IIEE Leads Disaster-Management Advocacy Engr. Glynn Andy O. Gayman The Institute of Integrated Electrical Engineers (IIEE), Inc. is not only an institution serving its immediate constituents of professionals but deserves a whole lot of credit for intending to go the extra mile in serving the general community through its own initiative of advocating a “Disaster Management” campaign on top of other priorities in pursuit of public safety and security. Over the past several years, responses to major disasters have become apparent from local relief organizations to the international community in aid of the government’s capability to alleviate the suffering of victims of calamity. However, due to constraints on disaster risk reduction procedures, the present system manages to get to the bottom of these incidents barely repairing the damage. Be that as it may, mere food and material provisions only temporarily eliminates the inconvenience and nothing more. The rapid growth of population and increased settlement in hazardous locations just escalates the frequency and severity of natural disasters. Studies made by the University of Delaware’s Disaster Research Center manifests that disasters are the results of human failure to introduce appropriate disaster management measures for the reason that human actions before the strike of the hazard can prevent it developing into a disaster. (“At Risk-Natural hazards, people’s vulnerability and disasters” by B. Wisner, et. al.).
from two of the country’s powerful forces often tapped during disaster control call-ups; the Philippine Navy Reserve Forces (PNRV) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Representing the authorities were Lieutenant Commander Ferdinand Juan of the Philippine Navy Reserve Force who is also the Chief-of-staff of the Naval Affiliated Reserve Force, and Lieutenant Colonel Dennis Bumanlag of the AFP, both belonging to the Scout Ranger Regiment. Lt. Commander Juan entitled his presentation “Power to save more lives” which he tailored specifically to suit the Institute’s reflection. There was a clear manifestation that the Institute could deliver its expertise having an absolute reserve of 36,000 active members of professionals, 77 local chapters and 8 foreign chapters possessing the engineering know-how and capability to design a habitat that is less vulnerable to risks. This assemblage provided just the right amount of stimulus to drive more responsible citizens towards risk reduction strategies and pre-planning activities where preparedness would be the ultimate objective. This call to action can be described as a pooling of all resources available for a good cause.
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Just recently, the organization channeled its voluntary involvement in mitigating disaster-inflicted calamities costing lives and properties which has become a usual sight globally. The very recent in the country being the flooding caused by tropical typhoon “Sendong” leaving 1,010 casualties with hundreds still missing in Mindanao (Inquirer Headline, 19Dec2011) by Institutionalizing a “Disaster Response Committee” as ardent move.
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It may be that IIEE does not mobilize response units directly under a commanding officer but the skills of its members are well-suited for the role of preventing hazards from coming to fruition.
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In a joint meeting between the Council of Former Presidents (CFP) and IIEE Board of Governors (IIEE-BOG) last November 25, 2011 at the Institute Headquarters, it invited representatives
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