Datu Odin Sinsuat, MAGUINDANAO- The Regional
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council-ARMM is slated to spearhead a
“Multi-Hazard Simulation Drill” on 17 August 2016 to be held at the vicinity of
Cotabato (Awang) Airport, this town.
In a Media Orientation today, 15 August 2016
held at the OCD-ARMM Conference Hall with different Media outfits together with
members of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council-ARMM and
UN-OCHA, Operations Section Chief Engr. Amier Ashan Aplal discussed the drill’s
scenario which includes Mass Casualty, Fire Incident, Aviation Mishap and Civil
Disturbance.
“During the activity, a 7.9 earthquake shall
take place for about 30-45 seconds where the Civil Aviation Authority of the
Philippines employees shall do the duck, cover and hold and evacuate to safe
area. At 3:10pm there will be Aviation Mishap. By 3:15PM, it is the time for
the arrival of firefighters and security forces. There will be clearing
operation by the AFP, the PNP shall set up Incident Perimeter, the BFP shall
have fire suppression in the incident perimeter, and there will also be
assessment of the infrastructure,” said Aplal.
Aplal said they will set-up Incident
Management Team (IMT) and closely coordinate with the CAAP First Responders.
“Upon arrival of the responders, they need to
check in at the Incident Command Post (ICP), where there will be Incident
Briefing and Responder’s Assignment. For the Emergency Medical Response, there
will be assignment and deployment of each team, setting-up of triage area and
emergency medical station, transport of casualties, and feedback protocol. For
the Security and Safety, there will be assignment and deployment of each team,
security and safety of responders, and feedback protocol. For the Management of
the Dead and Missing, there will be assignment and deployment of each team,
extraction of the dead, and the identification protocol,” said Aplal.
Myrna J. Angot, OIC of the Office of Civil
Defense-ARMM, said the drill is aimed at increasing and ensuring the safety of
the people during and after disasters; evacuation of the affected constituents,
with focus on women, children, elderly and persons with disabilities and in
providing medical assistance and relief; train participants on the proper
action and response during an earthquake; and assess various elements of the
response plan designed by the government’s disaster management committee.
“The Multi-Hazard Drill shall be a venue to
enhance the preparedness of the communities around the affected areas in case
destructive event occur in no time. We could also assess the response
capability of various government agencies, even private and volunteer
responders,” said Angot.
Accordingly, the objectives of the drill are
as follows: To understand the impact of a major earthquake particularly a
potential 7.9 Magnitude genarated by the Cotabato Trench; To understand the
command and control mechanisms at all levels based from the RA 10121 and
existing Contingency Plans; To test, assess, validate and evaluate the actual
ground set-up of the Local EOCs and communication system, and to strengthen and
align all existing concept of Response Cluster particularly with the First
Response.
Meantime, Angot said there are two (2) stages
of the drill, Earthquake and the Scenario.
“In the Earthquake Drill Phase, there will be
Alarm and Response Phases. For the Alarm Phase, there will be continuous
ringing of siren/bell for one minute which means there is ongoing earthquake.
For the Response Phase, it is a must for them to stay where they are unless
imminent danger is noticeable.
It is also recommended to move to a safer
place with caution,” said Angot.
Angot added that during the evacuation phase,
after the alarm/siren stops (meaning the shaking stops) the airport staff,
government employees and affected community shall start with the evacuation
from the building. The evacuation shall proceed through the predetermined
routes where airport staff and employees will gather outside a designated
evacuation area.
Meanwhile, in setting up the Emergency
Operation Center and the Incident Command System, Angot said a command post
shall be established. Upon establishment of the ICP, she added, there will be
staging area, triage area, emergency response post, and establishment of
communication post.
Angot said the ICS is a standardized on-scene
incident management concept designed specifically to allow responders to adopt
an integrated organizational structure equal to the complexity and demands of
any single incident or multiple incidents without being hindered by
jurisdictional boundaries.
Further, Aplal has also discussed the ICS
Structure for the Multi-Hazard Drill.
“Various clusters includes Coordination, Food
and Non-food Items, Protection, Camp Coordination and Management, HEALTH (WASH,
Health, Nutrition and Psychosocial Services), Logistics, Emergency
Telecommunications, Search Rescue and Retrieval, Management of the Dead and
Missing, and Security Cluster,” said Aplal.
Carmencita Salik, CAAP Officer, said that as
assumption during the airport operation on August 17, 2016, the incoming flight
from Manila landed and parked at Awang Airport. There are at least 50
passengers on board including its pilot and crew.
“When the passengers were about to disembark
from the aircraft, an earthquake with intensity 7.9 will hit the area. All the
passengers would be adversely affected. Similarly, other facilities and
vulnerable points of the Airport will be damaged. At the aerodrome management
control center, several personnel would be trapped. In addition, some of the
out bound passengers at the pre-departure area will get injured due to the
fallen debris. Right after, a fire incident shall occur at the terminal
building,” said Salik.
Salik added other participating forces
includes the Local PNP, Armed Forces of the Philippines (6th ID Camp Siongco
PA), the Philippine Air Force (TOG XII), PNP Aviation Security Group, Office
for Transportation Security (OTS), and the Airline Private Security Guards.
Accordingly, responders from the airside area
shall be the Aerodrome Rescue and Fire Fight Services (ARFF), CSI-National,
PNP-Aviation Security Group, and the Camp Siongco Hospital for the ambulance
and immediate medical attention. For the Landside area, it will be CSI-ARMM/
CSI National, PNP- Aviation Security Group, OTS Terminal Building, Local PNP-ARMM,
Nearest BFP, Nearest Hospital, AFP and PAF.
Mila Platon, Designated Incident Commander,
said that during execution, the team shall immediately convene the Emergency
Command Center or Incident Command Center.
“The ARFF shall respond quickly to the aircraft
with the CSI forces to augment the PNP-Aviation Group personnel in cordoning
the area. There will also be quick response from the 6th ID hospital personnel
to help the victims and other nearby hospital such as the Cotabato Regional and
Medical Center (CRMC),” said Platon.
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