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| MMDA sets up First Aid Station for those who may be injured, get dizzy during the Traslacion. (Photo courtesy of MMDA) |
MAKATI, Jan 7 (PIA)--The Metro Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (MMDRRMC) is on “blue alert” to help ensure the safety and well-being of devotees participating in the Feast of the Black Nazarene.
Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairperson Danilo Lim, who is also concurrent head of the Metro Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (MMDRRMC), ordered the raising of the blue alert status of disaster and emergency response units of the MMDRRMC effective Monday Jan. 6, until Friday, January 10, 2020.
“Under blue alert, all response clusters and members of the MMDRRMC are placed on standby to respond to any disaster and emergency that may arise during the observance of the annual religious activity, particularly during the highlight of the feast, the Traslacion,” said Michael Salalima, concurrent chief of staff of the MMDA Office General Manager and Focal Person for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management.
Meanwhile, Lim inspected the situation at the Quirino Grandstand grounds immediately after the 6 am mass Tuesday morning, where devotees already lined up for the “pahalik” or kissing of the Black Nazarene image.
“We have deployed 1,000 MMDA personnel to assist and help maintain order in the religious activity. Barriers and steel fences were put in place for the queue of devotees,” Lim said.
Emergency and medical assistance shall be rendered by members of the Metropolitan Public Safety Office with the assistance of volunteers who committed to provide first-aid and assistance to those who would be injured.
Traffic enforcers are in charge of managing traffic at Quirino Grandstand, Quiapo Church and conduct clearing operations along the designated route of the procession of the Black Nazarene image.
Members of the Sidewalk Clearing Operations Group and Metro Parkways Clearing Group are tasked to provide crowd control during the “pahalik” or kissing of the Black Nazarene image and removal of road obstructions along the route of the procession.
Traffic mobile patrols, ambulances, road emergency vehicles, surveillance and communication units, and other necessary vehicles are dispatched in key areas in Manila City.
MMDRRMC is composed of concerned national government agencies and local risk reduction and management councils of 16 cities and lone municipality in Metro Manila. (MMDA/PIA-NCR)
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