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PASIG CITY
CONTINGENCY PLAN
(Response Framework)
For Earthquake 1st 72 Hours
By
Ritche Van C. Angeles
Excerpts from Pasig City Earthquake Contingency Plan 2011
RESPONSE STRUCTURE:
EOC
CITYHALL
PASIG MAIN
COMMAND POST
RED Center
(C. Raymundo Ave.)
TF Base 2
TF Base 1
Pasig City Hall Area
Rosario
Sports Complex Area
Strike Team 1
TF Base 3
CBD Area
Strike Team 2
Santolan – Dela Paz
Area
San Joaquin
Elem. School Area
Strike Team 3
Strike team 4
Sta. Lucia
Ortigas Ave. Ext.
Pinagbuhatan
Covered Court
Task Force: Any combination of resources assembled to support a specific
mission or operational need. All resource elements within a
Task Force have a common communications and a designated
TF leader. Total no. per TF: 42 to 71
Vehicles: combined Engines-Ambulance-Rescue Tender-Dozers
Strike Team: a set of number resources of the same kind and type that have
an established minimum number of personnel.
Total No.: 27 personnel per ST
Total no.: 4 any of the same kind
Engines/Dozers/Medical Transport
Note: Every Base has an Emergency Supply of the following:
1. Portable Gensets
2. Portable Radio with batteries
3. All the Basic Fire & Rescue Equipment needed
4. First Aid Kit
5. Manpower and vehicles
6. Operation Tent
7. Food Provision for the Team
POSSIBLE LEVELS OF EXISTING UNITS / GROUPS
(Base from Equipment Cache & Skill Level)
SEARCH & RESCUE
SEARCH & RESCUE
SEARCH & RESCUE
(HEAVY CATEGORY)
(MEDIUM CATEGORY)
(LIGHT CATEGORY)
PASIG CITY
FIRE & RESCUE
City Resources
BRGY COMBINED
Resources
Volunteer Grps
BASIC STRUCTURE OF A TASK FORCE
General Objectives for Response Operations
Immediately following a major earthquake, ALL are directed to achieve the
following objectives:
• Save lives.
• Reduce immediate threats to life, public health and safety, and public and
private property.
• Provide necessary care, shelter, and medical services to Pasig City
residents and other members of the general public.
• Restore/Secure the operations of facilities, whether public or privately
owned, that are essential to health, safety, and welfare of the community,
including critical Pasig City facilities, hospitals, utilities (Gas stations),
market/food stores, water facilities, Comms capabilities and transportation
infrastructure including clearing & controlling traffic movement.
• Assess damage to infrastructure, public facilities, and the environment.
• Expedite the restoration of services, the economy, and the community;
and begin the process of recovery.
• Keep the public informed.
Initial Response Goals and Objectives (First 72 Hours)
First 4 Hours
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Respond to the immediate known effects of the earthquake:
Direct and assist immediate life-saving rescue operations (DRRMO
assets).
Direct fire suppression for existing structure, residential and industrial fires
and anticipate fire spread based on conditions. (BFP)
Deploy law enforcement resources to support response activities and
maintain law and order & secure critical facilities. (PNP)
Deploy emergency medical services to major incidents. (CHO)
Establish casualty collection points for initial treatment of the injured.
Identify potential sites for evacuation centers to accommodate displaced
populations while emergency shelters are being opened.
(DRRMO/CSWD)
Identify at-risk populations, notify them, and begin to evacuate if
warranted. (DRRMO-ENGR-CSWD)
Assess:
• Situation at critical facilities, including identified EOCs and hospitals.
• Situation in areas not reporting. (DRRMO EOC/ENGR)
• Condition of emergency communications systems. (DRRMO-EOC)
• Implement Pasig City personnel recall. (HRDO)
• Begin public information messaging regarding recommended personal
protective actions, safe assembly points, and community assistance
needed. (using emergency SMS, Citywide Solar Siren & Emergency
Cellular Network (DRRMO-EOC)
• Complete an initial damage assessment (RDANA) of the city, identifying areas
affected, major incidents, and operational status of critical services.
• Create consolidated situation assessment, inform the Mayor and the
PCDRRMC and declare a state of calamity. (DRRMO-DANA Team)
First 12 Hours
Assemble resources for sustained response and for providing basic services to the
community:
• Assess critical resource shortfalls and begin requesting support through Mutual
Aid and MMDRRMC and OCD-NCR OpCen. Consider a 14-day period. Assess
condition of transportation system and develop alternatives for moving critical
resources into the city. (DRRMO/TPMO)
• Establish perimeter control around unsafe areas. (ENGR/PNP)
• Establish security at critical facilities (including warehouses, food stores, gas
stations). (GSO/PNP/BCEO/ENGR)
• Open evacuation centers. (CSWD/BRGYS)
• Assess conditions at designated emergency shelter sites and begin to supply
with beds, water, food, medical support, generators, sanitation, and facility
security; and begin to open emergency shelters to residents and Disaster
Social Workers. (CSWD/CHO/PNP/BCEO/DRRMO/ENGR)
• Identify people with special support requirements and transfer to appropriate
care facilities. (ex. PWDs) (GAD/CSWD)
• Designate primary routes and implement debris clearance, route recovery, and
traffic control. (TPMO/ENGR)
• Initiate a regular status reporting and resource requesting process between
area commands (if established), major incident commands (if established), and
MMDRRMC/National OCD counterparts offering coordinated assistance.
