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Roles and Functions of School DRRM Committees
Roles and Functions of School DRRM Committees
(SDRRMCs)
The Disaster Risk Management Office at the Region, Division, District and School
Levels shall also be organized which shall have the following functions:
Identify, assess and manage the hazards and risks that may occur in
their locality;
Communicate about those hazards and risks, their nature, effects,
strategies;
Take all necessary steps on an ongoing basis to maintain, provide or
arrange the provision of trained and competent personnel for effective and
efficient disaster risk management in their areas of jurisdiction;
Respond to and manage the adverse effects of emergencies in their
area of jurisdictions;
Carry out recovery activities;
Promote and raise public awareness of and compliance with policies
Management Plans and regularly review and test the plan consistent with
other national and local planning programs;
Establish linkage and network with other local government units for
The Chairman shall advise the President and the Chairman of the
The Vice-Chairman
The DepED DRRMO shall serve as the central command and control for resource
mobilization, response coordination and information management. During emergency
situations, the DepED Disaster Operations Center shall be activated by the Secretary of
the Department of Education as an Emergency Operations Center (DRRMO-EOC). As a
matter of standard operations procedure and as may be required by the DepED
Secretary, through the Chairman of the DRRMO, pre-designated members of the
DRRMO shall render 24/7 duty at the EOC.
Main Functions
1. Operational Coordination
being undertaken by relevant agencies and ensure that all key actors are
taken on board;
Initiate and lead the conduct of a multi-agency damage and needs
assessment mission as the post disaster situation warrants;
Council (NDCC) and Office of the President and all cluster members,
making sure that they are all in the loop and keep abreast of the unfolding
situation;
Facilitate the conduct of a multi-agency debriefing of past disaster
the Department that can provide capacities to the schools like airlift
operations, fire suppression, emergency health services, ambulance
service/emergency evacuation, security, emergency social services,
environmental emergencies, hazardous materials emergencies, search
and rescue, engineering and basic utilities in coordination with the
different DRRMO Teams;
Assist in the formulation of mobilization SOPs for those response
resources and operational support and arrangements like MOA and MOUs
with partner agencies and cluster members and rehearse them as far as
practicable;
Facilitate the conduct of a post mobilization debriefing for all units
deployed and utilized to look into areas of strength and areas for
improvement.
3. Information Management
curriculum.
As a matter of standard operations procedure, all concerned shall take
into consideration the reporting and flow of activities during and after a
disaster as stated in Figure 13 (below), to ensure timely, accurate, and
reliable data gathering and reporting.
staffing
skills
and
competencies,
equipment
operations
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Personnel Requirements
1. Intelligence and Disaster Analysis Officer
Under the supervision of the Intelligence and Disaster Analysis Officer will be the
Communications and Warning, Disaster and Needs Assessment, and the Security and
Police Teams.
a. Communications and Warning Team shall have the following
functions:
being undertaken by relevant agencies and ensure that all key actors are
taken on board;
Initiate and lead the conduct of a multi-agency damage and needs
Calls the local police of any bomb threat received through telephone or
any other means of communication and reports the matter to the DRRMO
Chairman;
Assists the police in conducting bomb search operations;
Secures the area and the entire DepED premises;
Provides for personnel and vehicle movement control and open all exit
routes;
In case of fire, assigns a sub-group to the fire scene and coordinate
with the fire suppression team to prevent looting and apprehend looters;
Assigns a sub-group to the evacuation area to secure the properties
safeguard their release to their respective owners after the fire. Sees to it
that all evacuated equipment and documents are returned to their
respective sections/owners.
Maintains a guarding system for personnel, materials and other
installations;
Makes an inventory of the returned documents/equipment and submits
The Education Information Officer shall have the following functions and shall organize
under his supervision alternative learning, advocacy and public information, education
and training, and health and sanitation teams:
a. Alternative Learning Team
public;
Publishes information on emergency situations, reports disaster
damages and rehabilitation efforts to the National Disaster Coordinating
Council and to the Office of the President;
PNRC or other sources for first aid and medical self-help training;
Supervise the selection of fi rst aid or medical treatment areas in
evacuation centers;
Directs first aid or medical self-help operations and control the access
to medical supplies;
Establishes policies and rules governing the emergency treatment of
crisis;
Maintains and/or supervises programs of operations and determines
emergency situations;
Upon receipt of information from the Communication and Warning
Team on the need to evacuate, the team shall immediately establish an
deployment;
Provides fire-fighting instructions through locally available sources
Assesses the nature of fire and suppress it by using the appropriate fire
confusion of occupants. Fast and orderly movement towards the fire exit
must be achieved;
Assists firemen in clearing safe routes/roads for fire trucks and fire
hoses;
After the fire, perform the following work:
Repair/replace all damaged fire-fighting equipment;
Return and make an inventory of all fire-fighting equipment;
Refill all fire exhausted fire extinguishers;
Assess the extent of damage, and
Prepare a report of fire damages.
allocation;
Repairs and rehabilitate damaged structures;
Provides technical assistance, maintenance procedures and
and all other causes, in coordination with local DCCs and the R/DPFC and
reports results to concerned offices;
Assess structural integrity and stability of structures before occupying
Officer shall be the Fund Sourcing Team, Transportation Team and Supplies and Relief
Team.
a. Fund Sourcing Team
The team shall take charge of fund sourcing activities both from
b. Transportation Team
disasters;
Monitors the utilization of disaster databases installed in the websites
b. Encoders
important documents;
Coordinates with line government agencies on matters pertaining to