'Balikatan Exercises', isinagawa sa Oriental Mindoro
'Balikatan Exercises', isinagawa sa Oriental Mindoro
Transcript
00:00 An emergency was conducted in Oriental Mindoro as a preparation for the strong earthquake and tsunami.
00:07 Here, the quick response to various types of emergency was shown.
00:12 Dominic Almelores with the report, Rise and Shine Dominic.
00:16 Firefighters responded to the fire.
00:23 Rescuers who helped to rescue the victims of the earthquake and tsunami.
00:30 You might think it's true, but it's just a few in the scenes of the exercises conducted in Oriental Mindoro.
00:38 In one scenario, the magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit Calapan City, which was followed by a tsunami.
00:45 Because of the earthquake, a house in Calapan Port collapsed and a ship sank due to the tsunami.
00:52 In another scenario, many were trapped and the part of Oriental Mindoro Provincial Hospital was lost and burned.
01:00 Rescue teams from the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, Bureau of Fire Protection,
01:08 police, military and local government were assigned to respond quickly and properly to rescue the victims.
01:16 The right handling of the dead and those looking for relatives was also shown in the exercise.
01:23 The Social Welfare Office was also there to help the families of the victims.
01:28 According to Oriental Mindoro Governor Humerlito Bonsdolor,
01:32 the exercise was very important, especially the earthquakes that occurred in the past month.
01:40 We want to be prepared.
01:41 That's why we made sure that the partnership of Oriental Mindoro Medical Society and the Provincial Government
01:47 is prepared, at least the basic strategies, procedures and what to do in the event of an earthquake.
01:55 And you saw the exercise.
01:56 Second, we want the responders to see what actually happened and third, to see the lapses.
02:05 So there will be an evaluation afterwards.
02:07 The Office of Civil Defense in Mimaropa also witnessed the Balikatan exercises.
02:12 The province is prone to earthquakes because there are many fault lines here.
02:17 That's why all responders should be prepared in case of an earthquake and tsunami.
02:23 And here, we saw the one province approach.
02:26 Aside from the provincial, municipal and city, NGOs, and national government,
02:31 if they are together, and they know what to do, the procedure they follow will be systematic and synchronized.
02:38 The magnitude 7.1 earthquake of November 1994 that caused by the tsunami hit Oriental Mindoro last.
02:47 Aside from the damaged houses, houses, roads, and bridges,
02:51 almost 80 people died and almost 300 people were injured.
02:56 Dominic Albelor, for the nation.