MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Interior and Local Government will procure more than 2,000 new patrol cars in the next two years.
During the recent League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) Mindanao Island Cluster Conference in Pampanga, DILG Secretary Mar Roxas added that the process of bidding for about 400 new fire trucks has also started this year.
"We will have to coordinate with you to identify municipalities with no or old patrol cars and fire trucks so they can benefit from the program first," the secretary told the mayors and local officials.
He also said that the DILG is set to distribute a Disaster Preparedness Checklist as part of the DILG’s Oplan Listo, that draws from all the best practices of different local government units in terms of disaster preparedness.
"Seryosohin po natin ang disaster preparedness. Huwag po natin balewalain ito...kaya po dapat ngayon pa lang habang peace time naisip at napagplanuhan na natin kung ano ang gagawin pagdating ng sakuna," Roxas said.
Around 1,490 mayor-members of the LMP attended the conference.