghan ang barangays kay dati coastal barangays nga gina-apil nato. Karon apil na si Obrero, apil na si Ma-a so nanaghan ang barangays because of the new updated tsunami map of Davao City. Kana it will be a new challenge sa amoa, especially the new safe zones nga nakita namo kay ang dati nga safe zones na nakita namo with the current map naa'y uban maagian diay, so alanganin na siya, dili na siya safe zone ,” Ancajas said, adding that some barangays in Población are included as well.
He said that following the issuance of a new map by the Philvolcs around April or May, the CDRRMO gathered the barangay leaders of those included in the tsunami map. The barangay leaders also have an idea of where the safe zones are.
In the upcoming drill, Ancajas said that the CDRRMO will also use newly procured equipment to answer communication gaps and early warning challenges as identified in the 2017 and 2019 drills.
"We had our first city-wide shakeout drill in 2017 and from there we saw nga unsa ang kulang then atong gidungag. If you can see nanaghan na ang atong siren, kay nakita nato during 2017 unom or pito palang ka siren, so we are increasing the number of sirens, and second is kadtong atong coastal cameras. Nabantayan nato nga atong dagat kung nay tsunami muatras, so that camera will be our first monitoring. So no need nakag tao nga maghulat," Ancajas said.
As to communication, the city was able to procure a communications van vehicle with a hydraulic tower and an antenna that can be used by the CDRRMO even if it will go to safe zones far from the normal base of operations, where communication facilities are concentrated and located.
"Vehicle sya nga didto ipangtaod ang communications equipment and ibutang namo sa taas so mao nato ang source of signal namo," Ancajas said, adding that as the city anticipates zero source of communication when disaster hits, it is also considering to buy equipment that can be a source of WiFi or signal.
Ancajas said that they will take lessons from the upcoming scheduled city-wide shakeout drill and improve more.
"During sa mga drill man gud manggawas ang mga ginagmay na concern and makita namo nga in a real scenario ang gamay na concern [example] dili makaabot ang radio, in the real scenario times 100 na sya. So that is why naga improve, improve, improve, and now karon nga shakeout of course goes back to zero tanan kay pila ka tuig man ta wala kabuhat ani. We will be implementing the things to improve in 2019 and surely naa ni dagdag na insight," Ancajas said. CIO
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