NDCC UPDATE

8th October 2009

NDCC UPDATE

SiteRep No. 20 on Humanitarian Coordination on Tropical Storm “ONDOY”

DATE: 03 October 2009, 03:00 PM

Source: DOST-PAGASA, AFP, PCG, PNP, DSWD, DPWH, DOH, MMDA, OCDRCs I, II, III, IV-A, IV-B, V, IX, XII, CAR, and NCR

I. HIGHLIGHTS

  • A total of 668,864 families/3,232,234 persons were affected in Regions I, II, III, IV-A IV-B, V, VI, IX, XII, ARMM, CAR and NCR with an increase of 17,940 families /56,494 persons from the previous report – Tab A
  • Evacuees has slightly decreased from 83,508 families or 419,221 persons to 74,258 families/ 370,147 persons, currently staying in 515 evacuation centers
  • Total served both inside and outside evacuation centers were 169,653 families/880,050 persons
  • The total number of casualties is 335: broken down into 288 Dead, 5 Injured, and 42 Missing as follows: - Tab B
  • Estimated cost of damages is PhP5,239,150,696.83 Breakdown: Infrastructure – PhP2,022,368,109 and Agriculture PhP3,216,782,587.83 – Tab C
  • 10,437 Houses were damaged with 4,404 houses totally and 6,033 partially damaged – Tab D
  • The total cost of assistance provided by the Government and NGOs/Other GOs is PhP58,883,326.52 (Tab E):
    • NDCC - PhP  13,385,625.00
    • DSWD - PhP 14,898,858.24
    • DOH - PhP 16,748,984.73
    • LGUs - PhP 10,000,087.35
    • NGOS/GOs - PhP  3,849,771.20
  • 15,150 sacks of rice were distributed by the NDCC to Regions III, IV-A, X and NCR

Breakdown of Casualties (No Changes)

Region/Prov/Mun/City Dead Injured Missing
GRAND TOTAL
288
5
42
NCR
135
 -
-
Muntinlupa City
3
-
-
Quezon City
54
-
-
Marikina City
50
-
-
San Juan
3
-
-
Mandaluyong City
3
-
-
Valenzuela City
5
-
-
Pasig City
17
-
-
CAR
3
3
1
Region I
-
-
9
Region II
-
-
1
Region III
47
-
11
Region IV-A
103
2
20

Breakdown of Affected Population:

Region/Province
Affected Population Evacuation Centers
Brgy Families Persons
GRAND TOTAL
1,441
668,864
3,232,234
515
NCR
208
129,560
622,050
161
Mandaluyong City
12
2,185
10,770
1
City of Manila
14
21,118
101,070
-
Marikina City
11
14,450
72,740
16
Muntinlupa City
8
3,226
16,130
19
Navotas City
2
38
194
-
Parañaque City
3
450
2,250
-
Pasig City
14
28,836
152,160
22
Las Piñas City
10
5,226
6,825
-
Caloocan City
17
17,888
89,430
11
Makati City
9
847
4,235
-
Valenzuela City
28
1,425
7,303
22
Malabon City
9
2,510
4,127
4
Pateros
10
1,439
8,890
16
Quezon City
30
19,915
99,545
28
Taguig City
27
7,265
36,110
21
San Juan City
1
520
2,234
1
Pasay City
3
2,182
8,537
-
Region I
7
85
254
-
Region II
2
140
700
-
Region III
520
183,764
844,201
60
Region IV-A
592
344,236
1,708,584
292
Region IV-B
33
7,296
35,139
-
Region V
35
2,566
15,814
-
Region VI
17
193
882

