Quezon City shares best practices on disaster management

Representatives ACDM check the state- of-the-art equipment acquired by the Quezon City government for disaster management and rescue operations during a visit at the QC Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office. THE Quezon City Risk Reduc group of emergency management countries who are in the country to learn best practices in disaster preparedness and response.

Marasigan welcomed the delega Disaster Management composed of representatives from Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, some of Quezon City’s best practices on disaster assessment and response.

QC under the administration of Mayor Herbert Bautista gave priority to public safety and disaster preparedness and has invested P300 million since 2010.

The city’s investment has included the construction of DRRM emergency operations center to improve response times of disasters and calamities.

is one of the country’s most modern command center designed to moni cameras within QC and it also has modern communication equipment and integrated video wall.

Last year, President Rodrigo Duterte Nations to help each other in times of calamities.