Contingency plan

1. ROMBLON EAST
CENTRAL SCHOOL

2. Romblon
2018
Continge
ncy Plan

3. BACKGRO
UND

4. Every village and every school is
different in terms of its
inhabitants/students, its geography, its
resources and its ways of making
decisions. Therefore contingency plans
differ from school to school, village to
village, and disaster to disaster.

5. Disaster causes sudden disruption to
the normal life of society and causes
damage to the properties and lives such
an extent that normal social and
economic mechanism available to society
get disturbed. Those who are unaware
and unprepared generally get affected
more due to their lack of knowledge and
physiological pressure.

6. The school suffers continuous rainfall
throughout the year with little let-up in summer.
Flooding is the main hazards of the school as it is
located in a flood plain, making it vulnerable to
flood damage and it is also lies along the big rivers
and mountainous areas. Fire is also a potential risk
of the different schools as it is located beside the
residential and commercial areas and near the
center of the town and also the electrical gadgets,
wires used in the school can cause fire. Earthquake
is another potential hazard of the school as it is
made of hard materials or concrete. Tsunami is

7. The schools is exposed to many hazards,
all of which have the potential for disrupting
the school community, causing casualties, and
damaging or destroying public or private
property.
To ensure that all school members know
what to do in the event of an emergency or
disaster,all school created the School Disaster
Risk Reduction Management Committee
(SDRRMC) and Contingency Plan.

8. The school is exposed to many hazards,
all of which have the potential for disrupting
the school community, causing casualties, and
damaging or destroying public or private
property.
To ensure that all school members know
what to do in the event of an emergency or
disaster, the school created the School
Disaster Risk Reduction Management
Committee (SDRRMC) and Contingency Plan.

9. OBJECTIVE
S

10. This 2018 Contingency Plan covers the 260 schools
in the Division of Romblon. It focuses on the following hazards like fire,
Hydro meteorological and earthquake.
• To prepare the learners and teaching and non-teaching from the hazard of
disaster such as floods, fire,
typhoon, and earthquake.
• To minimize or avoid injuries and casualties during disaster.
• To respond immediately during disaster and/or emergencies.
• To safeguard school/ Offices records/documents and instructional materials.
• To reposition all available resources for emergency response
. To use as reference and guide at all times.

11. SCOPE OF
THE PLAN

12. Romblon East Central School Contingency Plan
outlines the expectations of teachers and staff;
High-Priority Hazards based on a disaster analysis
and common and specialized procedures to be
done during disaster, Disaster Impacts and
vulnerable classrooms, Capacities and
vulnerabilities of school, Preparedness measures,
prepositioned materials and equipment,
implementing partners, and preparation of
disability inclusive plan.

13. DEFINITIO
N

14. To provide quality and better
understanding to the readers, the
following terms are defined operationally.
Contingency Plan-refers to a document
setting out an organized, planned and
coordinated course of action to be
followed in case of a disaster.

15. Hazards-refers to the common or usual hazards
occur in school.
Disaster-refers to the severe calamity
happened in school.
Capacities-refers to the strong point of the
school to address/respond in a disaster.
Vulnerabilities-refers to the weaknesses of
school to address/respond in a disaster.

16. Preparedness Measures- refers to the safety
precautions to be done before and during
disaster/s.
Prepositioned Materials and Equipment-
refers to the available and usable materials
and equipment to be used during disaster.
Vulnerable Classroom-refers to the affected
classrooms during and after the occurrence of
disaster.

17. SCHOOL
POPULATIO
N

18. a. General Population
Romblon East Central School’s current enrolment is 1038
pupils. These pupils are supported by a committed
teachers and staff consisting of:
• 32 Teacher-Advisers
• 4 Subject Teachers
• 2 School Administrative Staff
• 2 District Personnel
• 1 School Nurse
• 1 Security Guard/Utility
• 1 School Principal
A master schedule of where classes, grade levels, and
staff are located during the day is provided to each

19. b. Special Needs Population
Romblon East Central School is committed to the safe
evacuation and transport of pupils and teachers with
special needs. The special needs population includes
pupils/teachers with:
• Blindness or visual disabilities
• Cognitive or emotional disabilities
• Deafness or hearing loss
• Mobility/physical disabilities (permanent and
temporary)
The school’s current enrolment of pupils with special
needs is 26 however, this number will fluctuate. Pupils

20. SCHOOL
BUILDING
INFORMATI

21. a. Location of School Building
The Romblon East Central School is located at
Barangay Capaclan Romblon, Romblon, the
passageway from the Port of Romblon towards
the PNP Provincial Command Routing to the
Provincial Capitol Building of Romblon. It is
relatively big school near the center of the
town of Romblon, bounded by the Romblon
West Central School, in its western frontier, a
Barangay Road in its northern sphere, and a
residential area in its eastern portion. The
school is also considered as the show window of

22. b. Name or Type of Building and Number of Classrooms
Name/Type of Building Number of Classrooms
Main Building (2-storey) 14 rooms (including office of
the Principal and Nurse office)
PAGCOR Building 5 rooms (including science
laboratory)
Imelda Type Building 2 rooms
Bagong Lipunan Building 4 rooms
SPED Building 3 rooms (including SPED
Resource Room)
Fil-Chi Building 4 rooms (including computer
room)
Marcos Type Building 2 rooms
New Building 3 rooms
Library Hub 1 room
Home Economics Building 1 room

23. HAZARDS

24. High-Priority Hazards
Flood is the school’s top priority hazards. Flooding
in school could threaten the safety of pupils and
teachers whenever storm water or other sources of
water threaten to inundate school grounds or buildings.
In our school, flooding is considered as the most
prevalent type of hazard because it is always occur
when a prolonged rainfall causes rural streams to rise.
Last year 2017, the school ground and some classrooms
as well have been severely flooded almost five times.
Here is the early warning plan of school in times of
flood.