Region IX
8
191
436
-
Region XII
10
479
2,395
1
ARMM
7
350
1,750
1
CAR
2
4
29
1

II. RESPONSE

A. Food and NFIs

  • DSWD provided relief goods consisting of ready to eat food and non-food items worth PhP14,898,858.24; prepositioned stand-by funds, family food packs and stockpile of relief commodities; provided hot meals to family-evacuees in evacuation centers through the management of community kitchen; receipt of donations both local and international.
  • PNRC provided assorted relief assistance to the flood victims in Metro Manila
  • DOH provided 150 pieces of cadaver bags to NDCC and provided Generator set to Amang Rodriquez Medical Center
  • NCRCOM distributed 500 sacks and 1,000 other assorted packs of relief goods to affected residents in Pasig City
  • AFPDRTG also transported 3,000 family packs and 12,000 pieces of fresh eggs from DSWD NROC to affected areas in Taytay, Rizal and Pateros City
  • PAGCOR under Sagip-Tulong ni PGMA Project distributed 1,000 pieces of bread and 1,000 bottles of water per day per evacuation center; 1,800 cavans of rice, aside from 1,521 individually packed rice bags; 4,750 relief packs (3 kilos rice, 1 kilo sugar, coffee, canned goods and instant noodles per pack). Has been deploying 46 water tankers under the Patubig ni PGMA Program to provide potable water (with capacity of 1,500 to 2,500 gallons or 20 liters per 500 to 1,000 families respectively) in the affected areas namely Cainta, Rizal, Marikina and other parts of Metro Manila
  • ICRC thru PNRC -donated three thousand (3,000) essential household kits and allocated USD30,000.00 for the victims of Typhoon Ondoy

B. Wash and Health

  • DOH - deployed a total of 84 medical teams, 11 psychosocial teams and 6 teams composed of 132 doctors, 5 psychiatrists, 16 psychologists, 168 nurses, 74 aides, 5 epidemiology and surveillance officers, 5 nutritionists, 8 engineers and 3 social workers in disaster affected areas; conducted water quality monitoring and testing in all evacuation centers; distributed 139 portalets in 53 evacuation centers in NCR and Region IV-A; distributed IEC materials at evacuation centers; provided tetanus vaccination for all injured victims; Vitamin A to four (4) LGUs (Malabon, Valenzuela, Quezon City and Taguig City); drugs, medicines and medical supplies amounting to PhP 15,939,074.03. Based on assessment, top 5 morbidity cases in the evacuation centers are: upper respiratory tract infection, fever, skin disease, infected wounds; and diarrhea. Conducted debriefing in 2, 060 individuals: 1,673 in Malanday ES, Mairikina; 180 in Brgy Bagong Silangan, QC, and 207 in Exodus ES Floodway, Cainta.
  • PAGCOR conducted 13 medical missions at various evacuation centers in Marikina, Pasig and Rizal Province with at least 2-3 missions conducted daily with 9,686 patients benefited; provided free medicines and vitamins. The medical missions composed of 50 volunteer doctors/physicians coming from the Philippine Medical Association, PAGCOR invited doctors and medical 4 practitioners under the Health Department, volunteers from UP College of Medicine, San Beda College, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila and Fatima University Medical Center
  • DILG-BFP - delivered /rationed 373,250 gallons of water in 140 evacuation centers and 30 other areas in Metro Manila with 187 sorties made : Quezon City (Brgy Bagong Silangan, Brgy. Damayan, Brookside GAWAD KALINGA, San Gabriel Elementary School – Brgy. Sta. Lucia, North Fairview Elementary School - Brgy North Fairview, Brgy Bagong Silangan evacuation center, Susano Elementary School-Novaliches, Brgy. Greater Fairview, Brgy. Masambong), Malabon City (Brgys Santolan, Potrero, Maysilo, Catmon), Valenzuela (Brgys Marulas, Panghulo), Pasay, Taguig City (Brgys Toktokan, Ususan, Bagumbayan, Palingon, Sta Ana, Ligid and BCDA) and in Pasig City (Pasig Elementary School) and Region IV-A

C. EDUCATION

  • Dep Ed conducted damage assessment and 419 schools were reported damaged in Regions I, II, III, IV-A, CAR and NCR : 331 elementary schools and 88 high schools. A total of 226 school buildings being used as evacuation centers and are housing 12,560 families and 26,212 individuals

