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Empowering Manolo Fortich through Disaster Awareness

* This essay won as first place during Disaster Awareness Month celebration hosted by LGU Manolo Fortich

Max Mayfield, a meteorologist once said that “Preparation through education is less costly than learning through tragedy.”

Floods, earthquakes, and land slides are common natural calamities that occur in our municipality due to our geographical location. We have been blessed with so much abundance yet we all know the perils of the life in the upper lands. Throughout the years these calamities have been part of the lives of our forefathers and will always be a part of the lives of our generation and our future generation. Thus it is always wise to think that we can never really escape disasters but we can always minimize the risk of these disasters.

In affirmation to the wise words of Max Mayfield, when it comes to calamities the most effective way to safety is through proper awareness and preparedness. Thus in reducing loss of life and property during floods, earthquakes and storms we have to go back to the most basic thing- prevention. Preventing what? NOT the disaster but the risks of these disasters.

Prevention means building resilience to people since we are both the most vulnerable yet the most capable of all in terms of protecting lives and properties. So how do we work out the power of prevention? It is simply done by awareness through proper education. The government together with the non-government organizations and sectors has been very active in disseminating information regarding disaster management in the recent years. Here in our municipality it is evident through the flood warning systems that are posted in almost every Barangay, the visibility of RQRT (Respond Quickly Rescue Team), and the infrastructures that are developed to minimize floods and accidents. In the mainstream media, we have information advertisements that promote awareness to various calamities such as flash floods, fires, earthquakes and even created programs that teach the people how to protect themselves in different crisis. All of these are done in order to help all the civilians.

Just imagine living in community where most of the people know what to do in times of crisis. The chances of survival increases, there will be less damage to life and property and most importantly there is faster and greater chance for recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction since there is lesser damage. The way to achieve this vision is through proper education among the people for us to be aware of what to do, where to begin and why we should be doing these things. In an era where technology and development is booming it is a sin to be ignorant and unaware. We have come to this age where information and education is at the tip of our fingers.

Although faith and hope are necessary to motivate us to live however, realistically speaking, wishing won’t keep us safe, preparedness will. As the famous Filipino phrase goes, “Lamang ang may alam.” We may have been lucky that we have not received the lash of Sendong at its worst or the enormous waves of Super Typhoon Yolanda but who knows how Mother Nature will test the resilience of the people of Manolo Fortich?

The final question will then be thrown to each and every one of us; do we have what it takes to save our own lives, the lives of the people that we love and the beautiful home that we have been blessed to live with? If not then better keep yourself aware of our power through awareness before it’s too late.

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