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The contingency planning guide will provide the step by step process for the participants to come
up with a contingency plan.
I. BACKGROUND
Include the following:
o Location of your region
o Demographics
o Economy; poverty index
o Geophysical (climate; major rivers and mountains; topography; etc.)
o Existence of DRRMC and members and if active/not active
II. OBJECTIVES
Put the following sentences in this section.
“This 2016 Contingency Plan covers (no.) ____ of divisions in Region _____. It focuses on
(hazard/s).”
Then state the objectives of your Contingency Plan. Please note that the objectives
should capture why you are preparing for the specific hazards you have prioritized
for this Contingency Plan.
III. HAZARDS
Put MAP of hazards affecting your region. You can check the availability of the
map in PAGASA, MGB, PHIVOLCS websites. Discuss the hazard/s that your region
is vulnerable to. You can further narrate the degree or level of vulnerability of your
provinces to the hazard/s in the map, if indicated.
State that your prioritization of the hazard/s for this Contingency Plan is based on
the hazard map/s of the ________ (agencies) and PAGASA’s Climate Outlook and
Tropical Cyclone and Rainfall Forecasts for 2016 (if your priority hazards are
typhoon, flood and landslides). You can also indicate MGB’s Geohazard Maps if
you are including landslide as one of your priority hazards.
If you have earthquake as a priority for the Contingency Plan, please state basis
(e.g. hazard map of your region; historical occurrence and impacts). You can
indicate presence of faults (name them) that makes your provinces (where your
divisions) and region to earthquake.
For Metro Manila, you can use the Metro Manila Earthquake Impact Reduction
Study (MMEIRS) of JICA, PHIVOLCS, and MMDA. You can also use the matrix/table
of DRRMS which identifies the top 100 schools vulnerable to earthquake which
combines World Bank’s data of fatality and PHIVOLCS’ identified schools along the
West Valley Fault System.
For column 1, use the preparedness measures you have identified in table 3.
PREPAREDNESS MEASURES PARTNERS INVOLVED SPECIFIC ROLES OF/
SUPPORT FROM PARTNERS