D. INFRASTRUCTURE

  • As of October 3, 2009, DPWH’s assessed that 13 road sections are still impassable/hardly passable to traffic due to landslides, washed-out slope protection and scoured shoulders: NCR (1); Region III (3); Region IV-A (7) and IV-B (2) (Tab D)

E. CAMP MANAGEMENT

  • NDCC established the following Advance Command Posts (ACP) in various strategic areas in Metro Manila:
    • Katipunan Avenue cor. Aurora Boulevard, Marikina City. The over-all commander is Hon. Mayor Marides Fernando while the Incident Commanders are Mr. Robert Nacianceno and Mr. Ramon Santiago of MMDA with telephone numbers (0917) 322.1951 and (0920) 938 9914.
    • Alpha base 8th Floor, Pasig City Hall with telephone number 643-0000. The over-all commander is Mayor Roberto Eusebio.
    • Club House, City Hall of Cainta City headed by Mayor Ramon Ilagan, with telephone numbers (0927) 220-4744, (0917) 535-0028and 665-0846
    • Department of Public Order, Safety Hall, Quezon City. The over-all commander is Mayor Sonny Belmonte while the incident Commander is Ms. Teresa Amarillo with telephone number (0921) 655.5262
    • NDCC Relief Center No. 4 – Kalayaan Hall, Malacañang Grounds
    • Forward NDCC on-site coordination Center at the Incident Command Post at Ever Gotesco, Ortigas
    • Advanced Command Post at City Hall of Taytay Rizal for Angono, Taytay and Cainta
    • Advance Command Post at Baras Police Station for San Mateo and Montalban and at San Mateo Plaza; for remaining municipalities
  • DSWD Set up Social Welfare Inquiry Sets; NGOs and donors’ desk in all DSWDFOs to strengthen linkages between the DSWD LGUs, NGOs and established donations drop-off points as follows:

    Disaster Resource Operations Monitoring and Info Center (DROMIC)
    DSWD Central Office
    National Resource Operations Center, Chapel Road, Pasay City,
    Quezon City Area
    Manila Area DSWD- NCR, San Rafael cor Legarda Sts. Quiapo, Manila

  • DOH established drop off points in MMD-DOH Central Office
  • OWWA set up assistance center at NDCC Operation Center for the families of OFWs
  • PCG established a Command Advance Post at Santolan LRT Station in Marikina City with two (2) SAR Teams (15 personnel) and one (1) team to assist in the distribution of relief goods

F. EMERGENCY TELECOMS/MAPPING

  • IBM and OCD personnel deployed at the Ever-Gotesco ACP with the Emergency Response Network (ERN) Kit as back-up communications
  • CEISSAFP coordinated with SMART Telecom re: Installation of GSM900 repeater at NDCC Operation Center to enhance mobile phone signal inside the OPCEN building
  • Globe Telecom temporarily lent four (4) hotlines at NDCC OPCEN to augment the communication capability in responding to emergency calls in the calamity areas with the following hotline numbers: (0917) 733-4193, (0917) 733-4256, (0917) 733-4263 and (0915) 536-6719
  • Telecoms Sans Frontier (TSF) deployed 2 teams from Bangkok and installed a Telecom Centre with Internet, phone, fax lines and computers at the NDCC HQ at Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City.
  • PNP installed radio communication facility at Cainta Police Station, and at the Forward NDCC Operation Center
  • NGCP conducted power restoration in various damaged sub-stations (S/S). All lines are on normal operation except San Jose, Bulacan and CND-San Miguel (Bacnotan, San Miguel, La Union); waiting for normalization of load systems from distribution utilities (Meralco for Metro Manila area)
  • Geodata Systems Technologies, Inc, Philippines in coordination with the AFP Command Center; and MapAction technical personnel in UK are providing situation mapping support to the NDCC and humanitarian clusters

