Flood Evacuation Guide
City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office officially publishes its "Flood Evacuation Guide: Plan ahead. Prepare your family."
Composed of short and easy to remember steps for preventing casualty during flood, the guide has six sections with topics on preparing for the flood, emergency supplies needed, flood warning guide, and evacuation procedures.
Here is the first section:
When Preparing for Flood…
1. Learn about your community's emergency plans, warning signals, evacuation routes and locations of evacuation centers.
2. Plan and practice a flood evacuation drill with your family. Ask an out-of barangay relative or friend to be the "family contact" in case your family is separated during a flood. Make sure everyone in your family knows the name, address and phone number of this contact person.
3. Post emergency phone numbers at every phone.
4. Inform local authorities about any special needs, i.e. pregnant women, elderly, disabled persons.
5. Identify potential home hazards and secure or protect them before the flood strikes. Be prepared to turn off electrical power when there is standing water or fallen power lines. Turn off gas and water supplies before you evacuate. Secure structurally unstable building materials.
*NRWP will publish the next section of the guide in coming editions in the name of Public Service to our readers.-Ed
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