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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Emergencies and disasters are a common feature in our lives here in the Philippines. For 
most part, the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) has done its job in staying on top 
of the situation and dealing with these calamities as they come. In order to assist them, the public 
sector should be trained on how to deal with various emergencies and disasters since they are the 
ones who face them initially. Our citizens look to our government for direction in times of crisis 
so it is important that all employee in the public sector know what to do in these situation. 
To carry out this task of preparing our public sector for calamities, the NDCC should 
study the best practices in training and develop a standard curriculum for training. This way, the 
trainings conducted will be equally effective all over the country. 
This bill seeks to mandate the NDCC to formulate and maintain a standard training 
curriculum for all public sector employees in dealing with and planning for emergencies and 
disasters. 


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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
AN ACT 
TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CURRICULUM FOR TRAINING 
PROGRAMS FOR PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES ON EMERGENCY AND DISASTER 
PREPAREDNESS 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Public Sector Training 
Program for Emergency and Disaster Preparedness Act.” 
SECTION 2. Curriculum Development. - The National Disaster Coordinating Council 
(NDCC) shall maintain, and update periodically, a current curriculum of courses necessary to 
train public sector emergency response and preparedness teams in matters relating disasters and 
emergencies. NDCC shall consult with educational institutions and non-government 
organizations throughout the country that provide training for responding to disasters and 
emergencies. 
For purposes of this Act, public sector employees shall mean all persons in civil service. 
SECTION 3. Requirements. -The curriculum maintained and updated under this Act: 
(A) shall include-- 
(1) a recommended course of study to train public sector employees to respond to 
emergencies and disasters and to plan for those responses; 
(2) recommended basic courses and minimum number of hours of instruction 
necessary for public sector employees to be able to respond safely and efficiently 
to emergencies and disasters and to plan those responses; and 
(3) all available government funded emergency and disaster response training 
programs; and 
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(B) may include recommendations on material appropriate for use in a recommended 
basic course described in paragraph A2 of this section. 
SECTION 4. Training for Compliance. -The recommended basic course as described in 
the previous section shall provide the training necessary for public sector employees to comply 
with existing laws, regulations and standards observed in responding to emergencies and 
disasters. 
SECTION 5. Distribution and Publication - NDCC shall distribute the curriculum and 
any updates to the curriculum to the all agencies and organizations tasked in conducting training 
for responding to emergencies and disasters. 
NDCC may publish and distribute a list of programs and courses maintained and updated 
under this Act and of any programs utilizing such courses. 
SECTION 6. Appropriations. - To carry out the provisions of this Act, such amount as 
hereby necessary is hereby authorized to be appropriated from the National Treasury. Thereafter, 
the amount necessary for the continuation of the program shall be included in the annual 
appropriation of the National Disaster Coordinating Council. 
SECTION 7. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part hereof, is held invalid or 
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall remain 
valid and subsisting. 
SECTION 8. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive 
order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to or is inconsistent 
with the provision of this Act is hereby repealed, modified, or amended accordingly. 
SECTION 9. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (IS) days after its 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
/apm 01092009 
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