Simultaneous Conduct of the Fourth Quarter National School Based Earthquake Drill

DepEd Order No., 95 S 2012

The Department of Education in cooperation with the National disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council and other partners will hold the 4th Quarter Conduct of the Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill on Dec. 3, 2012 at 9Am PST.

Pursuant to RA 10121, preparedness and mitigation are key strategies in reducing disaster risk. This activity seeks to intensify and level- up earthquake preparedness of the schools and local communities. The activity aims to generate the highest level of awareness among the public on Disaster Risk Reduction concerns and to assess the capacity level of the school and the community in the eventuality of disaster and emergencies.

All public and private schools are enjoined to particpate in the said drill and are enjoined to integrate challenging activites during the drill such as tsunami evacuation, fire after earthquack, blockage of identified evacuation routh which will be specific to the school situation.

A post activity report shall be submitted by the schools to the division offices for consolidation. The regional offices shall submit a consolidated report to the  DRRMO and Central Office on or before Dec 21, 2012.

Enclosure for guidelines

1. How to Conduct an Earthquake Drill in School and Youtube URLs

2. Earthquake Drill Evaluation Form

3. School Earthquake Drill Report Outline

4. Report Consolidation Outline for Division Offices and 

5. Division and Regional Summary of Drill Report Outline