The Department of the Interior and Local Government, as the Vice-Chairperson for Disaster Preparedness, convened the member-agencies for the second quarter meeting for CY 2017 on June 20, 2017 at Hotel de Viajera, Koronadal City. Among the agencies who participated are OCD, DSWD, NEDA, DepEd, DENR-EMB, DENR-MGB, PIA, DOH, CHED, BFP, PNP and 1002nd Brigade of Philippine Army.

As the rainy season begins, agencies present were asked of their preparedness initiatives and these will serve as inputs for the Oplan Tag-ulan 2017 Preparedness Plan. The draft Regional Disaster Preparedness Plan was also presented for approval and adoption of the committee. Updates on the Status of the IDPs of Marawi siege in the Region and the upcoming Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill were also shared for information of the members.

The quarterly meeting is done to strengthen coordination between and among member-agencies in preparing for disasters with an end goal of achieving safer, adaptive and disaster-resilient SOCCSKSARGEN.