3 SCDF Officers Deployed To Support Philippines In
Preparation For Tropical Storm Bopha
SCDF has deployed three of its officers to support
Philippines in the emergency planning and preparation for the
Tropical Storm Bopha. The three officers left Singapore this
morning (3rd December 2012) at 0935hrs and arrived in Philippines
at about 1300hrs.
The three officers are deployed under the auspices of
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
or UNOCHA. One of the officers will be deployed as part of
the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC)
team to carry out an assessment of the situation, the resulting
humanitarian needs and to assist to put in place an information
management mechanism to ensure information flow between the
affected area, the capital of the affected country, and to the
international organisations involved in the relief efforts.
Two other officers, who are communications specialists, will be
deployed under the Asia-Pacific Humanitarian Partnership (APHP)
team to provide communications support for the UNDAC teams.
SCDF, as a member of the international civil defence
fraternity, has actively taken part in various overseas
humanitarian missions/exercises and meetings conducted under the
UNOCHA. SCDF has officers on 24/7 stand-by for deployment to
overseas disaster sites to carry out rapid assessment of priority
needs, and support the United Nations Resident Coordinator to
coordinate international on-site relief efforts. The three
officers are expected to be in the Philippines for about two
weeks.