00:00So, from the national, we provide them to our regional offices and through the ILG also, of course.
00:07And then we provide those informations to the local government units.
00:11But talking about early warning system, recently we had discussions at the OCB and also at the NRC level
00:20of the early warning information that has to be cascaded down to the last mile.
00:27So, that's why I mentioned the GIDA areas.
00:33This is data, I think, late 2023, through DOH and DSWD, we are trying to get the data-data of
00:42the GIDA areas.
00:43We have seen data like 7,000 to 10,000 GIDA areas, GIDA, still, in the Philippines.
00:52So, imagine, take for example, during Typhoon 1.
00:55That was Super Typhoon 1.
00:57We have identified that there are about 80 million exposed to flooding, coastal storm surges.
01:04And then, so, our preemptive measures was to do preemptive evacuations.
01:10Our goal always for the government, especially LGUs and NRC, is for zero casualty.
01:18So, we were able to do a lot of preemptive evacuations.
01:24There were casualties still.
01:26The casualties still came from Atlanta, KIDA area, meaning they were not able to get those information.
01:38All they probably heard, I don't know, for, like, typhoons, storm surges.
01:46There are landslides also.
01:48In those areas, from the DNR Mines and Geosciences Bureau, those areas are also identified as rain-induced landslide-bound
01:56areas.
01:56But the information didn't get to the last mile, even in areas like, well, a mayor ko from Maspati City
02:05is here.
02:06And in that same context, Mayor Arako is here.
02:10And in that context, we have a lot of coastal areas, but we also have upland areas.
02:16And that same context is the same in most of the island regions, island provinces in the country.
02:22So, union challenges, you have GIDA areas that you have to reach those information.
02:28So, that's why I was mentioning, because of that discussion, that we would want to map those areas that are
02:36blind spots, GIDA, well-and-communication, most cell phone areas.
02:39That could come from young Jews, that could come from the ACT, that could come from Telcos also, for us
02:46to be able to identify, where are these blind spots, right?
02:50So, to add to that, or to add emphasis to that, what we are saying is that you already have
02:59all the information, thank God, it's 2020, OCD has already collated all those, with all the help from PDRF as
03:06well.
03:07But the thing is, you cannot warn those who do not have any way of getting the information.
03:13And like before, we don't have the early warning systems in place for the information, but now you have that.
03:20The problem is, get the message across, is that right?
03:25And to mention also, why we would want to do that, is because we wanted to have that redundancy for
03:30communication, right?
03:33Can that be, like, we're doing repeaters, hand-hand radios, even if we have the cell phones, we have the
03:37satellite phones, right?
03:39Because we would want to map out, really, what are the redundancies that we can do in all of these
03:43areas.
03:44Before I go to, how is the, how is the, how is the...
03:50From the door, how is the signal?
04:19You
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