AFP Conducts HADR in Central Visayas CAMP EMILIO AGUINALDO, Quezon City – The Armed Forces of the Philippines deployed Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response (HADR) units following a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that hit the Central Visayas particularly Bohol and Cebu at 08:20 this morning, October 15. Two helicopters were deployed to augment the 2nd Special Forces Battalion conducting disaster response operations in Tagbilaran, Bohol. Four M35 trucks with 50 military personnel were also deployed to Cebu City to assist in the partially collapsed Basilica Del Sto Nino. Two more rescue helicopters from the 505th Search and Rescue Group of the Philippine Air Force are expected to be deployed tomorrow. The AFP Central Command in Cebu City is closely coordinating with the provincial government executives of Bohol and Cebu; National and Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils for additional deployment of military personnel and equipment to assist HADR efforts.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 09:02:03 +0000
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