House Deputy Speaker and Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Raymund “LRay” Villafuerte Jr. has filed House Bill No. 7004 or the Mandatory Evacuation Center Act of 2020 seeking the establishment of mandatory evacuation centers in all cities, provinces, and municipalities to address the country’s vulnerability on the impacts of climate change and other human-made disasters.
Villafuerte said there is a need to strengthen the country’s institutional capacity for building the resilience of local communities to adhere and adopt the universal standards of humanitarian assistance.
“While, the State cannot control the indefinite occurrence of these calamities, it can however control the preparedness of the government and its people in facing such unfortunate incidents. The more prepared we are, the less impact these disasters can leave in the lives of the people,” he added. Under the proposed Mandatory Evacuation Center Act of 2020, the evacuation centers shall be constructed and designed to withstand super typhoons or wind speeds of at least 300 kilometers per hour and seismic activity of at least magnitude eight.
The bill provides that the evacuation centers shall be well-ventilated and shall have the capacity to accommodate a large number of evacuees.
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