New Regional Director of PRO9 Convened for Emergency Meeting for Typhoon “Ompong”

 ZAMBOANGA CITY (Sept. 15, 2018) - The newly-assumed Regional Director of Police Regional Office 9 (PRO9) has called for the emergency meeting in preparation on the PRO9 Disaster Preparedness and Response Plan for Typhoon “Ompong” held at PRO9 Conference Room, Camp Col Romeo A Abendan, Mercedes, Zamboanga City on September 13, 2018. 

PCSUPT Emmanuel Luis D Licup, Acting Regional Director of PRO9, during the meeting, made sure that everything is properly coordinated with other agencies, such as DRRMC, LGUs and AFP for the efficiency of the implementation of the said plan to lessen and if not zero casualty on the coming typhoon.

The Regional Director has directed Provincial/City polices on the ground for pre-position of troops and equipment in different identified risk prone areas and 800 uniformed personnel from PRO9 Headquarters in Camp Abendan, Mercedes were prepared to form the Reactionary Standby Support Force (RSSF) as augmentation to the police forces at the lower units.

The standby/support troops will be deployed anytime in the provinces of Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga Del Sur and Zamboanga Del Norte as well in Zamboanga City. They are also expected to provide security, humanitarian, disaster relief assistance to the residents in area where the typhoon hit. At the same time, they are the additional manpower during force evacuations and road clearing operations.

Guided by the IMPLAN SAKLOLO 2014 (Policing during Disaster), the Police Regional Office 9 has intensified its preparation on pre-disaster activities, among this are: The Police Regional Office 9 attended the 3rd quarter meeting of the committee on disaster preparedness on September 13, 2018 held at the local hotel in Zamboanga City chaired by DILG, vice chairperson for preparedness in the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.

Later today, the Police Regional Office 9 is expected to attend the meeting of core group of Pre-disaster Risk Assessment for typhoon “Ompong” on September 14, 2018 at Office of Civil Defense in Zamboanga City.     

Citing the report from the Regional Operation Center re weather update re

Typhoon “Ompong” as of 6:00 AM of September 14, 2018

a) Number of Person Stranded: 0

b) Number of Vehicles Stranded: 0

c) Number of Ships Stranded: 0

d) House/Infrastructure Destroy: 0

e) Flooded Areas: 0

f) Road Condition: passable

g) No. of Evacuation Centers: 162

h) No. of Evacuees: 0

i) Casualties: 0

1. Died: 0

2. Missing: 0

3. Wounded: 0

j) No. of SAR Personnel Deployed: 0

k) No. of SAR Personnel on Standby: 219

l) Other Destroyed: 0

By JONG CADION with Press release fron PCINSP HELEN L GALVEz, PRO9 = PIO Chief