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City Government Discourse on Forming Disaster Management Agency

 Plt of the Mayor, Yana Mulyana, is considering forming a Disaster Management Agency. The reason is, currently disaster management is still working with the Fire Department.

Asy Sunday, 06 February 2022 19:05
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 Plt of the Mayor, Yana Mulyana, is considering forming a Disaster Management Agency. The reason is, currently disaster management is still working with the Fire Department.

Moreover, the city of Bandung does not yet have its own Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD).

"Currently, it is still dependent on the PB Diskar, the City Government is trying to review the existing resources, of course later when a special disaster management agency has been formed," he said.

He said this while attending the signing of the disaster management collaboration between the Bandung City Branch of the Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) and the Wanadri Foundation, at Setra Duta de Grande, Sunday, February 6, 2022.

However, Yana admits that forming a special service requires trained personnel. Therefore, the Bandung City Government needs support from other stakeholders to train it.

"We need training from Wanadri and IDI to provide education for our friends in the new service that is planned to be formed," said Yana.

Yana hopes that with the IDI Bandung Branch collaboration program with the Wanardi Foundation in disaster management, they will work hand in hand in anticipation of disaster management.

"Disaster anticipation must be carried out from socialization of prevention, handling, to recovery. Thus, the people of Bandung City are more prepared to face disasters, even though we don't expect them. The knowledge we get can be used to help others," he said.

Yana is optimistic that the cooperation program that has been built will be a solution to the gap that has been going on between disaster volunteers and medical volunteers.

"Through the cooperation of two institutions that are very competent in terms of medical and disaster management, God willing, disaster management in Bandung City will be faster and better, so that it will minimize the loss of life, considering that Bandung is now prone to disasters," said Yana.

Meanwhile, the Chairperson of the Wanadri Foundation, Tri Wahyu Murni, said that for the initial plan program, he would introduce IDI starting with an Introduction to Activities in Nature from the Wanadri Foundation.

"The Wanadri Foundation has 3 main activities, education, training, environmental programs, and humanitarian activities," said Tri.

Tri explained, in the future, there will be a follow-up meeting regarding the program that will be implemented with IDI Bandung City Branch. (asy)**


Head of Discominfo Bandung


Yayan A. Brilyana