Mimaropa-RDRRMC members preposition supplies, assets ahead of Nona's landfall

QUEZON CITY,  December 14 (PIA) --- Members of the  Mimaropa Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council are on red alert status and monitoring the passage of Typhoon Nona as it makes it way to the region through the Northern Samar and Bicol provinces.

Based on the forecasted track of the typhoon, the provinces of Romblon, Marinduque and Oriental Mindoro are in its path towards West Philippine Sea.

In its Severe Weather Bulletin No.8, Pagasa-DOST reported that Romblon and Marinduque are now under Public Storm Warning Signal No. 2 (PSWS No. 2) while PSWS No. 1 is in effect over the Mindoro provinces.

Office of Civil Defense - Mimaropa coordinated with response agencies and deployed staff in Oriental Mindoro and Palawan for emergency monitoring and logistic support.

The Department of the Interior and Local Government has advised all local government operations officers (LGOOs) to take appropriate actions before the typhoon make a landfall.

The Police Regional Office-Mimaropa and the Bureau of Fire Protection likewise alerted their assets while the Romblon Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office are coordinating with its municipal counterparts.

The Deparment of Social Welfare and Development has activated its Field Offices Crisis Intervention, Regional Quick Reaction Teams and  Social Welfare and Development Teams (SWADTs).

 DSWD also pre-positioned its food and non food items in geographically isolated depressed areas.
The Department of Health has raised the white alert and prepositioned assorted medicines and supplies in provincial hospitals and centers.

The Motor Vehicle User Charge workers and maintainance crew of the District Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Teams of the  Department of Public Works and Highways are monitoring the national roads, bridges and other public infrastructures.

The Department of Agriculture, on the other hand, has made their planting materials available to replace crops that will be affected by the passage of Typhoon Nona.