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MUNICIPAL
DISASTER
RISK
REDUCTION
AND
MANAGEMEN
T PLAN
(MDRRMP)
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CY 2021-2023
RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE LDRRMP

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MESSAGE
The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Plan
(MDRRMP) is a comprehensive Plan which will guide the local
government of Sara to efficiently and effectively implement a disaster risk
reduction management agenda for the whole municipality. It was
formulated following Republic Act No. 10121 otherwise known as “The
Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010” which
mandates the formulation of the MDRRMP. Further, the plan will
operationalize for Public Safety and security of the whole Municipality.

The development of a DRRM Plan is very crucial and imperative for

LGU such as the Municipality of Sara due to higher exposure to risk and
frequent likelihood for disaster to strike in the area. This was gravely
emphasized in 2013 when the Municipality was ravaged by Typhoon
Yolanda. Most of all, the importance of saving lives is the ultimate goal.

This Plan shall not only focus on the Plans, Programs and Activities
but on other underlying data that led to the development of the plan. It
shall also provide monitoring and evaluation scheme to ensure that the
plan shall be fully implemented and evaluated based on its impact to the
communities

With the plan in place, the challenge now is for all those working
towards addressing the impacts of natural and human-induced hazard and
calamities, to act together in fulfilling the purpose of the plan. Through
this we build a disaster resilient community, “SARA GUGMA KO”.

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HON. JON N. AYING

Municipal Mayor
Chairperson, MDRRMC

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10121

“AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PROVIDING FOR THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK
REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK AND INSTITUTIONALIZING
THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN,
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”

“THE PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT ACT OF

2010”

APPROVED: MAY 27, 2010

EFFECTIVE: JUNE 24, 2010

DRRM ACT IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS (IRR)

APPROVED: SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

EFFECTIVE: OCTOBER 13, 2010

TRANSFORMS AND MODERNIZES THE PHILIPPINE DISASTER MANAGEMENT

SYSTEM

REPEALS P.D. 1566

“STRENGTHENING OF THE PHILIPPINE DISASTER CONTROL CAPABILITY AND

ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL PROGRAM ON COMMUNITY DISASTER
PREPAREDNESS”.
JUNE 11, 1978

R.A. 9729

“AN ACT MAINSTREAMING CLIMATE CHANGE INTO GOVERNMENT POLICY

FORMULATIONS, ESTABLISHING THE FRAMEWORK STRATEGY AND PROGRAM
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ON CLIMATE CHANGE, CREATING FOR THIS PURPOSE THE CLIMATE CHANGE

COMMISSION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”.

On June 16, 2011, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Framework
(NDRRMF) as shown in Figure 15, was approved by the executive committee of the National
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). The framework is in
conformity with and captures the essence and priorities of Republic Act 10121.

NDRRM FRAMEWORK
The Framework envisions a country to have a “safer, adaptive and disaster-resilient
Filipino communities toward sustainable development.” The goal is to have a paradigm shift
from reactive to proactive DRRM wherein men and women have increased their awareness,
understanding on DRRM with the end in view of increasing people’s resilience and
decreasing their vulnerabilities. Our aim is to empower leaders and communities and to
develop the “right” mind-set and positive behavioural changes towards reducing and
managing risks and lessening the effects of disasters. This term is about building back better
or building on from our leanings, good practices, research and experiences, helping us
address the Figure 15. Diagram showing the National DRRM Framework (NDRRMF) 27
underlying causes of our vulnerability and increasing our ability to adjust to the situation
before us. By being adaptive, we learn to innovate and go to the next level. Disaster-resilient

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communities are achieved when the risk reduction efforts have been successful and have
made the people stronger (in a positive way and not just in terms of their coping mechanism),
increasing their ability to bounce back after a disaster. It is important to install the culture of
safety by increasing people’s capacity to bounce back and decrease disaster losses and
impact. In the end, DRRM is all about addressing the underlying causes of people’s
vulnerability; building their individual, collective and institutional capacities and building
back better wherein people’s lives become sustainably better. The country is challenged by
increasing disaster and climate risks caused by dynamic combinations of natural and human-
induced hazards, exposure, and people’s vulnerabilities and capacities. There is an urgent
need for the country to work together through multi-stakeholder partnerships and robust
institutional mechanisms and processes so that Filipinos will be able to live in safer, adaptive
and disaster resilient communities on the path to developing sustainably. This DRRM
framework emphasizes that through time, resources invested in disaster prevention,
mitigation, preparedness and climate change adaptation will be more effective towards
attaining the goal of adaptive, disaster resilient communities and sustainable development.
The Framework shows that mitigating the potential impacts of existing disaster and climate
risks, preventing hazards and small emergencies from becoming disasters, and being prepared
for disasters, will substantially reduce loss of life and damage to social, economic and
environmental assets. It also highlights the need for effective and coordinated humanitarian
assistance and disaster response to save lives and protect the more vulnerable groups during
and immediately after a disaster. Further, building back better and building better lives after a
disaster will lead to sustainable development after the recovery and reconstruction process.

