THE Office of Civil Defense (OCD)—Cordillera Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (DRRMC) urged residents of the region to acquire a transistor radio, which has been proven to be the most effective way of disseminating information, especially in far-flung communities, during calamities.
“We saw that one of the challenges is bringing information to all residents, especially safety information during calamities,” said Jose Ignacio Valera, Disaster Risk Reduction Management (DRRM) officer of OCD-CAR, in a radio interview on Tuesday.
He said that on regular days, cellular phones or televisions are useful gadgets.
However, this is not the case during calamities when electricity is cut off and the internet signal is either weak or unavailable.
