by Ma. Victoria Valad-on
To heighten the level of preparedness of the students, faculty and staff, CapSU Mambusao Satellite College (MSC) conducted fire and earthquake drill on February 28.
The administration invited representatives from the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO), Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), and Philippine Red Cross (PRC) to spearhead the activity.
Prior to the drill, a lecture on topics pertaining to fire and earthquake was given to bring awareness to the participants.
BFP Chief SFO3 Donnie C. Acevedo urged everyone to take the activity seriously.
“Activities like this are really important to be able to know what to do when disaster like fire or earthquake strikes. You have to pay attention to the lecture,” SFO3 Acevedo said.
The manner of how the drill would be carried out was also discussed in the orientation.
The bell then sounded which signified the start of the drill.
Upon hearing the sound of the bell, the participants practiced the duck, cover and hold and then walked out of the room when the sound stopped.
The teachers led the students in going out of the room to the evacuation area and made the headcount.
Prof. Rosel L. Dionio, satellite college director, acted as the action officer from whom instructions of what to do came from.
Before the conduct of the activity, the school has already organized different teams with their corresponding responsibilities.
During the drill, the invited agencies observed how the teams carried out their tasks.
The drill ran for almost an hour and the evaluation then followed.
According to the evaluators, it was done well but they also observed some aspects that have to be improved like conducting search and rescue and first aid.
The fire and earthquake drill taught the faculty, staff and students what to do in times of disaster.
According Prof. Dionio, conducting fire and earthquake drill in the school is important and doing this repeatedly will make everyone very well prepared.
The partnership of CapSU MSC with the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO), Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has made this exercise possible.