(DRRMO)
• Monitor and address identified issues regarding patient load balancing between
hospitals and the related patient transport system challenges.
• Assess the need to activate the Joint Information Center (Centralized center for
inquiries, registration of evacuees info, missing persons etc).
• Determine if a curfew should be established. (CHO/PIO/PNP/DRRMO)
24 Hours
• Consolidate system for sustaining emergency response operations:
• Concentrate Pasig City emergency management efforts on supporting ongoing
on-scene incident management at major incidents, reinforcing the logistical
support being requested. (DRRMO/GSO/ENGR/CHO/CSWD
• Commit resources to support public safety by assisting incoming employees and
gathering/distributing available resources from less-affected parts of NCR and
out-of-area Provincial and National resources.
• Designate staging areas and begin planning to accommodate support personnel.
(DRRMO)
• Ensure that an adequate system is in place to fuel and maintain generators
providing power to critical facilities. (GSO/PNP/ENGR)
• Establish temporary morgues and begin process of collecting remains.
• Conduct outreach for situation status and resource needs for affected facilities
needing support from Pasig City, including auxiliary/secondary medical
institutions, educational centers, commercial buildings, and sites of
historic/cultural significance. (CHO/ENGR/GSO)
• Initiate regular news briefings to inform residents on Pasig City operations, steps
they can take, services available to them, ongoing rumor control efforts, and
ways in which the community can help. Prepare & release an Official Media
Statement (PIO/DRRMO)
48 Hours
Stabilize support for affected areas and secure unaffected areas for resumption of
services:
• Process ongoing logistical resource requests for emergency services and Mutual
Aid needs to support incident management. (DRRMO/GSO)
• Implement the Pasig City emergency drinking water plan. (Mobile Water
Treatment) (DRRMO/ENGR)
• Establish a distribution network for drinking water and food for persons who are
not residing in evacuation facilities but are without basic services.
• Initiate damage assessment of Pasig City facilities, with priority for
facilities critical to response operations. (DRRMO/CSWD/PNP/ENGR)
• Make arrangements for the EOC (C3/DRRMO) to assume responsibility for
supporting incoming Mutual Aid and available resources, relieving field-level
public safety workers to focus on providing sustained rescue, firefighting,
paramedic, and law enforcement services.
• Conduct an ongoing review in EOC of current situation reporting and
resource requesting processes and revise, as available systems require.
• Anticipate and support initial damage assessment visits by MMDRRMC and
National OCD officials wanting to confirm the immediate and long- term recovery
needs of the city for their out-of-area resources.
• Logistics for responders. (DRRMO/ENGR/CSWD/CHO)
72 Hours
Begin transition from immediate emergency response efforts to sustained
operations.
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Support hospital and other medical facility re-supply efforts. (CHO)
Re-evaluate mass care needs in light of any ongoing aftershocks and
subsequent damage. (CHO)
Establish evac shelter support coordinator teams and evaluate the evac sites
to identify: (CSWD/ENGR/GAD/PNP/DRRMO/CHO)
– Site damage
– Critical support requirements, including camp management
personnel,
– camp security
– Adequacy of feeding and medical care arrangements
– camp demographics (gender, children, medical needs, language
barriers, disability needs)
Establish plans for how to provide care for people with special support
requirements that cannot be met in congregate care shelters. (CHO)
Establish a Joint Information Center. (DRRMO/PIO)
Establish the Donations/Relief Management Branch/Team and the Human
Resources Branch/Team in the Logistics Section to facilitate the handling of
volunteers and donations. (GSO/HRDO/MAYORs)
Review and enhance security plans to maintain public order. (PNP)
Begin translating damage assessment information into initial damage
estimates required by MMDRRMC and OCD. (DANA)
Participate in discussions with MMDRRMC and OCD on assessing
services residents will require to recover from the disaster. (DRRMO)
Review incident status reports to prioritize incident commands that can begin
suspending emergency response operations and transition to sustained
response and recovery operations. (DRRMO/DRRMC)
RESPONSE
FRAMEWORK
FOR
EARTHQUAKE
STRIKE TEAM
Santolan Elem School
EVAC Area with Platform ready
PRP at Bridge
TF2
Sta Lucia
Strike Team
RELIEF CTRE & EVAC CTRE
Eusebio HS
TF3
MAIN ICP
RED CENTER
ULTRA & OLD
RIZAL CAPITOL
RESCUE TRUCK
CMND POST
FIELD
HOSPITAL
RESQ BOAT
TF1
EOC
STRIKE TEAM
San Joaquin Kalawaan
EVAC CTRE
TF Task Force
Strike Team
Pinagbuhatan Outpost
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