Republic of the Philippines

Province of Southern Leyte

Municipality of San Francisco
Barangay Gabi
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OFFICE OF THE PUNONG BARANGAY

Executive Order No. 05

Series of 2024

AN ORDER REORGANIZING THE BARANGAY DISASTER RISK REDUCTION MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

(BDRRMC), OPERATION AND ADMIN UNIT, BDRRMC TASK GROUP, BDRRMC SUB-COMMITTEES AND TEAMS,
DEFINING IT’S FUNCTIONS, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN BARANGAY GABI , SAN FRANCISCO,
SOUTHERN LEYTE

WHEREAS, the Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction Management Committee (BDRRMC) is one of the committees
of the Barangay Development Council which is designated by law (RA 10121, otherwise known as the “Philippine
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010”) to oversee and facilitate the activities for the safety and
security of the population living in the community.

WHEREAS, the committee is responsible for implementing programs, projects and activities within the community
or barangay to prevent or minimize the impact of natural or human-induced hazards to people, property, business,
critical facilities and infrastructure, environment and other elements at risk in the community.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD S. MATURAN, by virtue of powers vested upon me by law as

Punong Barangay of Gabi, San Francisco, Southern Leyte, do hereby order to reorganize the Barangay
Disaster Risk Reduction Management Committee (BDRRMC), Operation and Admin Unit, BDRRMC Task Group,
BDRRMC Sub-Committees and Teams, defining it’s functions, roles and responsibilities in Barangay Gabi , San
Francisco, Southern Leyte, to wit:

SECTION 1. BARANGAY DRRM COMMITTEE

BDRRMC Chairperson : HON. RICHARD S. MATURAN

BDRRMC Vice Chairpersons (Thematic Areas)
Mitigation and Prevention : HON. JOSEPH M. JUBAY
Preparedness : HON. MARY ANN L. SAMAR
Response : HON. ALMA S. AMPER
Rehabilitation and Recovery : HON. JAIME J. CASTAÑOS
Representatives from:
• Children Sector ISY : RYANZIEL S. ARISGADO
• Youth Sector OSY : KYLE P. POLBO
• Women’s Group : LETECIA M. CALA
• Elderly : ROBERTO M. LABANDIA
• People with Disability (PWD ) : JOHN JOSEPH S. JUBAY
• Indigenous Peoples :
• Farmer’s Sector : REYNALDO T. POMALOY
• Fisher folk : PEDRITO M. DELA CRUZ
• Professional Group : JERICHO M. CUANAN
• Church-Based Organization : JOVELYN T. ALERIA
• Private Sector : THELMA A. CALOLO
• Community/Barangay Police of Volunteer : CRISOLOGO M. GAÑA
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 • Overseas Filipino Workers : WILMA P. ROZ
• Cooperatives :
• Other sector or group in the barangay

Section 2. The BDRRMC, under the Barangay Development Council, has the functions to be implemented in
accordance with RA 10121. These are as follows:

1. To approve, monitor and assess the implementation of the barangay disaster risk reduction management
plan in accordance to the city or municipal and other higher-level programs and projects;
2. Ensure that the disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation will be integrated into the local
development plans, activities, projects and programs and will be funded as strategy for sustainable
development and poverty reduction in the community;
3. Recommend for the strict implementation of mandatory and forced evacuation if there is a threat to the
people especially those who are living in a high-risk zones or areas; and
4. Convene the committee and conduct quarterly meeting or as needed.

Section 3. OPERATIONS AND ADMIN UNIT

Team Leader : HON. JOSEPHINE P. CORPORAL

Assistant Team Leader : CELSO L. MATURAN
Members
1. MARIVIC M. SATURINAS
2. ROEL C. SAMAR
3. MARLON C. GELILIO
Roles and Responsibilities of Administrative Support:
• Ensures that all BDRRMC requirements are in place and are in good order, such as legal documents,
forms to be used to provide immediate support and necessary actions to carry out a barangay activity or
project;
• Ensures that all plans, activities, Memorandum of Agreements / Memorandum of Understandings,
BDRRM Plans and policies pertaining to DRRM and CCA are in place and available anytime;
• Serves as the secretariat of the BDRRMC.

