The third quarter Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) will be conducted “online” on Thursday, September 9, the Office of Civil Defense announced.
Interviewed at Super Radyo DZBB on Saturday, National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) spokesperson Mark Timbal said the program will start at 8 a.m. online.
At 9 a.m., the alert button will be pressed to ring the alarm as a warning for the public to duck, cover and hold in their homes and offices.
“Inaanyayahan natin ang mga kababayan natin na… mas mataas pa ang mag-participate. Kasi nu’ng physical drills, milyon-milyon ang nagpa-participate,” Timbal said.
(We invite the public… that more of them will participate. Millions participated before during physical drills.)
“Ngayong pandemic hundreds of thousands lang ang nagpa-participate. Gusto namin kahit paano maka-reach tayo ng millions of participants pa rin,” he said.
(During the pandemic, only hundreds of thousands participate. We want to somehow be able to reach millions of participants)
The program could be viewed live at the Civil Defense PH Facebook account and on YouTube. — DVM, GMA News
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