The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) will be carrying out the 2nd Quarter Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) on 29 June 2012.
  Spearheaded by the OCD, DepEd, PHIVOLCS and other NDRRMC member agencies in partnership with Pasig LGU, the school-based drill will be executing the ceremonial pressing of the button at 9 am at Pasig Central Elementary School to signify the start of the activity. 
  Concurrently done in other schools nationwide, the NSED will be featuring two phases: 1) earthquake drill with evacuation, and 2) response scenario to test the capability of the school and local response agencies.
  The NSED has been conducted quarterly since 2006 as part of the NDRRMC’s four-point plan on disaster preparedness particularly on public information, education, communication, and disaster response.

Through the 60 years of its existence, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) has witnessed many life changing events and stories, most of which may be deemed unfortunate.

     The violent eruption of the Hibok-Hibok Volcano in 1951 may be known to be the focal event that led to the creation of the then Commission on Volcanology (COMVOL) in June 20, 1952.

“Knowledge is very important in terms of disaster preparedness. However, sometimes, a little knowledge, or even a [big] knowledge but understood and appreciated incorrectly, can become a disaster itself.”
Dr. Renato U. Solidum Jr., director for Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), told participants the value of their response to the “School Teachers Seminar-Training on Natural Hazards Awareness and Preparedness: Focus on Earthquakes and Volcanoes” held on May 2-4.