ADOPT-A-CITY MEMORANDUM SIGNING. SM Supermalls SVP Stephen Tan, Naga Mayor Nelson Legacion, Ambassador Roberto Romulo of the Carlos P. Romulo Founation, SM Prime Holdings President Hans Sy, and National Resilience Council Preseident Antonia Yulo Loyzaga. All Photos by Jay Ganzon/Rappler
This entails helping cities be “properly equipped in times of emergencies and disasters and to prepare them in terms of immediate recovery after unfavorable occurrences,” according to the NRC. Ongoing plans for Iloilo under the Adopt-a-City partnership include putting up a command center for disaster risk reduction. This center will house the city’s fire station, as well its emergency vehicles such as fire trucks and ambulances.
By working closely together with the LGUs, the NRC aims to establish baselines where the cities can start in terms of resilience efforts. Moving forward, the public-private partnerships will be integral in concretizing the lessons they’re gathering into specific policies and programs for the LGUs.The NRC’s efforts and initiatives are based on the four priority areas of the Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction.
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