By Jel Santos
With thousands of devotees of the Black Nazarene expected to flock to Rizal Park on Saturday for the “grand massive miracle crusade” religious festival, the Metro Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (MMDRRMC) put the agency on blue alert status to ensure the safety of the devotees participating in the feast.
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Danilo Lim, who is also MMDRRMC chief, ordered the blue alert status of disaster and emergency response units of the MMDRRMC effective Monday until Friday (Jan. 17).
MMDRRMC is composed of concerned national government agencies and local risk reduction and management councils of 16 cities and the lone municipality in Metro Manila.
Under blue alert, MMDA said all response clusters and members of the MMDRRMC are placed on standby to respond to any disaster and emergency that may occur.
According to Lim, he has deployed 3,000 MMDA personnel to help authorities maintain order during the event.
“We have deployed 3,000 MMDA personnel to assist and help maintain order in the religious activity. Barriers and steel fences were put in place for the queue of devotees,” he said in a statement.
Emergency and medical assistance will also be provided by members of the Metropolitan Public Safety Office with the assistance of volunteers who will provide first-aid and assistance, MMDA said.
Meantime, traffic enforcers are in charge of managing traffic at Quirino Grandstand and Quiapo Church and they will also conduct clearing operations along the designated route of the procession.
Lim said members of the Sidewalk Clearing Operations Group and Metro Parkways Clearing Group are tasked to provide crowd control.
Traffic mobile patrols, ambulances, road emergency vehicles, surveillance and communication units, and other necessary vehicles are on standby in the City of Manila.
https://news.mb.com.ph/2020/01/08/mmdrrmc-on-blue-alert-for-traslacion/
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