Office of Civil Defense(OCD)

October 14, 2019 Dear Rea Espiritu, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Sep 26, 2019 11:28:44 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for List of existing training facilities for disaster preparedness and public safety. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. For item no. 1 : Since the guidelines on the accreditation of training institutes is still in progress, we don't have a list yet of training facilities for DRRM. It is recommended that the researcher to conduct individual listing of these institutions (as identified in the request). For item no. 2, based on RA 10121 and JMC 2014-001, Local Government Units (Province, City, Municipality) and Barangay are mandated and guided to establish their own Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Offices and Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Committees. These offices/committees are mandated to conduct appropriate disaster preparedness and response activities in their areas of responsibilities. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Undersecretary Ricardo B. Jalad via email at [email protected]/ [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, FOI Decision Maker FOI Receiving Officer