Disaster Volunteers

DISASTER VOLUNTEERS According to implementing rules and regulation (IRR) of RA 1012, the following are the feature of disaster volunteers. 1. Their Mobilization may be undertaken by a. government agencie b. civil service organization c. private sector, and local government units. 2. Their enhancement, welfare, and protection will be the responsibility of: A. Agencies B. Civil service organizations C. Private sector, or D. Local government unit which assembled them 3. Their accreditation and inclusion in the database are done at municipal or city level. 4. They will follow the guidelines set by the NDRRMC. 5. they are entitled to compensatory benefits and insurance under the guidelines. EDUCATION AND TRAINING According to implementing rules and regulation (IRR) of RA 10121, education and training is ruled to: 1. Integrate in the school curricula of DRR education for both of secondary and tertiary level of education including national service training program (NSTP) whether private or public or formal and non-formal, technical-vocational, indigenous learning, and out of school youth courses and programs. 2. Encourage the youth to participate in DRRM activities headed by SK councils together with the DRRMCs. 3. Impose trainings to the public sector employees the focus on emergency response and preparedness. BDC City/ Municipality DRRMC Provincial DRRMC Regional DRRMC NDRRMC 2 or more barangays 2 or more cities/ municipality 2 or more province 2 or more regions Affected: One barangay Note: NDRRMC and LDRRMCs support LGUs which have primary responsibility as first disaster respond Declaration of state of calamity According to IRR of RA 10121, it is ruled that A. Declaration and lifting of state of calamity by the president - It shall be recommended by national council. - It can be a cluster of barangays, municipalities, cities, provinces, and regions. - International humanitarian assistance may be necessasary. B. Declaration and lifting of state of calamity by local sanggunian - It is used based on the recommendation of the LDRRMC - It is based on the result of the damage assessment. REMEDIAL MEASURES According to IRR of RA 10121, it is ruled that the member agencies must mandatorily undertake the following remedial measure when the state of calamity was declared: a. Imposition of price ceiling on basic necessities and prime commodities as recommended by implementing agency to the President. b. Local price coordination council shall monitor, prevent and control overpricing/profiteering and hoarding of prime commodities, medicines and petroleum products. c. Programming/reprogramming of funds for the repair and safety upgrading of public infrastructures and facilities. d. Granting of no-interest loans by government financing or lending instutions to the most affected section of the population. PROHIBITED ACTS According to IRR of RA 10121 the following are the prohibited acts during the declaration of state of calamity: 1. Dereliction of duties which leads to destruction, loss of lives, critical damage of facilities and misuse of funds 2. Preventing the entry and distribution of relief goods in disaster sticken areas, including appropriate technology, tools, equipment, accessories, disaster teams/experts 3. Buying, for consumption or resale, from disaster relief agencies any relief goods, equipment or other and commodities which are intended for distribution to disaster affected communities 4. Buying, for consumption or resale, from the recipient disaster affected persons any relief goods, equipment or other aid commodities received by them. 5. Selling of relief goods, equipment or other aid commodities which are intended for distribution to disaster victims 6. Forcibly seizing relief goods, equipment or other aid commodities intended for or consigned to a specific group of victims or relief agency 7. Diverting of relief goods, equipment or other aid commodities to persons other than the rightful recipient or consignee 8. Accepting, possessing, using or disposing relief goods, equipment or other aid commodities not intended for nor consigned to him/her 9. Misrepresenting the source of relief goods, equipment or other aid commodities by: a. Covering, replacing or defacing the labels of the containers to make it appear that the goods, equipment or other aid commodities came from another agency or persons; b. Repacking the goods, equipment or other aid commodities into containers with different markings to make it appear that the goods came from another agency or persons or was released upon the instance of a particular agency or persons; and c. Making false verbal claim that the goods, equipment or other aid commodity in its untampered original containers actually came from another agency or persons or was released upon the instance of a particular agency or persons. 10.Substituting or replacing relief goods, equipment or other aid commodities with the same items or inferior/cheaper quality. Illegal solicitations by persons or organizations representing others as defined in the standards and guidelines set by the NDRRMC 11.Deliberate use of false at inflated data in support of the request for funding, relief goods, equipment or other aid commodities for emergency assistance or livelihood projects 12. Tampering with or stealing hazard monitoring and disaster preparedness equipment and paraphernalia LOCAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 1. According to IRR of RA 10121 LDRRM Fund must be not less than 5% of estimated revenue from regular sources shall be set aside to support disaster risk management activities such as, but not limited to, pre-disaster preparedness programs (training, purchasing life-saving rescue equipment, supplies and medicines) and post-disaster activities. 2. It is the duty of the LDRRMC to monitor and evaluate the use and disbursement of the LDRRMF. 3. Upon the recommendation of the LDRRMO and approval of Sanggunian concerned, it may transfer the said fund to support disaster risk reduction work of other LDRRMCs which are declared under state of calamity by the LDRRMC. 4. Quick Response Fund - Quick Response Fund (QRF) or stand-by fund is amounting to Thirty percent (30%) of LDRRMF, that is allocated for relief and recovery programs. 5. Special Trust Fund – unused LDRRMF shall be converted to trust fund for the purpose of DRRM activities of the LDRRMC within the next five years. Any such amount that is not fully utilized after 5 years shall be return to the general fund and can be made available for other social services by the local Sanggunian. 6. LRRMC shall make its reports on utilization of LRRMF open to public by publication and posting. NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 1. According to IRR of RA 10121, NDDRM fund should be used for disaster risk reduction or mitigation, prevention, and preparedness activities. It can be utilized for relief, recovery, reconstruction and other work or service in connection with natural or humaninduced calamities that may occur during the budget year or in the past 2 years from the budget year. 2. NDRRM fund amount and the recipient agencies and/or LGUs are based on the approval of President with the recommendation of NDDRMC. 3. Quick Response Fund - Thirty percent (30%) from the NDRRM Fund shall be allocated as Quick Response Fund (QRF) or stand-by fund to the agencies identifies by NDRRMC. It will be used for relief and recovery programs in order that situation and living conditions of people in communities or areas stricken by disasters, calamities, epidemics, or complex emergencies, may be normalized as quickly as possible. 4. All departments, bureaus, offices and agencies of the government shall submit their monthly statements on the utilization of the funds. 5. All departments, bureaus, offices and agencies of the government are hereby authorized to use a portion of their appropriations to implement projects designed to address DRRM activities in accordance with the guidelines to be issued by the NDRRMC in coordination with the DBM. THAT’S ALL THANK FOR LISTENING!!