SALIENT FEATURES OF RA 10121

LDRRM PLAN ALIGNED TO:

• NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN (NDP)
• PROVINCIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN (PDP)
• NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN (NCCAP)
 (RA 9729 OR THE CLIMATE CHANGE ACT 2009)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE
Title Page 1
Resolution Adopting the LDRRMP 2
Message 3
Existing DRRM-CCA Policies/guidelines/resolution 4
Table of Contents 7
Acronyms and Abbreviation 8
Definition of Terms 10
Executive Summary 12
Socio Economic Profile 13
Institutional 23
Maps 31
Situational Analysis 42
Thematic Area Plan 46
Monitoring and Evaluation 53
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Annexes 60

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

CCA - Climate Change Adaptation

CCC - Climate Change Commission

CDRRMC - City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council

CHED - Commission on Higher Education

DA - Department of Agriculture

DAR - Department of Agrarian Reform

DENR - Department of Environment and Natural Resources

DepED - Department of Education

DILG - Department of Interior and Local Government

DOE - Department of Energy

DOF - Department of Finance

DOH - Department of Health

DOLE - Department of Labor and Employment

DOST - Department of Science and Technology

DPWH - Department of Public Works and Highways

DRR - Disaster Risk Reduction

DRRM - Disaster Risk Reduction and Management

DSWD - Department of Social Welfare and Development

DTI - Department of Trade and Industry

GDP - Gross Domestic Product

HFA - Hyogo Framework for Action

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HUDCC - Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council

IEC - Information, Education and Communication

LDRRMF - Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund

LDRRMO - Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office

LGUs - Local Government Units

LWUA - Local Water Utilities Administration

MDG - Millennium Development Goals

MDRRMC - Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council

NCCAP - National Climate Change Action Plan

NDRRMC - National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council

NDRRMF - National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund

NEDA - National Economic and Development Authority

PAGASA - Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services

Administration

PAR - Philippine Area of Responsibility

PDP - Philippine Development Plan

PDRRMC - Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council

PHIVOLCS - Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology

PIA - Philippine Information Agency

PPP - Public-Private Partnership

RDRRMC - Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council

TESDA - Technical Education and Skills Development Authority

UNISDR - United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

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DEFINITIONS OF TERMS

HAZARD - A dangerous phenomenon, substance, human activity or condition that may cause loss of
life, injury or other health impacts, property damage, loss of livelihoods and services, social
and economic disruption, or environmental damage.

`DISASTER - A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving

widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds
the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources.

DISASTER RISK - The potential disaster losses, in lives, health status, livelihoods, assets and
services, which could occur to a particular community or a society over some specified future
time period.

DISASTER RISK REDUCTION - The concept and practice of reducing disaster risks through
systematic efforts to analyze and manage the causal factors of disasters, including through
reduced exposure to hazards, lessened vulnerability of people and property, wise management
of land and the environment, and improved preparedness for adverse events.

DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT - The systematic process of using administrative directives,

organizations, and operational skills and capacities to implement strategies, policies and
improved coping capacities in order to lessen the adverse impacts of hazards and the
possibility of disaster.

RECOVERY - Decisions and actions taken after a disaster with a view to restoring or improving the
pre-disaster living conditions of the stricken community while encouraging and facilitating
necessary adjustments to reduce disaster risks.

RESPONSE - The act of implementing or translating into actions what are called for by the
preparedness plans. Response includes actions taken to save lives and prevent further damage
in a disaster or emergency situation. Seeking shelter from strong winds accompanying a
typhoon and evacuating to higher grounds due to an impending flood are examples of
response.

BARANGAY DRRM COMMITTEE – a regular committee of the barangay development council,

which shall be responsible for setting the direction, development, implementation and
coordination of disaster risk management programs within their territorial jurisdiction.
Participation of at least two Civic Society Organization(CSO) - representatives from existing
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and active community‐based people’s organizations representing the most vulnerable and
marginalized groups in the barangay shall be ensured.

CBDRRM training of trainers (ToT) – standard training for CBDRRM trainers endorsed by the
national DRRM council

CBDRRM pool of trainers –immediate output of the CBDRRM training of trainers (ToT) to be
established at the national, regional, and LGU levels. They are primarily responsible for
cascading CBDRRM training from national, regional, and LGU levels

COMMUNITIES ‐ puroks, barrios, sitios, within barangays and may also pertain to homeowner’s
associations, faith‐based organizations, livelihood‐based groups, cooperatives, youth sector,
PWD, women, senior citizens, etc.

