LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu, Oct. 6 (PNA) — The Lapu-Lapu City Government will create barangay dusaster response teams in the city’s 30 barangays, an official said.
Teodulo Ybañez, Lapu-Lapu City administrator, said they are starting to conduct disaster preparedness training programs for every barangay this month.
He said the city allocated P130 million for disaster preparedness programs this year.
Ybañez said they are targeting 15 barangays to undergo trainings by the end of this year, teaching their volunteer response teams about safety measures.
He said they are tapping the Philippine Red Cross– Lapu-Lapu and Cordova Chapters to assist in teaching the barangay volunteers to respond in natural disaster situations.
Barangay Mactan, according to Ybañez, has finished its workshop last Tuesday, to be followed by Barangay Pusok on October 9.
Ybañez said they plan to finish the training program for the barangay response team by the first quarter of the year 2015. (PNA)