It is not only the local government units and local and regional disaster and coordinating councils that are preparing for the arrival of Typhoon Ramil. The military is also under alert as of Monday in preparation for the arrival and the destruction that can be brought by the typhoon. The blue alert for the military was approved by General Victor Ibrado, the Armed Forces Chief of Staff.
The escalation to blue alert will ensure that the military will be ready in case their help on the ground will be needed. When the military is in alert, this means that all of the personnel of the military are required to be on duty 12 hours a day. The Chief of Staff has also ordered that all the unified command units should also form their own version of the Multi-Role Force Battalion. This battalion was activated this past weekend in order to respond to the calamities.
In a statement that was made by the spokesperson of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, he said that the assets and the resources of the Armed Forces which include the rubber boats of the Navy have been activated and positioned in Northern Luzon and these crafts are on alert and ready to be used for rescue efforts. The Navy spokesperson on the other hand said that their fleet is on red alert in preparation for the land fall of the newest typhoon. A red alert status means that the personnel are required to be on duty round the clock, and vacations of the personnel are cancelled during this time.
To be specific, the Naval Forces Luzon, the Naval Education and the Training Command and the Naval Forces Southern Luzon have been harnessed and positioned in strategic areas on northern Luzon where the typhoon is expected to hit. The personnel of the Navy is expected to be beef up by naval reservists and backed by the Navy’s Britten Norman BN-2 Islander plane. Eighteen rubber boats will be there as well to back up the fleet plus there will be 13 M-35 trucks, two amphibious trucks and two amphibian trucks.
In a statement that was made by the spokesperson of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, he said that the assets and the resources of the Armed Forces which include the rubber boats of the Navy have been activated and positioned in Northern Luzon and these crafts are on alert and ready to be used for rescue efforts. The Navy spokesperson on the other hand said that their fleet is on red alert in preparation for the land fall of the newest typhoon. A red alert status means that the personnel are required to be on duty round the clock, and vacations of the personnel are cancelled during this time.
To be specific, the Naval Forces Luzon, the Naval Education and the Training Command and the Naval Forces Southern Luzon have been harnessed and positioned in strategic areas on northern Luzon where the typhoon is expected to hit. The personnel of the Navy is expected to be beef up by naval reservists and backed by the Navy’s Britten Norman BN-2 Islander plane. Eighteen rubber boats will be there as well to back up the fleet plus there will be 13 M-35 trucks, two amphibious trucks and two amphibian trucks.
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