Community‐based DRRM group – an organized community group who have involvement in

DRRM. Membership of CBDRRM groups to Barangay DRRM Committee may be
institutionalized through sub‐committees (preparedness, prevention and mitigation, response,
recovery and rehabilitation).

Community‐based DRRM plan – the document to be formulated and implemented by communities

and barangay LGUs, that sets out goals and specific objectives for reducing disaster risks
together with related actions to accomplish these objectives

COMPONENT LGU – administrative area of jurisdiction of a particular higher LGU (e.g.,

component cities and municipalities of the provincial LGU; component barangays of a
city/municipality)

DISASTER PREPAREDNESS– the knowledge and capacities developed by governments,

professional response and recovery organizations, communities and individuals to effectively
anticipate, respond to, and recover from – the impacts of likely, imminent, or current hazard
events or conditions. It is based on sound analysis of disaster risk, and good linkages with
early warning systems, and includes such activities as contingency planning stockpiling of
equipment and supplies, the development of arrangements for coordination, evacuation and
public information, and associated training and field exercises. These must be supported by
formal institutional, legal and budgetary capacities.

DRRM training institutes (TI) – the National DRRM training institute, and other organizations who
are accredited by the NDRRMC, to offer standard DRRM courses to both public and private
sectors

LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT (LGU) – collective term for administrative units from the
provincial, city, municipal, and barangay governments

disaster risk reduction and management and are based on sound risk analysis as well as pre ‐
PREPAREDNESS– pre‐disaster actions and measures being undertaken within the context of

disaster activities to avert or minimize loss of life and property, such as but not limited to,
community organizing, training, planning, equipping, stockpiling, hazard mapping, insuring
of assets, and public information and education initiatives.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan (LDRRMP) was formulated in
response to Republic Act No.10121 otherwise known as the Philippine Disaster Risk
Reduction and management act of 2010 which was approved last May 27, 2010 and took
effect last June 24, 2010. This is an act promulgated for strengthening the Philippine Disaster
Risk Reduction and management system, providing for the National Disaster Risk Reduction
and Management framework and instituting the national Disaster Risk Reduction
Management Plan, appropriating funds thereof and for other purposes. It transforms and
modernizes the Philippine disaster management system repealing PD 1566 of June 11, 1978
or the “Strengthening of the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction Control capacity and
establishing the national Program on Community Disaster preparedness or RA10121 shifts
focus from emergency relief and response (post-Disaster) to Disaster Prevention` and Risk
Reduction (Pre-Disaster).

The LDRRMP will serve as a guide to enable LGU to efficiently and effectively
implement a disaster reduction management agenda for the whole municipality. It aims to
provide the following A). Institutional framework for a disaster risk reduction plan of the
local government units. B) Integration of the DRRMP into the Local development Plans of
the Local Government Unit of the Municipality of Sara.

The Municipality of Sara has a total land area of -------- hectares comprising 42
barangays based on Land Management Bureau data. It is approximately 98 kilometers (61mi)
from the City of Iloilo and is 89 kilometers (55 mi) from Roxas City. It is located on the
northern part of Iloilo at the southeastern border of the province of Capiz. It is `bounded on
the east by municipality of San Dionesio on the south by municipality of Ajuy on the west by
municipality of Lemery, and on the north by the province of Capiz. It belongs to the 5 th

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political district of the province of Iloilo and is politically subdivided into forty-two
barangays. It is a Landlocked municipality.

Aguirre Bato Muyco

Aldeguer Del Castillo Padios

Alibayog Castor Pasig

Anoring Crespo Poblacion-ilawod

Apelo Devera Poblacion-ilaya

Apologista Domingo Poblacion-market

Aposaga Ferraris Posadas

Arante Gildore Preciosa

Ardem2il Improgo Salcedo

Aspera Juaneza San Luis

Aswe-Pabriaga Labigan Villahermosa

Bagaygay Lanciola Tentay

Bakabak Latawan Tady

Batitao Malapaya Zerrudo

The LDRRMP implies both a plan and a planning process. The process will result in
the development of list of activities to be prioritized and put into action plans related to the
essential component of a sound DRRM system and related implementation strategies and
processes. The plan of action will be undertaken at various level of the local government
units as well as government and non-government organizations including all stakeholders
through a holistic and integrated approach in dealing with risks of disasters, the action plans,
can be grouped into major prioritized of the DRRM under RA 10121 namely: Prevention and
Mitigation, Disaster Preparedness, Response, Rehabilitation and Recovery.

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