Republic of the Philippines
Province of Northern Samar
Municipality of Catarman
Barangay________________
Resolution No. ____
Series of _______
A RESOLUTION RECONSTITUTING AND
STRENGTHENING THE BARANGAY DISASTER RISK
REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
(BDRRMC) OF BARANGAY______________,
CATARMAN NORTHERN SAMAR, STIPULATING
THEREIN ITS COMPOSITION AND FUNCTION.
Whereas, in section 12 of R.A 10121, states that Barangay Disaster
Risk Reduction and Management Committee (BDRRMC) shall
be responsible for setting the direction, development,
implementation and coordination of barangay disaster risk
management programs within their territorial jurisdiction;
Whereas, the Municipality of Catarman has always been prone to
natural and man-made calamities throughout the year;
Whereas, the Barangay __________Barangay Committee deemed it
necessary to organize/reorganize and strengthen the Barangay
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Committee (BDRRMC)
providing therefore its mechanism, composition, and function;
Section 1. CREATION OF THE BDRRMC.
The Barangay _______________Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Committee shall be a regular committee to the Barangay
Development Council and shall be subject thereto:
The Punong Barangay shall facilitate and ensure the
participation of at least two (2) CSO representatives from
existing and active community based people’s
organizations representing the most vulnerable and
marginalized groups in the barangay.
The members of the BDRRMC shall include community representatives to be
responsible for (1) Administration and Training, (2) Research and Planning (3),
and (3) Operation and Warning.
Section 2. Pursuant to Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as
the Local Government code of 1991 and RA 10121 and its
implementing Rules, the Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Committee (BDRRMC) shall be organized with the
following composition:
Designation Name
Chairman
Vice chairman
Members:
Section 2.1. Functions of the BDRRMC- The functions of the
Committee shall be as follows:
1. Establishes a physical facility to be known as the Barangay Disaster Operation
Center(BDOC).
2. Coordinate from BDOC the disaster operations activity by its service team.
3. Implement within the barangay guidelines set by the MDRRMC.
4. Implement the members of the BDRRMC regarding disaster management and
submits recommendation to the MDRRMC/PDRRMC as necessary.
5. Implement and evaluate activities, programs, projects and other mitigating
measures in coordination with the MDRRMC/PDRRMC and other agencies,
NGOs/ Pos.
6. Perform such other functions as authorized by the law
Section 3. Specific functions of the committee per thematic areas:
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT:
Team Leader:
Assistant Team Leader:
Members:
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.
PREVENTION AND MITIGATION / RESEARCH
Team Leader:
Assistant Team Leader:
Members:
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,
PREPAREDNESS / PLANNING AND TRAINING
Team Leader:
Assistant Team Leader:
Members:
• 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.
RESPONSE / OPERATIONS
Team Leader:
Assistant Team Leader:
Members:
• 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.
RECOVERY AND REHABILITATION
Team Leader:
Assistant Team Leader:
Members
• 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; and
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF TEAM OR GROUP UNDER THE
BDRRMC:
COMMUNICATION AND WARNING TEAM
Team Leader:
Assistant Team Leader:
Members:
• 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.
TRANSPORTATION TEAM
Team Leader:
Assistant Team Leader:
Members
• 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.
SECURITY AND SAFETY TEAM
Team Leader:
Assistant Team Leader:
Members:
• Ensures that every 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.
EDUCATION TEAM
Team Leader:
Assistant Team Leader:
Members:
• 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.
PROTECTION TEAM
Team Leader:
Assistant Team Leader:
Members:
• 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.
DAMAGE CONTROL TEAM
Team Leader:
Assistant Team Leader:
Members:
• 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.
RESEARCH AND PLANNING TEAM
Team Leader:
Assistant Team Leader:
Members:
• 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 disability, indigenous
people in the community are involve and participate actively in risk assessment,
planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation processes.
RAPID DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND NEEDS ANALYSIS
(RDANA)TEAM
Team Leader:
Assistant Team Leader:
Members:
• Conducts Rapid Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis (RDANA) using the
simplified assessment template provided by the local governments and submit
the report to 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.
SEARCH, RESCUE AND RETRIEVAL TEAM
Team Leader:
Assistant Team Leader:
Members:
• 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.
EVACUATION AND CAMP MANAGEMENT TEAM
Team Leader:
Assistant Team Leader:
Members:
• Ensures that the information of each evacuee inside and outside evacuation
center or evacuation area / site are complete and updated;
• 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.
RELIEF DISTRIBUTION TEAM
Team Leader:
Assistant Team Leader:
Members:
• 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.
HEALTH/FIRST AID AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT TEAM
Team Leader:
Assistant Team Leader:
Members
• Makes sure that there is an available basic medicines 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
FIRE MANAGEMENT TEAM
Team Leader:
Assistant Team Leader:
Members:
• 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;
• 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.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TEAM UNDER RECOVERY AND
REHABILITATION SUB-COMMITTEE:
LIVELIHOOD TEAM
Team Leader:
Assistant Team Leader:
Members:
• 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.
INFRASTRUCTURE AND SHELTER TEAM
Team Leader:
Assistant Team Leader:
Members
• 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.
POST DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND NEEDS ANALYSIS
(PDANA) TEAM
Team Leader:
Assistant Team Leader:
Members:
• 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.
CSO’s: Dennis Ansermo, farmers Association president
_________________________________
___________________________________
__________________________________
NOW THEREFORE, upon motion of_________________, duly seconded by
__________to organize/reorganize and strengthen the Barangay Disaster Risk
Reduction and Management Committee (BDRRMC) of Barangay
______________Catarman Northern Samar during its _______regular session of the
Sangguniang Barangay for the month of________, _______ held at the Barangay
session hall of _________ Catarman Northern Samar.
BE IT RESOLVED, as it is hereby resolve to reconstitute and
strengthen the Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Committee of Barangay____________ Catarman
Northern Samar.
RESOLVED FINALLY, that copies this resolution be furnished to the
office of the Municipal Local Government Operation Officer, The
Office of the Mayor as the MDRRMC Chairman, the concerned
agencies for their information and guidance.
Approved this _____of _______, _______
HON.__________
_______ HON____________
Barangay Kagawad Barangay Kagawad
HON._______________
HON.________________
Barangay Kagawad Barangay
Kagawad
HON._______________
HON._______________
Barangay Kagawad Barangay
Kagawad
HON.__________________
HON____________
Barangay Kagawad Barangay
Kagawad
HON._______________ HON.______________
Barangay Kagawad Barangay Kagawad
HON._______________
HON._______________
Barangay Kagawad Barangay
Kagawad
I hereby certify the correctness of the above quoted resolution duly
adopted by the ________________, Catarman Northern Samar, this
______of_________, _________
Approved:
HON._______________________
Punong Barangay