III. SAR, CLEARING and RETRIEVAL OPERATIONS

A. SAR AND RETRIEVAL OPERATION

Total Rescued
 - 149,744 persons and 32,989 families with the following breakdown (Tab F)
Breakdown:
AFP -
 7,811 families /37,493 persons
BFP -
 14,079 families/70,397 persons
PCG -
 454 families /2,290 persons
PNP -
 10,639 families/39,534 persons
PAGCOR -
 6, families/30 persons

AFP

  • AFPDRTF Units involved were HSC, SEG and MP, GHQ, PN, PMC, PAF, 525Ebde, PA and NCRRCDG); VCRC, 5IDRC, ICMOTF, 75thCG- NCRC; AFPRESCOM; PMC; SOLCOM, PMC, 16IB, !IB, 730th and 740th-CG PAF, 203rd  Bde and 2 ID
  • 7ID, PA conducted DRRO in Bulacan (Norzaragay, San Francisco del Monte, Hagonoy, Bustos, Sta Maria), Zambales (Palauig, Botolan), Pampanga (Arayat), and rescued 158 persons in Arayat, Pampanga and Hagonoy, Bulacan and evacuated 1000 residents of Sitio Bangan, San Juan Baño, Arayat, Pampanga

PNP

  • Deployed 49 fire trucks with 187 sorties to facilitate the water rationing (373,250 gallons), 98 flushing; 7 draining, and clearing operations in 140 evacuation centers and 30 other areas in the cities of San Juan, Malabon, Pasay, Taguig, Marikina, Valenzuela, Pasig and Quezon City in NCR; Bulacan (Baliwag, Bustos, Calumpit, Marilao, Obando Meycauayan City and Sta Maria) in Region III and in San Mateo, Rizal Units involved were NPD, RPD,QCPD, MPD and Maritime Group
  • 7ID, PA conducted DRRO in Bulacan (Norzaragay, San Francisco del Monte, Hagonoy, Bustos, Sta Maria), Zambales (Palauig, Botolan), Pampanga (Arayat), rescued 158 persons in Arayat, Pampanga and in Hagonoy, Bulacan as well as evacuated 1000 residents of Sitio Bangan, San Juan Baño, Arayat, Pampanga
  • NCRPO rescued 194 additional persons: 30 in Brgy Potrero, Malabon City, 161 persons in Marikina and 3 persons in Brgy Pinagbuhatan, Pasig City
  • Chairman, RDCC-IVA/RD, PNP-IVA mobilized 500 personnel, one (1) fire truck and three (3) dump trucks for a clean-up drive in the municipalities of San Mateo, Rodriguez and Taytay all in Rizal Province
  • PA concentrated clearing operations in Batasan Rd, Cogeo Rd, Marikina City area, Antipolo, Balimbing, Pililia, Tanay, Teresa and San Mateo, Rizal
  • PAF conducted road clearing operations in Santolan and Sta Lucia, Pasig City involving four hundred six (406) personnel and various heavy equipment
  • PCG SAR team rescued fifty (50) persons in Brgy Pinagbuhatan, Pasig City on 2256H 30 September 2009

PAGCOR

  • Donated 3 motorized rubber boats to the NDCC with setting capacity of 5, 6-11 persons. Mobilized rescue teams to look into the conditions of its employees reportedly affected by flood. with 89 employees excluding their beneficiaries rescued and 20 persons provided with relief goods, and also rescued 20 people

SOLCOM

  • A team, headed by CPT Montemayores, with two (2) M35 trucks and one (1) rubber boat, proceeded to Brgy Landayan, San Pedro, Laguna for possible rescue operation due to the rise of water level in the area. Augmented clearing in Baras, Cuyambay, and Teresa, Rizal

NOLCOM

  • Evacuated thirteen (13) families and eighty six (86) person in Candaba, Pampanga

