Emergency Rescue Operations and Disaster Relief Management

[amigo32]

pinag aaralan pa
puede manahimik na at antayin na lang si Pnoy magsasalita

[Panzer_18]

i agree with you ...

[ManilaBoy45]

Thanks to our Indonesian brothers and sisters ...

Indonesia donates US$1M, goods for typhoon victims
Tuesday 11th of December 2012

http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php...e=241355189479

QUEZON CITY, December 11 (PIA) – The Indonesian government yesterday turned over US$1 million and four tons of relief goods to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for victims of typhoon ‘Pablo.’

[ManilaBoy45]

35 Filipino Fishermen Adrift Since Typhoon Rescued

December 12, 2012 | Modified: December 12, 2012 at 10:04 pm

http://washingtonexaminer.com/35-fil...e/feed/2055529

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Low-flying search planes spotted three Filipino fishermen drifting at sea and flashing mirrors to signal for help, as authorities stepped up the search for 261 others missing more than a week after a typhoon killed hundreds in the southern Philippines.
Indonesia sent a ship to join the search for the fishermen, who may have been swept toward the Celebes Sea from the Pacific Ocean off southern Mindanao Island, said regional military spokesman Capt. Severino David.
A total of 35 fishermen have been rescued in the past three days, including three found Tuesday in a small boat drifting about 255 kilometers (158 miles) east of Davao Oriental province, where the typhoon made landfall Dec. 4, David said Wednesday.

[Parchie]

Originally Posted by ManilaBoy45

35 Filipino Fishermen Adrift Since Typhoon Rescued

December 12, 2012 | Modified: December 12, 2012 at 10:04 pm

http://washingtonexaminer.com/35-fil...e/feed/2055529

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Low-flying search planes spotted three Filipino fishermen drifting at sea and flashing mirrors to signal for help, as authorities stepped up the search for 261 others missing more than a week after a typhoon killed hundreds in the southern Philippines.
Indonesia sent a ship to join the search for the fishermen, who may have been swept toward the Celebes Sea from the Pacific Ocean off southern Mindanao Island, said regional military spokesman Capt. Severino David.
A total of 35 fishermen have been rescued in the past three days, including three found Tuesday in a small boat drifting about 255 kilometers (158 miles) east of Davao Oriental province, where the typhoon made landfall Dec. 4, David said Wednesday.

35/261? Roughly 13% rescued! That's dang low but good enough for those who were rescued.

[ManilaBoy45]

Heavy to Torrential Rains Now Over Leyte Island as Seen from the Cebu/Mactan Doppler Radar as of 0945 Hours, Storm Signal #1 is Now Hoisted in Most Areas of the Visayas Region from the Approaching Tropical Cyclone Quinta ...

http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/wb/tc_up.html

http://noah.dost.gov.ph/

[amigo32]

umuulan na nga rito ngayon

[Parchie]

Originally Posted by amigo32

umuulan na nga rito ngayon

Tuyong-tuyo naman dito sa amin ngayon!

[ManilaBoy45]

TROPICAL STORM WUKONG (QUINTA) UPDATE NUMBER 003
Issued: 7:00 PM PhT (10:00 GMT) Tuesday 25 Dec 2012
Next Update: 1:00 AM PhT (17:00 GMT) Wednesday 26 Dec 2012

http://www.typhoon2000.ph/update.html

Tropical Storm Wukong (Quinta) has strengthened slightly as it inches closer to the island of Leyte...now moving over Leyte Gulf. This storm is expected to make landfall over Eastern Leyte around midnight (Dec 26), somewhere along the towns of Mayorga, MacArthur and Abuyog. Stormy weather continuing across Samar and Leyte Provinces.

[Parchie]

'No Christmas' for Typhoon Pablo victims
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE December 23, 2012 6:00pm

MANILA - Survivors of a typhoon that ravaged the southern Philippines will bypass Christmas this year as they hole up in evacuation centers and continue to bury their dead, officials said Sunday.

