Urbiztondo Ordinance No. 8 (2012)

by Amado P. Operania

Republic of the Philippines
Province of Pangasinan
MUNICIPALITY OF URBIZTONDO
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OFFICE OF THE SANGGUNIANG BAYAN

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EXCERPT FROM THE RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE 48th REGULAR SESSION OF THE SANGGUNIAN BAYAN OF URBIZTONDO, PANGASINAN HELD AT LEGISLATIVE HALL, NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Present: Vice Mayor Haidee S. Soriano Presiding Officer Coun. Martin Raul S. Sison, II Member Coun. Zenaida P. Espinosa Member Coun. Dyna P. de Guzman Member Coun. Marc Salvador B. Vedaña Member Coun. Alexander D. Poquiz Member Coun. Amado P. Operania Member Coun. Natividad P. Soriano Member ​ Absent: Coun. Mirla D. Balolong Member Coun. Brandy M. Palisoc Member (ABC Pres.) Coun. Lorraine P. Baysic Member (SKF Pres.) ​

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MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE NO. 8 - 2012
Introduced By: Coun. Amado P. Operania

AN ORDINANCE ENACTING LOCAL POLICY ON FORCED OR PRE-EMPTIVE EVACUATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF URBIZTONDO, PANGASINAN

Be it enacted by the Sangguniang Bayan of Urbiztondo, Pangasinan to wit:

I.

Title. This ordinance shall be known as the “Forced or Pre-Emptive Evacuation of the Municipality of Urbiztondo, Pangasinan”.

II.

Scope. This ordinance shall be applied to all residents-at-risk during disaster or calamity.

III.

Definition of Terms:

1.	Forced evacuation – is the mandatory bringing of people away from the threat or actual occurrence of a hazard.
2.	Pre-emptive evacuation – is the voluntary evacuation of people away from any imminent disaster to avoid loss of lives upon assessment of the current situation and order by the DRRMC.
3.	Disaster – a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to scope using its own resources; an actual threat to public health and safety where the local government and the emergency services are unable to meet the immediate needs of the community; an event in which the local emergency management measures are insufficient to cope with a hazard, whether due to a lack of time, capacity or resources, resulting in unacceptable levels of damage or number of casualties.
4.	DRRMC - Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council
5.	DRMMO - Disaster Risk Reduction Management Officer
6.	Emergency Operation Center – is the first floor lobby of the Municipal Hall.

IV.

Policy Statements:

1.	The Municipal mayor shall order Forced/Pre-emptive evacuation of all residents-at-risk during severe disaster/calamities such as flood, tsunami, earthquake and the like upon the recommendation of the DRRMO.
2.	All members of the municipal DRRMC shall be at the Emergency Operation Center upon declaration of signal no. 3 by PAGASA or upon occurrence of those mention in item no. 1 for them to monitor the necessity of forced/pre-emptive evacuation and make recommendations to the Municipal Mayor.
3.	All Municipal vehicles with drivers shall stand by at the Municipal Hall ready on call upon order of forced/pre-emptive evacuation by the Municipal Mayor.
4.	All designated evacuation centers at the barangay level shall be readily available once forced/pre-emptive evacuation is ordered.
5.	Evacuation centers shall include all school buildings in every barangay and all municipal own building or structure (municipal gymnasium).
6.	All residents-at-risk shall be given first and last warning by the Evacuation Rescue Team. In the event that they still refuse to evacuate on the last warning, the police force of Urbiztondo are hereby authorized to apply forced evacuation.
7.	The Municipal Mayor has the authority to enter into a memorandum of agreement or memorandum of understanding for assistance/support to any local government unit, non-government organizations, civil societies and private institutions in the event that severe disaster is happening or going to happen for the welfare and safety of the people.
8.	The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council, Evacuation Rescue Team and Quick Response Team have no liability if they will follow the protocol as embodied in the evacuation plan during the forced/pre-emptive evacuation.
9.	In order to protect the properties and belongings of the evacuees, an inventory will be done prior to the force/pre-emptive evacuation if time is still at the essence and without risking he life of the responding team. There must also be provision of security measures to protect their properties.

V.

Repealing Clause

All ordinance and resolutions inconsistent with this ordinance shall be repealed.

VI.

Effectivity Clause

This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon approval.

ENACTED and PASSED this 26th day of November, 2012.

I HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness of the foregoing.

ARNEL C. RUFO
Assistant SB Secretary

CONCURRED:

COUN. MARTIN RAUL S. SISON, II	COUN. ZENAIDA P. ESPINOSA
COUN. DYNA P. DE GUZMAN	COUN. MARC SALVADOR B. VEDAŃA
COUN. ALEXANDER D. POQUIZ	COUN. AMADO P. OPERANIA
COUN. NATIVIDAD P. SORIANO

 

ATTESTED:

VICE MAYOR HAIDEE S. SORIANO
Presiding Officer

APPROVED:

MAYOR ERNESTO V. BALOLONG, JR.