NARRATIVE REPORT ON 1ST NATIONAL SIMULTANEOUS EARTHQUAKE DRILL

In compliance to the memorandum issued by the Department of Education re: National Simultaneous
Earthquake Drill; Our school is privileged to participate in this very remarkable act. This is in accordance with the
guidelines prescribed in the DepEd Disaster Management Operations Manual.

The objectives are:

1. to ensure the safety of the school occupants during and after a damaging earthquake;
2. To help school administrators and their disaster action groups to design a specific response plan of the school
for earthquake;
3. To train students, faculty members and non-teaching personnel on how to practice proper action and response
during earthquake; and
4. To test various elements of the response plan designed by the School Disaster Management Committee.

On February 15, 2018 at 8:00 AM, the School Disaster Action Team headed by Sir Gabby T. Ilagan conducted a
briefing on the mechanics of the earthquake drill which was attended by the teaching force of this school. He
convened the teams composed of Information and Warning Team, Rescue and First Aid Team, Security and Traffic,
Evacuation and Transport Team, and Damage Control and Salvage Team. Earthquake drill scenario was the main aim
of the meeting.

Series of earthquake drills were carried out by the school during the designated time for practice.

On February 15, 2018 at 2:00 PM,, a national simultaneous earthquake drill was conducted and this school
was pleased to be a part of this event. The parents and canteen staff participated in the evacuation procedure. The
teachers and students did their best to portray their roles especially the proper action and response during
earthquakes.

After the drill, an evaluation was done by the School DAT. The team congratulated the participants for the job
well done. Several suggestions were given by the council to improve the students’ and teachers’ performance on the
emergency evacuation procedures and to ensure a safe and orderly evacuation in order to prevent loss of lives and
injuries especially if real earthquakes will occur.

TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS PARTICIPATED

A. Students: 945
B. Teachers: 45
C. Stakeholders:10
D. Total: 1,000

. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES INVOLVED

A. Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office San Juan Batangas
B. Bureau of Fire Protection, Municipality of San Juan, Batangas
PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED

Based on the observation during and after the drill, the following problems were encountered:
A. Though the students were properly oriented, there were still some of them who did not take the drill
seriously;
B. There were some pupils who were seen disoriented and weren’t able to go immediately in their
assigned queues; and
C. Some classes went out of their respective classrooms a bit later after the siren was sounded

HOW THE SCHOOL ADDRESS THE PROBLEM

After seeing the aforementioned problems, Mr. Gabby T. Ilagan and School’s Disaster Risk Reduction
and Management Committee, gave a post drill activity to reorient the students on their behavior during the
drill. They also gave some warnings and reminders with regard to panicking and avoiding stampede in case
that the real scenario happens.

PICTORIALS
Prepared by:

GABBY T. ILAGAN
SDRRMC DEPUTY CHIEF NOTED:

HAZEL Y. MANALO
PRINCIPAL I
SDRRMC CHIEF