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Philippines: Japan Providing Emergency Vehicles for Yolanda-hit Areas


Japan is turning over emergency vehicles to the Bureau of Fire Protection, for use in areas hit by super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan).The Japanese Embassy said the project was funded through the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects.\r\n\"With these vehicles, Japan wishes to contribute to the fast recovery and rehabilitation of the beneficiary-municipalities as well as equipped them with the necessary facilities that will provide immediate response during catastrophe,\" the embassy said.
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Philippines: Philippines Hosts Global Webinar on Disaster Preparedness


Manila: The Philippines will host a global webinar this Wednesday night, November 26, on building disaster management partnerships.\r\nHosted by the Professionals in Humanitarian Assistance and Protection (PHAP) and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA), the live online event is scheduled at 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., Philippine time.\r\nRene “Butch” S. Meily, President of Philippine Disaster Recovery Foundation (PDRF), will share the efforts and successes of Philippine businesses in responding and helping in times of calamity, especially during the onslaught of Super Typhoon “Yolanda&rd
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Philippines: Japan Turns over 17 Firetrucks, 3 Ambulances to Bureau of Fire and Protection


 “On behalf of the Government of the Philippines and the Department of the Interior and Local Government, we wish to express our deepest appreciation to the Government of Japan through Japanese Ambassador-Designate Kazuhide Ishikawa and Japanese Councillor Kenji Kosaka for their generous donation,” Bureau of Fire and Protection OIC General Ariel Barayuga reads message of Interior and Local Government chief Mar Roxas during the turn over ceremony of previously used 17 units of fire trucks and 3 units of ambulances from Japan Fire Fighters Association.
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Philippines: 57 Trainees Finish 1st Emergency Responders Training Course in Abra


Bangued, Abra: Fifty seven trainees successfully completed the first Emergency Responders Training (ERT) Course conducted in the province.The 5-day training despite the rigidity of the modules contents and mechanics as the training entailed lecture-discussions, written examinations, demonstrations and return demonstrations after each module.“Let us be pro-active and always prepare ourselves for the worse to come…The life you save may be your own, or your families’ or relatives’, Governor Eustaquio P Bersamin told as he urged the participants to take the training seriously for the attainment of zero casualty in whateve
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Philippines: UN Relief Agencies Prepare Emergency Response as Typhoon Approaches Philippines


At a press briefing in Geneva, Denis McClean, a spokesperson for the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), said the Category 5 typhoon has triggered one of the largest peace time evacuations in Philippines history, noting that the extent of the evacuation “appeared to rival” the one million people evacuated last year when Cyclone Phailin threatened India’s coastline.As a result, he said, schools and local Government offices had been closed and evacuation centres were filling up as people were rapidly moving out of danger zones. While around 10 million residents of the Philippines are at risk of flooding, storm surg
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