25. Early Warning Plan for FLOOD

26. Fire hazards are the most prevalent types of
hazards mostly in rural areas cities, towns. Since
our school is located beside the residential and
commercial areas and near the center of the
town, we are not refusing the chance of this
hazard to happen. That is the purpose we develop
an early warning plan in times of fire occurrence.

27. Early Warning Plan for FIRE

28. Another potential risk we are preparing for is
the unpredictable Earthquake. This is maybe the
toughest hazards to encounter typically in rural
areas, cities, towns. Although the school has a
vast area of playground, we are not keeping in
mind the probability of damage if it case may
happen. That’s why we are habitually doing the
earthquake drill in our school because safety is
our main priority.

29. Here is the Basic Drill for Earthquake.
Basic Drill for EARTHQUAKE
A – Alarm (5-5-5 bells)
R – Response (Duck-Cover-Hold)
E – Evacuate the room
A – Assemble in the open area/field

30. Here is the Basic Drill for Earthquake.
Basic Drill for EARTHQUAKE
A – Alarm (5-5-5 bells)
R – Response (Duck-Cover-Hold)
E – Evacuate the room
A – Assemble in the open area/field

31. DISASTER,
IMPACTS AND
VULNERABLE
CLASSROOMS

32. As shown in table 1, we started at the year
2017. The typhoon name that cause severely
flooded in the school is “Urduja”. The total
number of severely flooded classrooms are twelve
(12). Fortunately, those classrooms are not totally
and even partially damaged but minor damaged
occur. A total of twelve (12) classrooms evaluated
as minor damaged with a total cost of 5,900 pesos.
Based on ranking the most vulnerable building in
times of flood is the Imelda Type Building with two
(2) classrooms.

33. TABLE 1: Disaster, Impacts and Ranking of Most
Vulnerable Classrooms

34. CAPACITIES AND
VULNERABILITIES

35. Table 2 reveals the capacities and gaps/vulnerabilities of
the most vulnerable classrooms when it comes to preparedness
the school has the capacity to establish and strengthened
capacities of vulnerable classrooms to anticipate cope and
recover from the negative impacts of emergency occurrence and
disasters and those classrooms are vulnerable due to unregularly
conduct of risk assessment. With regards to response the school
has the capacity to coordinate with the PDRRM, DRRM, MDRRM,
LGU’s, and Partners and it is vulnerable if incoordination
happens. Next is Rehabilitation and Recovery, the school has the
capacity to monitor of implementation of support for learning
continuity and it is vulnerable due to inadequate supply of
equipment to be used for rehabilitation and recovery. And Lastly,
The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation aspect, the school has the
capacity to avoid hazards and mitigated their potential impacts

36. TABLE 2: Capacities and Gaps/Vulnerabilities

39. PREPAREDNESS
MEASURES

40. One of the important tasks during
preparedness phase is formulation of a response
plan. It basically helps in quick mobilization of
manpower, resources and in performing various
duties. Table 3 reveals that the tropical cyclone
happened on December 14-18, 2017. The
vulnerable building based on overall ranking was
the Imelda Type Building. And the preparedness
measures to be addressed by the school are the
Regular conduct of Risk Assessment and Establish
linkages with LGU’s, MDRRMC, and Partners.

41. Table 3. Preparedness Measures

42. PREPOSITIONED
MATERIALS AND
EQUIPMENT

43. Availability of materials and equipment
helps to reduce the damage of the
hazards and it can also preserve life as
well.
Here are the list of available materials of
the school to be used when a disaster
strikes.

44. Table 4 PREPOSITIONED EQUIPMENT and
MATERIALS

45. IMPLEMENTING
PARTNERS

46. Establishing linkages with other agencies/offices
greatly support the school to become capacitated,
vulnerable-free, and damage less in times of
disaster/hazards.

47. Table 5: Collaboration with Partners

48. PREPARATION OF
DISABILITY
INCLUSIVE PLAN

49. Persons with Disabilities have difficulty in
moving hearing, seeing, communicating and/or
learning. They have the same needs and perform
the same activities as other members of the
community (eating, dressing, working etc.)
However, Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) may
need specific support related to their disability
and their living environment (assistive device1,
caregiver, a modified physical environment or
equipment) to enable them to participate fully in
these daily activities. In an emergency situation,
when all members of the community are placed in

50. Early warning provides a very important link
between preparedness measures and response
action, which in turn reduces the risk of exposure
and injury of community members. A
comprehensive early warning system is very
important in any community, however, even more
so in a community with PWDs as they are
frequently overlooked in disaster situations.

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