By Rosalita B. Manlangit
DAET, Camarines Norte, July 26 (PIA) -- A province-wide simultaneous registration of the National Service Reserve Corps (NSRC) was conducted recently which aimed to mobilize graduates of National Service Training Program (NSTP) in disaster preparedness and response during calamities.
Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer Carlos Galvez said that the registration is being held at the municipalities of the 12 towns here through their Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils (LDRRMCs) with the assistance of their provincial office.
He said that those who undergone Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS) and Literacy Training Service (LTS) which are components of NSTP as mandated by Republic Act 9163 are encouraged to register in NSRC.
Those will be registered will undergo disaster training and response and will be accredited by the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD).
The implementing guidelines and procedures on the development, organization, training, administration, utilization, mobilization, operation, accreditation, protection and funding of the NSRC is provided in Section 13 of RA 10121 otherwise known as the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (PDRRM) Act of 2010 and Rule 9 of its implementing rules and regulations.
This is also stipulated in Section 11 of RA 9163 or NSTP Act of 2001 which provides for the creation of NSRC and its mobilization by the NDRRMC or the LDRRMCs for the delivery of disaster risk reduction programs and activities.
Galvez said that the registration today will be the first batch and continuous listing will be accepted throughout the year.
The mission of the NSRC is to provide a trained, motivated and organized manpower reserve that can be tapped by the state for DRRM civic welfare, literacy, national emergency, environmental protection and other similar endeavours in the service of the nation.
The OCD will maintain a centralized NSRC reservist database, provide training and prescribe the procedures for the utilization of NSRC.
Under the law, the Chairperson of the LDRRMCs shall have the power to mobilize the NSRC units based in their respective localities for DRRM response within their geographical jurisdiction upon the declaration of a state of calamity. (MAL/RBM/PIA5-Camarines Norte)
DAET, Camarines Norte, July 26 (PIA) -- A province-wide simultaneous registration of the National Service Reserve Corps (NSRC) was conducted recently which aimed to mobilize graduates of National Service Training Program (NSTP) in disaster preparedness and response during calamities.
Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer Carlos Galvez said that the registration is being held at the municipalities of the 12 towns here through their Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils (LDRRMCs) with the assistance of their provincial office.
He said that those who undergone Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS) and Literacy Training Service (LTS) which are components of NSTP as mandated by Republic Act 9163 are encouraged to register in NSRC.
Those will be registered will undergo disaster training and response and will be accredited by the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD).
The implementing guidelines and procedures on the development, organization, training, administration, utilization, mobilization, operation, accreditation, protection and funding of the NSRC is provided in Section 13 of RA 10121 otherwise known as the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (PDRRM) Act of 2010 and Rule 9 of its implementing rules and regulations.
This is also stipulated in Section 11 of RA 9163 or NSTP Act of 2001 which provides for the creation of NSRC and its mobilization by the NDRRMC or the LDRRMCs for the delivery of disaster risk reduction programs and activities.
Galvez said that the registration today will be the first batch and continuous listing will be accepted throughout the year.
The mission of the NSRC is to provide a trained, motivated and organized manpower reserve that can be tapped by the state for DRRM civic welfare, literacy, national emergency, environmental protection and other similar endeavours in the service of the nation.
The OCD will maintain a centralized NSRC reservist database, provide training and prescribe the procedures for the utilization of NSRC.
Under the law, the Chairperson of the LDRRMCs shall have the power to mobilize the NSRC units based in their respective localities for DRRM response within their geographical jurisdiction upon the declaration of a state of calamity. (MAL/RBM/PIA5-Camarines Norte)
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