DOST, binigyang-diin ang naitutulong ng teknolohiya sa paghahanda sa mga sakuna
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00:00The Department of Science and Technology gave the D.E. the importance of technology for more effective planning and preparation whenever there is a calamity.
00:08Because of that, DOST brought closer to the LGUs the technology such as digitalization that can be used in dealing with accidents.
00:18Rod Lagusa is in the center of the news.
00:20Preparation is a big part of the effect of a calamity.
00:28According to DOST Secretary Renato Saldom Jr., if you look at the recent calamities, most of them are based on response efforts.
00:37The scale of response can be reduced if we are able to reduce the impact of the hazards, be it earthquake or typhoon.
00:48If we have made our houses, our structures, our businesses, our communities focus on reducing the possible impact before the event happens.
00:59So for example, if we talk about earthquake events.
01:01Saldom also gave the importance of technology for effective planning.
01:07That is why under the Smart and Sustainable Communities program, DOST is working to guide local governments.
01:15There are a lot of tools that are easy to understand and use like rescue boats, command and control.
01:24But we also need to focus on technology that can reduce the impacts to hazards and there are a lot of free tools like the planning tool.
01:35According to DOST, from here, we just need training.
01:38Potential partners from the private sector can help procure the technology needed by the LGUs.
01:45Under the Handa Pilipinas campaign, where various innovations in disaster risk reduction and management were found,
01:53DOST is bringing technologies to local governments so that they can use them for inventories, including digitalization for calamities.
02:03So the good thing about this is that if we use across the entire Philippines an application that would require consistency in the way data is acquired, used and shared,
02:20the interoperable protocol, standards and codes, then our planning will be much better.
02:25The Handa Pilipinas campaign of DOST, which is currently in Cebu City, started in 2022 and is being run in various places in the country,
02:34where the local governments are important.
02:37Rod Lagusad, for Pambansang TV, in Bagong, Philippines.