Disaster readiness center launched

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Thursday launched its Virtual Operations Center (VOC) to step up measures and preparations against natural disasters.

The VOC, through the use of popular information and communication technology, aims to provide free access to information to the public such as status of relief sources where the public could monitor the family food pack levels allotted to a certain place, downloadable information on evacuation centers, situation map, a situation overview of a certain disaster and affected areas and reporting tools for responders.