A. The Philippines is a diverse country. It has a lot of landforms and water forms. It is comprised of more or less than 7,107 islands, with a total land area of 300,000 km2. The highest peak is Mt. Apo (9,690 ft/2,954 m), on the island of Mindanao, and the lowest point is the Philippine Sea, which is 0 m/0 ft (sea level). The Philippines lies within the Pacific Ring of Fire, which causes the country to have frequent seismic and volcanic activity. The Philippines has 2 seasons: Wet and Dry. During the Wet season, the Philippines experiences a lot of rain, causing floods and landslides. Geography affects the conditions people have to live under in a certain area. Because of those different conditions, settlers have to adapt to the environment and change/create a culture. For example, places beside the river beds, like Marikina, must learn how to cope with the overflow of the river.
B. The Philippines is prone to natural disasters, particularly typhoons, floods, landslides, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and tsunamis, lying as it does astride the typhoon belt, in the active volcanic region known as the “Pacific Ring of Fire,” and in the geologically unstable region between the Pacific and Eurasian tectonic plates. The Philippines also suffers major human-caused environmental degradation aggravated by a high annual population growth rate, including loss of agricultural lands, deforestation, soil erosion, air and water pollution, improper disposal of solid and toxic wastes, loss of coral reefs, mismanagement and abuse of coastal resources, and overfishing. According to Greenpeace Southeast Asia, the Philippines major historical river, the Pasig River is now biologically dead due to negligence and industrialization. Currently, the Philippines' Department of Environment and Natural Resources has been busy tracking down illegal loggers and been spearheading projects to preserve the quality of many remaining rivers that are not yet polluted. For example, in Marikina, it keeps on flooding due to its proximity to the river. In the Antipolo, there are several landslides because it is located on the side of a mountain.
C. Disaster Preparedness Plan
1. Pre-disaster Phase: Activities in this phase are designed to develop a strong Village emergency response capability and to organize all levels of administration to assure full utilization of all resources by completing the following:
a) Conducting special training in lieu of the disasters
b) Public distribution of information
c) Developing strategies on what to do during a disaster
d) Appoint someone per district to head the operations on their district.
2. Disaster Phase: During this phase, the operational activities of the Ayala Alabang Village will be accelerated to increase the state of preparedness of the village population to meet and cope with an impending or imminent disaster – if warning is sufficient. The disaster phase shall include all of the following:
a) In the event of a disaster with little or no warning – A designated rescue team will rush to the disaster site. The rescue team must have all needed first aid tools.
b) In the event of a disaster with a warning- Rescue teams should be at the supposed disaster site, fully prepared, before the disaster is to happen.
3. Recovery Phase: During this phase, Village administration, the Fire and Police Departments, Facilities, Maintenance, and Operations, and other departments as needed will undertake operations necessary to administer to the sick and injured, restore law and order, stop on-going loss, repair damage to facilities and utilities, establish housing for displaced students, and provide class and laboratory facilities destroyed, damaged and or otherwise made unusable by a disaster. The Village will try to do everything to restore whatever the disaster destroyed in the Village.
A. Brief History
It was in 1972, when the Madrigal family offered for sale to Ayala Corporation its 420 hectares of land in Alabang. Studies were made in the latter; instead of buying the land offered it expertise in real estate development.
The Madrigal family agreed in principle to Ayala’s proposal in 1975 and actual work on the area started in 1976. Buyers of land started pouring in. Number of buyers exceeded the number of lots for sale and more parcels of land had to be bought from various owners in the adjacent areas.
Drawing on its many years of experience in real estate development, Ayala Corporation developed the village phase by phase. Phase 1 of the Alabang Village was offered for sale to the public in 1977. Regardless of lot size, buyers have to abide strictly to Ayala’s standards and restriction. The first three residents of the village were Mr. & Mrs. Joselito Santos, Mr. & Mrs. Jose Escalante, and Mr. Howard Newhard.
