DAVAO CITY – Various sectors in Davao City have praised the Task Force Davao and the local police force and other agencies for their readiness not only in time of disasters, but in security aspect as well following a bomb drill that drew huge support from the public.
Police and military authorities, including the Bureau of Fire Protection, Central (emergency hotline) 911, among other support groups, recently conducted a bomb drill at different places in Davao City for the purpose of the capability response time and interoperability of the different agencies involved during bomb threat at different scales and to ensure that safety of civilians ahead of the grand celebration of the “Araw ng Davao.”
Col. Macairog Alberto, the task force commander, said they conducted five drills – one after another – to test the readiness of all government agencies, including their own and the police force.
He said the exercise was successful in testing the readiness of the agencies, adding, the key to this was the Community and Emergency Response Center Central 911, which serve as the command center of the drill.
“We cannot afford to be complacent. Without 911, all our exercise will fail. 911 provided the command and control of the exercise. All response time fell under ten minutes despite the traffic,” Alberto said.
Davao, whose mayor is Rodrigo Duterte, is one of the safest cities in the country. (Mindanao Examiner)
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