Section 4. BDRRMC TASK GROUPS:

1. Communication and Warning Team

Team Leader: HON. MIRA LUNA P. MADJUS

Assistant Team Leader: CLEOFE M. CASTAÑOS
Members:
1. GLORINEL T. TUPOS
2. MARIFE M. PALERO
3. JERRY P. POLBO
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Monitors water level of the river, creek, dam or any water ways and the installed warning
devices/instruments that provide information for possible flooding or landslide in the community
and report immediately to BDRRMC or the Punong Barangay about the condition to make
appropriate decision or action of the BDRRMC;
• Provides accurate and timely information or warning for an early and prompt decision of the
BDRRMC if the people living in a high-risk zones will be evacuated to a safe area;
• Ensures that early warning system and protocol are in place and properly disseminated to the
families likely to be affected by hazards
• Ensures that the communication protocols are in place and tested regularly; and
• Collaborates and engages other BDRRM sub-committees or local government agencies regarding
BDRRM especially during emergencies or disasters.

2. Transportation Team

Team Leader: HON. VILMA C. MAKILANG

Assistant Team Leader: REYNALDO T. POMALOY
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 Members:
1. RICHARD B. POLO
2. REINE P. RAMIREZ
3. JERAMEL N. PABUAYA
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Ensures that there is a readily available functional transportation system in the barangay that
can be used before, during and after emergency or disaster;
• Conducts regular inventory of available transportation vehicle and its capacity to transport
population from high risk to safe areas;
• Coordinates private or business sectors for possible use of their vehicle especially during
evacuation movement or any disaster related activities within the barangay;
• Ensures that the private or business sectors are agreed to use their vehicle in times of
emergency or disaster through a Memorandum of Agreement or Understanding.

3. Security and Safety Team

Team Leader: HON. JOSEPH M. JUBAY

Assistant Team Leader: CRISOLOGO M. GAÑA
Members:
1. ELSO MARTIN C. PUGOSO
2. JOJIE C. LAUDE
3. SERGIO A. MICABALO
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Ensures that all members of the community are safe especially in time of emergency or
disaster;
• Ensures that all facilities, equipment, supplies and materials of the BDRRMC are safe and free
from any form of theft;
• Provides security to the responders and the affected population during relief distribution in
times of emergency or disaster;
• Ensures that the evacuation centers or areas are safe from any intruders during emergency or
disaster; and
• Initiates in developing mechanisms for relief distribution and service delivery to the affected
population.

4. Education Team

Team Leader: HON. MARY ANN L. SAMAR

Assistant Team Leader: ERNITA A. TENCHAVEZ
Members:
1. JOVELYN PAJARET
2. GREGORIO P. SAMAR
3. LOLITA M. LAUDE
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Ensures that children and youth are included in community-based disaster risk reduction and
management and climate change adaptation activities in the community;
• Ensures that the private and public organizations and agencies are involved in DRR and CCA
activities;
• Educates people especially the most vulnerable groups in the community on disaster risk
reduction and management and climate change adaptation;
• Develops information education campaign materials on DRR and CCA and share these to the
public; and
• Coordinates regularly to education sectors in the community for possible partnership on DRR and
CCA advocacy and project implementation.

5. Protection Team

Team Leader: HON. JOSEPH M. JUBAY

Assistant Team Leader: GREFORIO M. SAMAR JR.
Members:
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 1. JOEL M. MICABALO
2. REY E. NECESSARIO
3. GIL T. MACLAY JR.
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Ensures that all disaster risk reduction and management and climate change adaptation programs,
projects and activities did not violate the rights of the people especially children, women, persons
with disability, elderly and other vulnerable sectors or groups in the community;
• Ensures that the vulnerable groups or sectors such as children, youth, women, pregnant and
lactating mother, elderly, people with disability, indigenous people are protected and free from any
harm before, during and after emergency or disaster; and
• Assures compliance with the legal procedures for the implementation of disaster risk reduction and
management and climate change adaptation laws in the barangay and other protocols, policies
and guidelines related to DRRM.

6. Damage Control Team

Team Leader: HON. JAMAICA M. CUANAN

Assistant Team Leader: JESTONY S. ROSALIN
Members:
1. MECAH ELMA A. ESCALERA
2. NESTOR C. MAKILANG JR.
3. MARIO P. CORPORAL JR.
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Assists research and planning team in the conduct of rapid damaged assessment and needs
analysis (RDANA) and post damaged assessment and needs analysis (PDNA);
• Ensures that all affected structures, livelihood and other critical facilities brought by hazards are
reported to BDRRMC and other concerned agency or organization for immediate and long-term
intervention;
• Initiates inventory of all possible damages to infrastructure, houses, evacuation center, livelihood
and other critical facilities in the barangays that can be impacted by the identified hazards;
• Initiate emergency repairs and clearing operations.