Instead of presents and carols, thousands of people on the island of Mindanao will be more concerned with food, water and shelter, National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) executive director Benito Ramos said.

Instead of a traditional Christmas dinner, the government will distribute special packs of spaghetti, corned beef and fruit salad.

"There will no celebrations. It is just too sad. It will just be a regular day. We do not call it Christmas," he told AFP as relief workers rushed supplies to towns flattened by Typhoon Pablo (Bopha), which slammed into the island on December 4.

So far 1,067 people have been confirmed dead, with more than 800 missing, according to the government.

Ramos said that—unlike in the rest of the majority-Catholic Philippines—there would be no Christmas parties in the storm hit towns, just the burials of bodies.

Many of the dead are in an advanced state of decomposition after failing to be identified.

Ramos denied reports that bodies had been dumped in a mass grave on Sunday.

"There was a semblance of a decent burial after the 17 bodies were identified," he said.

The burial was helped by the donation of 500 coffins from a province north of Manila, he added.

Ramos's office said there were still 13,940 people living in evacuation centers almost three weeks after the storm. More than 959,000 others have returned to the ruins of their homes or are staying with relatives.

Dr. Martin Pareno, nutrition coordinator for Action Against Hunger International, said in a recent visit to the affected area he had seen people desperate for help.

"It's a heartrending thing. There is no sign of Christmas in the whole area," he told AFP.

"The number one problem is shelter, clearing debris, sanitation. There is no electricity or water service. They will have to provide for that before any social activities." — AFP

[ManilaBoy45]

TROPICAL STORM WUKONG (QUINTA) UPDATE NUMBER 005
Issued: 8:00 AM PhT (00:00 GMT) Wednesday 26 Dec 2012
Next Update: 1:00 PM PhT (23:00 GMT) Wednesday 26 Dec 2012

http://www.typhoon2000.ph/update.html

Tropical Storm Wukong (Quinta) is now over the Northeastern tip of Panay...approaching Roxas City and Boracay Island Resort. Storm's rainbands spreading across Visayas and Bicol Region.

[Parchie]

Originally Posted by ManilaBoy45

TROPICAL STORM WUKONG (QUINTA) UPDATE NUMBER 005
Issued: 8:00 AM PhT (00:00 GMT) Wednesday 26 Dec 2012
Next Update: 1:00 PM PhT (23:00 GMT) Wednesday 26 Dec 2012

http://www.typhoon2000.ph/update.html

Tropical Storm Wukong (Quinta) is now over the Northeastern tip of Panay...approaching Roxas City and Boracay Island Resort. Storm's rainbands spreading across Visayas and Bicol Region.

Originally Posted by IAMME

Reporting from Roxas City, right where the storm's center is or was: Light rain and just a strong breeze from time to time. Seems just like a regular rainy day.

Which report is true?

[skywalker2008]

Typhoon Bopha deadliest catastrophe in the world in 2012

Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - Typhoon "Pablo," which struck the Davao region of eastern Mindanao last December, was the deadliest catastrophe in the world in 2012 in terms of fatalities, with 1,901 deaths, according to the think tank unit of US-based reinsurance broker and capital adviser Aon Benfield.

[nayki]

Flood control measure: Gov't plans to move Manila's 100,000 informal settlers by June

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine government plans to move about 100,000 squatters from their homes on crucial waterways in Manila by June as a flood control measure and for their own safety, an official said Saturday.

The plan is to clear six major waterways in the sprawling capital before typhoon season starts in June, while also saving the squatters from being washed away by floods, said Interior Undersecretary Francisco Fernandez.

Experts have long warned that flooding in Manila has been worsened by the squatter communities who build precarious shanties on the banks of waterways, preventing water from flowing freely and blocking drains with rubbish.

Fernandez said there were an estimated 105,000 squatter families living on the waterways of the capital. The 20,000 families -- representing about 100,000 people -- living in the six major waterways would be the first to be moved.

