Manokwari Regional Police Alert Disaster Management Personnel

Manokwari Regional Police Alert Disaster Management Personnel

Manokwari Resort Police, West Papua, alert personnel to anticipate natural disasters in the region. Apple Holds Disaster Management Readiness for 2020 was held on Thursday at the Mapolres. Apple was led directly by the Police Chief of AKBP Deddy Foury Millewa and attended by Officers, Bintara and Civil Servants, Army, Navy, and Youth.
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At the activity the Kapolres explained that Indonesia was in a strategic position between the Continent of Asia and Australia, the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean and was on the equator. The archipelago region which consists of islands stretching from west to east, there are many straits and bays, leaving the Indonesian region especially West Papua vulnerable to climate change and weather.
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"As we all know, some time ago, there have been several natural disasters in the territory of Indonesia, such as forest and land fires in the regions of Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Java. Typhoons, floods and landslides in NTT, Kaltara, Central Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi and Papua and the earthquake in Maluku, "said the police chief.
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Based on the records of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), since January to the end of 2019 there have been 2,829 disasters, including tornadoes totaling 880 events, flooding 657 events, landslides 621 events, karhutla 508 events, 118 drought events, 24 events, tidal wave / abrasion 14 events.
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"And when this is happening at the beginning of 2020, we both see that floods hit the capital city of Jakarta and its surroundings, so this incident is a very important concern for us. In Manokwari we must prepare ourselves, because if we are late it will be dealt with a big impact, which of course is very detrimental to us all, "said the Chief of Police.
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Responding to this, said Deddy, Manokwari Regional Police in collaboration with BPBD, Basarda, the TNI and the government and other potentials, carried out preparedness. "In addition to personnel, at this apple we also check equipment. This is to ensure that we are all ready to carry out our duties when disaster and post-disaster events occur," he said.
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Steps prepared in handling disasters include strengthening and mentoring psychology, search, rescue, protection, security and evacuation of victims and property, disaster victim identification (DVI) and law enforcement.
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Together with BPBD, said Millewa, his party has formed a task force (task force) which consists of several clusters and has been regulated in the regulations of the head of BNPB / BASARNAS to rescue disaster victims.
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In addition, it also took steps in Emergency Preparedness, Disaster Emergency Response and post-disaster, together with BPBD / BASARDA. The National Police will be actively involved in the handling of disasters, including security in the affected areas, locations of refugee camps, potential security disturbances.