The first to hold the position of barangay chairman was Don Enrique Zobel, who was appointed in 1981. He was followed by Danilo Tolentino and Anthony Abaya who held the post from 1984-1987 and from 1987-1989, respectively. Vicente Chua assumed the post in 1989, together with Oscar W. Antiquera, Alfred Xerez-Burgos, Ramon S. Fernandez, Wilma V. Palafox, Rolando P. Pineda, and Francisco A. Umali as kagawad . Mr. Vic Chua was the first duly elected barangay chairman of Ayala Alabang, being the topnotcher among the Kagawads of the Barangay election held in 1989. He was also elected President of the Association of Barangay Council of Muntinlupa, and a sectoral representative in the Sangguniang Bayan of Muntinlupa from 1989 to 1997.
B. Location
Barangay Ayala Alabang is around 13 miles (21 km) from the center of Metro Manila.
C. Physical Features
Its total land area of 6.94 km2 (2.68 sq mi) includes Ayala Alabang Village, the Ayala Commercial Center, and the Alabang Country Club.
Divided into seven (7) districts, Ayala Alabang Village has three main gates all located along Commerce Avenue, namely the Acacia, Madrigal Gate, and Mindanao Gate. With 30% of the village devoted to roads and parks, Ayala Alabang Village has thirteen (13) parks that include children’s playground facilities, and sports facilities such as swimming pools, basketball courts, tennis courts and football fields.
D. Prominent Landmarks
• Saint James the Great church
• Alabang-Zapote Road
• Alabang Town Center
E. Schools and Gymnasiums
Woodrose School, De La Salle Zobel School, The Learning Child, and the Montessori School.
Alabang Country Club
F. Population
Alabang's population is currently approximately 40,000.
Goals:
This Disaster Management Plan will be the basis to establish policies and procedures which will assure maximum and efficient utilization of all resources of the Ayala Alabang Village, minimize the loss of life and/or injury to the population, and protect and conserve resources and facilities of the Ayala Alabang Village during large-scale emergencies considered to be of disaster magnitude.
Since the barangay is landlocked, it has no recent disaster record. It was the only barangay in Muntinlupa who was spared from the floods brought by the Habagat.
Alabang Village now stands on 6.7 km2 (2.6 sq mi) of land about 18 kilometers (11 mi) south of Makati and about 20 minutes drive on the South Luzon Expressway. 30% is alloted to parks, schools, roads, playgrounds, churches. The village is an integrated community, bounded by two bodies of water, Manila Bay and Laguna Bay.
It was in 1972, when the Madrigal family offered for sale to Ayala Corporation its 420 hectares of land in Alabang. Studies were made in the latter; instead of buying the land offered it expertise in real estate development.
The Madrigal family agreed in principle to Ayala’s proposal in 1975 and actual work on the area started in 1976. Buyers of land started pouring in. Number of buyers exceeded the number of lots for sale and more parcels of land had to be bought from various owners in the adjacent areas.
Drawing on its many years of experience in real estate development, Ayala Corporation developed the village phase by phase. Phase 1 of the Alabang Village was offered for sale to the public in 1977. Regardless of lot size, buyers have to abide strictly to Ayala’s standards and restriction. The first three residents of the village were Mr. & Mrs. Joselito Santos, Mr. & Mrs. Jose Escalante, and Mr. Howard Newhard.
The first to hold the position of barangay chairman was Don Enrique Zobel, who was appointed in 1981. He was followed by Danilo Tolentino and Anthony Abaya who held the post from 1984-1987 and from 1987-1989, respectively. Vicente Chua assumed the post in 1989, together with Oscar W. Antiquera, Alfred Xerez-Burgos, Ramon S. Fernandez, Wilma V. Palafox, Rolando P. Pineda, and Francisco A. Umali as kagawad . Mr. Vic Chua was the first duly elected barangay chairman of Ayala Alabang, being the topnotcher among the Kagawads of the Barangay election held in 1989. He was also elected President of the Association of Barangay Council of Muntinlupa, and a sectoral representative in the Sangguniang Bayan of Muntinlupa from 1989 to 1997.