MMDA

  • Provision of one hundred nineteen (119) manpower with various equipment for SAR, distribution of relief goods and standby vehicles at the Advance Command Post along Katipunan Avenue;
  • Rescued 1,000 victims in Provident Village, Marikina;

SBMA

  • SBMA Fire Department and SWAT (LED) provided assistance in the SAR operations in Metro Manila with one (1) rescue van, one (1) rubber boat and two (2) dump trucks

PDCC Nueva Ecija

  • Five (5) highly-trained personnel with one (1) amphibious vehicle, one (1) motorized rubber boat and one (1) mobile kitchen provided assistance in Metro Manila

CDCC-Olongapo City

  • Dispatched the Olongapo Rescue Team to Metro Manila to augment in the rescue  and evacuation operations

B. CLEARING OPERATION

TRADOC, PA

  • Conducted clearing operations along the road of Brgys Sta Lucia and Patling both of Capas, Tarlac while NOLCOM operated in Brgy Estrada, Capas, Tarlac

51st Engr Brigade

  • Conducted road clearing operations in Marikina City with 114 EPs and 19 officers deployed; and equipment: such as grader, scoup loader, cargo trucks, dump trucks, multi equipt van, utility vehicles, back hoe loader and ambulance

MMDA

  • Distributed three hundred sixty (360) helmets to personnel and volunteer groups who are conducting clearing and cleaning operations;
  • Conducted dewatering and cleaning of pump floor submerged in mud water in Quiapo, Paco, Pandacan, Sta Clara, Makati City, Hagonoy, Labasan, Taguig City and Tapayan; and clearing of primary and secondary roads in Marikina City;
  • Deployed 156 personnel with equipment and tools for the conduct of clearing of primary roads in Metro Manila, repair of concrete barriers and see-through fences along Marcos Highway and Aurora-Katipunan fly over

PCG

  • Dispatched Islander to conduct aerial reconnaissance to identify other flooded areas that need assistance.

DILG-BFP

  • Deployed 33 fire trucks to conduct flushing operations, clean up operations, water rationing and OPLAN Sagip Bayan activity
  • Chairman, RDCC-IVA/RD, PNP-IVA mobilized 500 personnel, one (1) fire truck and three (3) dump trucks for a clean-up drive in the municipalities of San Mateo, Rodriguez and Taytay all in Rizal Province

III. Early Recovery

PGMA’s Verbal Directives during the Oct 2 Cabinet Meeting

  • BFP to coordinate with LWUA and MWSS to conduct clean –up drive and provide potable water in Cainta
  • BFP to clean up affected hospitals road ways and evacuation centers
  • DILG to assist DTI in disseminating directive to deputize local market administration to discipline abusive market/mall owners. PGMA’s toll order is to apprehend them.
  • DepEd to coordinate with the LGUs regarding identification of evacuation areas and to open the upper Ultra Building as evacuation centers
  • BFP to provide info to PGMA on the specific places where potable waters have been distributed and need to be distributed in Cainta
  • DTI to request LGUs to monitor stalls/stores/malls where their business permits have been cancelled to ensure that cancellation is  enforced

PGMA’s Proclamation

  • President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Issued Proclamation No. 1898 Declaring a State of National Calamity in the whole country to enhance all preparations for Typhoon Pepeng to hasten the rescue , relief and rehabilitation efforts of both government and private sector, and to effectively control the prices of basic goods
  • DBP ordered the mobilization of all concerned branches and head of offices units to extend assistance to affected clients displaced, employees and other victims thru rehabilitation program in the form of moratorium on interest/principal payment; restructuring their loan payment extension; interest rate reduction; additional loan if viable; closer monitoring of loan for faster recovery; distribution of relief goods in coordination with NDCC with in the week. Likewise directed all ATMs in affected areas to be in full operations
  • PAGCOR kept its Serbisyo Muna Center in Malabon and Valenzuela open despite the flood and lack of electricity to continue selling basic commodities to affected residents

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