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In the Philippines, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council is responsible for
the protection and welfare of people during disasters or emergencies. It is a working group
composed of various government, non-government, civil sector and private sector organizations of
the Government of the Republic of the Philippines. Headed by the Secretary of National Defense
(under the Office of Civil Defense, the NDRRMCs implementing organization), it coordinates all the
executive branches of government, presidents of the leagues of local government units throughout
the country, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police, Bureau of Fire
Protection (which is an agency under the Department of Interior and Local Government, and the
public and private medical services in responding to natural and manmade disasters, as well as
planning, coordination, and training of these responsible units. Non-governmental organizations
such as the Philippine Red Cross also provide manpower and material support for NDRRMC.
Regional, provincial, city, municipal, and barangay emergency management are handled by Local
Disaster Risk Reduction Management Councils (LDRRMCs), which are the functional arm of the
local government unit (LGU). Each LDRRMC is headed by a Chief DRRM Officer, and each Office is
tasked to organize their own emergency teams and command-and-control centers when activated at
times of local emergencies (identified on the regional, provincial, city, municipal, and/or barangay
level).

National Disaster Risk Reduction and

Management Council
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National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management

Council

Pambansang Tanggapan para sa Pagtugon ng Sakuna

Logo

Agency overview
 Formed May 2010

 National Disaster Coordinating Council

Preceding
(established October 19, 1970)
agency

Type Strategic Emergency Management

Jurisdiction National

Headquarters Camp Aguinaldo, EDSA cor. Boni

Serrano, Quezon City, Philippines

14°36′49″N 121°03′54″E

Agency  Usec. Ricardo Jalad, Executive Director[1]

executive

Parent agency Department of National Defense

Website ndrrmc.gov.ph

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), formerly known as
the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC), is a working group of various government,
non-government, civil sector and private sector organizations of the Government of the Republic of
the Philippines established by Republic Act 10121 of 2010.[2] It is administered by the Office of Civil
Defense (OCD) under the Department of National Defense (DND). The Council is responsible for
ensuring the protection and welfare of the people during disasters or emergencies. The NDRRMC
plans and leads the guiding activities in the field of communication, warning signals, emergency,
transportation, evacuation, rescue, engineering, health and rehabilitation, public education and
auxiliary services such as fire fighting and the police in the country. The Council utilizes the UN
Cluster Approach in disaster management.[3] It is the country's focal for the ASEAN Agreement on
Disaster Management and Emergency Response (AADMER) and many other related international
commitments.

Contents

 1Council membership
 2Local DRRM Offices
 3Disaster response
o 3.1Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda)
o 3.2Mount Pinatubo Eruption
 3.2.1Precautionary Measures Before Sensing an Eruption
 3.2.2Precautionary Measures After Sensing an Eruption
 4See also
 5References
 6External links
Council membership[edit]
In February 2010, the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) was renamed, reorganized,
and subsequently expanded. The following heads of agencies compose the NDRRMC:[4]

 Chairperson - Secretary of Department of National Defense

 Vice Chairperson for Disaster Preparedness - Secretary of Interior and Local Government
 Vice Chairperson for Disaster Response - Secretary of Department of Social Welfare and
Development
 Vice Chairperson for Disaster Prevention and Mitigation - Secretary of the Department of
Science and Technology
 Vice Chairperson for Disaster Rehabilitation and Recovery - Director-General of the
National Economic Development Authority
 Members:
 Secretary of the Department of Health
 Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources
 Secretary of the Department of Agriculture
 Secretary of the Department of Education g
 Secretary of the Department of Energy
 Secretary of the Department of Finance
 Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry
 Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Communication
 Secretary of the Department of Budget and Management
 Secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways
 Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs
 Secretary of the Department of Justice
 Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment
 Secretary of the Department of Tourism
 The Executive Secretary;
 Secretary of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process
 Chairman, Commission on Higher Education
 Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines
 Chief, Philippine National Police
 Commandant, Philippine Coast Guard
 The Press Secretary
 Secretary-General of the Philippine Red Cross
 Commissioner of the National Anti-Poverty Commission - Victims of Disasters and
Calamities Sector
 Chairperson, National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women
 Chairman, Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council
 Executive-Director of the Climate Change Office of the Climate Change Commission
 President, Government Service Insurance System
 President, Social Security System
 President, Philippine Health Insurance Corporation;
 President of the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines
 President of the League of Provinces in the Philippines
 President of the League of Municipalities in the Philippines
 President of the League of Cities in the Philippines
  President of the Liga ng Mga Barangay
 Four representatives from the Civil Sector Organizations
 One representative from the Private Sector
 Administrator of the Office of Civil Defense

Local DRRM Offices[edit]

According of Republic Act 10121, various local governments throughout the country should establish
Local DRRM Offices at the regional, provincial, municipal, city and barangay levels.[5] As functional
arms of the local governments, these Offices are responsible to create a Local Disaster Risk
Reduction and Management Plan according to the Framework of the NDRRMC covering 4 aspects
including disaster preparedness, response, prevention and mitigation, and rehabilitation and
recovery.[6]
Local Offices usually have a Chief DRRM Officer supported by Administrative and Training,
Research and Planning, Operations and Warning Officers. Some of these Offices have advanced to
organizing their own search and rescue and emergency medical services squads and command-
control-and-communications centers.