"Forced evacuations will only be taken as a last resort," said Fernandez, whose office is in charge of informal settlers.

He said the government was already meeting those affected so they could be relocated to areas near their old homes or at least in or near the capital.

In the past, he said, squatters relocated outside the capital swiftly returned to their old homes because they could not find jobs at the relocation site.

The government has already allocated 10 billion pesos ($246 million) for the project this year and is preparing "medium-rise buildings" as new homes for the squatters, Francisco told AFP.

Urban planners have said the clogging of waterways by squatters is one cause of frequent flooding and deaths in the capital caused by storms like Typhoon Ketsana in 2009.

In recent months, squatter communities have violently resisted relocation efforts but Francisco said those on the waterways realised they had to move.

"They are there in the waterways not because they want to be, but because they have no other choice," he said.

There are more than 11.8 million people living in the capital and Francisco said as many as 20 percent could be squatters who build shanties in empty lots, under bridges, on waterways or any vacant place they can settle.

http://www.interaksyon.com/article/5...ttlers-by-june
How I wish all of those squatters can be located on a safer and a better plance. Good luck!

[CRB_74]

Sana naman seryoso na ang gobyerno sa flood control na yan..para di na maulit yung nangyari sa Ondoy at Habagat.

"Kung gusto maraming paraan pero kung ayaw maraming dahilan".

[nayki]

Tignan natin kung may balls ang admin na to magrelocate ng squatter For the past 2.5 years wala masyado narelocate na squatter, iyong mga asa north triangle bine-baby GMA admin did an excellent job relocating the squatters along PNR line in NCR.

[spearhead]

[spearhead]

[ManilaBoy45]

Metro Manila Cities Gets 38 Brand New High-Quality Fire Trucks

February 27, 2013 2:51pm

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story...y-fire-trucks#

The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) has acquired half of the target 76 top-of-the-line fire trucks that will be deployed in major cities for “faster and better fire control action” in time for March, the fire prevention month.

Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas II on Wednesday formally turned over to local government units the initial 38 Austrian-made Rosenbauer TLF 4000 fire trucks built especially for responding to fires in highly urbanized areas.Initial recipients of the trucks were Quezon City, Manila, Caloocan, Malabon, Parañaque, Pasay, Pasig, San Juan, Mandaluyong, Las Piñas and Taguig.

“Each truck has a powerful water cannon mounted on top plus two quick response hoses and two regular hoses or a total of five firefighting weapons that can be used simultaneously for faster and better fire control action,” the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) said in a statement Wednesday.The trucks have the capacity to discharge 2,400 liters of water per minute. Their water cannons estimated to push water to up to 62 meters horizontally and 24 meters vertically, or the equivalent to an eight-storey building.

[Parchie]

Originally Posted by ManilaBoy45

Metro Manila Cities Gets 38 Brand New High-Quality Fire Trucks

February 27, 2013 2:51pm

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story...y-fire-trucks#

The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) has acquired half of the target 76 top-of-the-line fire trucks that will be deployed in major cities for “faster and better fire control action” in time for March, the fire prevention month.

Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas II on Wednesday formally turned over to local government units the initial 38 Austrian-made Rosenbauer TLF 4000 fire trucks built especially for responding to fires in highly urbanized areas.Initial recipients of the trucks were Quezon City, Manila, Caloocan, Malabon, Parañaque, Pasay, Pasig, San Juan, Mandaluyong, Las Piñas and Taguig.

“Each truck has a powerful water cannon mounted on top plus two quick response hoses and two regular hoses or a total of five firefighting weapons that can be used simultaneously for faster and better fire control action,” the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) said in a statement Wednesday.The trucks have the capacity to discharge 2,400 liters of water per minute. Their water cannons estimated to push water to up to 62 meters horizontally and 24 meters vertically, or the equivalent to an eight-storey building.

Anlaki ng pump capacity! 2,400 li/min (635 gpm)!
Pero, parang hindi papasa sa 1901 standards (750 gpm minimum)