7. Research and Planning Team

Team Leader: HON. JOSEPHINE P. CORPORAL

Assistant Team Leader: CELSO L. MATURAN
Members:
1. ROEL C. SAMAR
2. MARLON C. GELILIO
3. MARIVIC M. SATURINAS
Roles and Responsibilities:

• Facilitates and supports risk assessment and contingency planning activities of the BDRRMC
and other groups in the community;
• Conduct research and development initiatives on barangays disaster risk reduction and
management and climate change adaptation;
• Initiates development of plans with appropriate mechanisms for monitoring and evaluation of the
plan’s implementation;
• Ensures that all vulnerable groups or sectors such as children, youth, women, pregnant and
lactating mothers, elderly, people with disabilility, indigenous people in the community are
involve and participate actively in risk assessment, planning, implementation, monitoring and
evaluation processes.

Section 5. BDRRMC SUB-COMMITTEE:

1. RESPONSE / OPERATIONS

BDRRMC Vice Chairperson (RESPONSE) / Over-all Team Leader:

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 Roles and Responsibilities:

• Initiates the implementation of programs, projects and activities related to disaster risk reduction
and climate change adaptation;
• Establish appropriate community early warning system linked to the city/municipality and other
higher level government agencies;
• Initiates implementation of the forced and preemptive evacuation activities of families living in a
high-risk area;
• Ensures that warning signals are received by the affected population people especially those who
are living in a high risk or danger zones on time with corresponding recommendation of what to
do per level of warning or alert.

a. Rapid Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis (RDANA)Team

Team Leader: HON. JAMAICA M. CUANAN

Assistant Team Leader: JESTONY S. ROSALIN
Members:
1. MECAH ELMA A. ESCALERA
2. NESTOR C. MAKILANG JR.
3. MARION P. CORPORAL JR.
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Conducts Rapid Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis (RDANA) using the simplified
assessment template provided by the local governments and submit the report ot BDRRMC or
Punong Barangay;
• Lists all affected population or families who need immediate assistance or support especially the
vulnerable groups or sectors;
• Submits complete and easy to understand RDANA reports to BDRRMC or Punong Barangay right
after the event to decide if the committee ask immediate support from the higher-level local
government units or private organizations.

b. Search, Rescue and Retrieval Team

Team Leader: HON. JOSEPH M. JUBAY

Assistant Team Leader: CRISOLOGO M. GAÑA
Members:
1. JOJIE C. LAUDE
2. ELSO MARTIN C. PUGOSO
3. SERGIO A. MICABALO
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Provides immediate assistance to population or families that need to evacuate or transfer from
high risk to safe areas;
• Leads in the conduct of search, rescue and retrieval operations during emergency or disaster; and
• Assists higher level government units or responders in the conduct of search, rescue and retrieval
operations during emergency or disaster.

c. Evacuation and Camp Management Team

Team Leader: HON. JOSEPH M. JUBAY

Assistant Team Leader: CRISOLOGO M. GAÑA
Members:
1. JOJIE C. LAUDE
2. ELSO MARTIN C. PUGOSO
3. SERGIO A. MICABALO
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Ensures that the information of each evacuee inside and outside evacuation center or evacuation
area / site are complete and updated;

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 • Ensures that all evacuation centers/sites are assessed and prepared before the occurrence of the
hazards;
• Makes sure that all evacuation centers/sites facilities and materials are available ready to use
during evacuation.
• Ensures that all persons or staff involved in evacuation and camp management are trained or at
least have knowledge on camp management.

d. Relief Distribution Team

Team Leader: HON. MARY ANN L. SAMAR

Assistant Team Leader: ERNITA A. TENCHAVEZ
Members:
1. JOVELYN PAJARET
2. GREGORIO P. SAMAR
3. LOLITA M. LAUDE
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Ensures that relief management such as receiving, packaging, distribution and other aspect of
handling goods either food and non-food items are in accordance to relief procedure and protocol
of the barangay;
• Makes sure everyone involved in relief distribution are trained or at least know how to properly
handle and distribute the goods to affected population; and
• Ensures that all affected population especially the vulnerable groups or sectors received sufficient
amount of goods.

e. Health/First Aid and Psychosocial Support Team

Team Leader: HON. MIRA LUNA P. MADJUS

Assistant Team Leader: CARMEN M. SAMAR
Members:
1. RITCHIE C. PALERO
2. JESICA T. CORPORAL
3. NOEMELYN D. SEBONGA
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Makes sure that there is an available basic medicine in the evacuation that can be used by the
evacuees especially for children, youth, women, pregnant and lactating mother, elderly, people
with disability and indigenous people;
• Provides appropriate health and psychosocial intervention to affected population especially the
vulnerable groups or sectors such as children, youth, women, pregnant and lactating mother,
elderly, people with disability and indigenous people;
• Ensures that health facility and material are readily available at the evacuation centers / sites
and health centers

f. Fire Management Team

Team Leader: HON. JAIME J. CASTAÑOS

Assistant Team Leader: REYNALDO T. POMALOY
Members:
1. RICHARD B. POLO
2. REINE P. RAMIREZ
3. JERAMEL N. PABUAYA
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Assigns people at the Operation Center 24/7;
• Provides immediate response to affected area or population and coordinates with the nearest fire
stations as necessary
• Initiates conduct of training on basic firefighting and management using the available materials
within the barangay;

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 • Requests necessary materials and equipment for fire suppression and safety paraphernalia for
responders and volunteers to BDRRMC or Punong Barangay for outside fund sourcing;
• Prepares map showing the available safe routes for fire trucks and responders going to the
affected area.

2. RECOVERY AND REHABILITATION

BDRRMC Vice Chairpersons (RECOVERY AND REHABILITATION)/Over-all Team Leader:

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Assist in the repair and retrofitting of damaged public properties/infrastructures, critical facilities
and social services;
• Recommend to higher level of what kind of programs, projects and activities should be given to
them through a participatory assessment, planning, implementation and monitoring.

a. Livelihood Team

Team Leader: HON. FELECIANO G. MICABALO

Assistant Team Leader: GREGORIO M. SAMAR JR.
Members:
1. JOEL M. MICABALO
2. REY E. NECESSARIO
3. GIL T. MACLAY JR.
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Conducts study together with other groups or sectors in the barangay on the economic impacts
brought about by the hazards or disaster;
• Provides recommendations or solution about what they have learned and what long term solutions
people can make in collaboration with higher government offices or agencies that people’s
recovered or rehabilitated their livelihood.

b. Infrastructure and Shelter Team

Team Leader: HON. JAIME J. CASTAÑOS

Assistant Team Leader: CLEOFE M. CASTAÑOS
Members:
1. GLORINEL T. TUPOS
2. MARIFE M. PALERO
3. JERRY P. POLBO
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Conducts study about the total cost of damages to infrastructure and shelter within the barangay;
and
• Submits the result of study with initial recommendations or suggestions for recovery and
rehabilitation of damaged infrastructures and shelters.

c. Post Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis (PDANA) Team

Team Leader: HON. JOSEPHINE P. CORPORAL

Assistant Team Leader: REYNALDO T. POMALOY
Members:
1. RICHARD B. POLO
2. RENEI P. RAMIREZ
3. JERAMEL N. PABUAYA
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Conducts comprehensive studies about the total damages caused by the hazards or disaster in
the barangay for a long-term recommendations and solutions;
• Records major damages to property, infrastructure and environment because of the hazards or
disaster events; and
• Submits consolidated result of the assessments and analysis to BDRRMC or Punong Barangay.
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 3. MITIGATION AND PREVENTION / RESEARCH

BDRRMC Vice Chairpersons

(MITIGATION AND PREVENTION)/Team Leader: HON. MIRA LUNA P. MADJUS
Assistant Team Leader: CARMEN L. SAMAR
Members:
1. ANECITA D. BARABAR
2. RITCHIE C. PALERO
3. CARMEN M. SAMAR
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Conducts research and study on developing initiatives related to DRR and CCA;
• Recommend measures on the implementation of environmental laws, such as but not limited to
RA 10121, RA, 10821, RA 9729 and RA 9003;
• Assists in the implementation of laws, programs, projects and activities to prevent or mitigate the
impact of natural or human-induced hazards;
• Initiates forest and mangrove planting and rehabilitation; and
• Conducts risk, exposure, vulnerability and capacity assessments.

4. PREPAREDNESS / PLANNING AND TRAINING

BDRRMC Vice Chairpersons (PREPAREDNESS) / Team Leader: HON. MARY ANN L. SAMAR
Assistant Team Leader: ERNITA A. TENCHAVEZ
Members:
1. JOVELYN PAJARET
2. GREGORIO P. SAMAR
3. LOLITA M. LAUDE
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Provides support in the development and formulation of the quality BDRRM plan;
• Provides support in the conduct of disaster preparedness activities such as training of response
volunteers, orientation, seminar or any DRRM related activities;
• Initiates the conduct of simulation exercise or drill to identified priority hazard in the community;
and
• Disseminates disaster preparedness information to public especially the high-risk areas.

Section 6. This Order shall take effect immediately.

Done this 5th day of February 2024 at Barangay Gabi, San Francisco, Southern Leyte.

RICHARD S. MATURAN
Punong Barangay