Banyuwangi Police together with BPBD are preparing disaster preparedness equipment for the rainy season, Monday (4/12/2023).
INDONESIAN VOICE, BANYUWANGI – Meteorological Agency, Climatology, and Geophysics (BMKG) Banyuwangi informed that Banyuwangi has entered the rainy season.
The public is asked to be alert to the potential for extreme weather during this wet season. Because it can trigger a disaster. Like a fallen tree, floods to landslides.
BMKG stated that the peak of the rainy season in Banyuwangi will still occur in January-February 2024.
To anticipate disasters in the rainy season, a number of stakeholders are now starting to be alert. Such as the Banyuwangi Police to the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD).
Banyuwangi Police personnel are starting to prepare for disaster preparedness. Even with the equipment. Disaster preparedness collaborates with BPBD and TNI ranks.
Based on previous year's experience, during the rainy season, A number of Banyuwangi areas are prone to disasters. Starting to flood, strong winds and landslides. Which is more dangerous, This year's rainy season coincides with the election stages.
“Based on BMKG estimates, High rainfall will occur until February. This is vulnerable at the same time as the election stage," said the Head of Banyuwangi Police Operations Division, Police Commissioner Idham Kholid, after the roll call, deployed disaster preparedness troops and equipment at the Banyuwangi Police Headquarters, Monday (4/12/2023).
Apart from alerting troops, Polresta together with BPBD prepared all disaster equipment. So that, whenever a disaster occurs, personnel and equipment are on standby.
“This disaster preparedness call is for consolidation and coordination, and check the facilities, infrastructure to anticipate hydrometeorological disasters,” clear.
From BMKG estimates, entering December, Rainfall is expected to continue to increase. Then, continues through January to February. The improvement, reach 20 – 70 percent.
This condition was triggered by the impact of La Nina. Anticipate disaster events, his party together with related parties will immediately create a disaster preparedness post.
"This post will be filled with all related elements. His job, monitor the situation. When it's an emergency, can take quick action,” he said.
A number of locations that are considered vulnerable are river flows, coastal areas and mountain slope areas. “We must anticipate mountainous areas and river flows. This is a disaster-prone area,” he emphasized again.
His party also carries out safety outreach to the community. So that, they are alert before a disaster occurs.
Other precautions, his party began to map disaster mitigation. Then, prepare rescue steps. So that, when a disaster occurs, The evacuation process is not constrained by location or anything else. “This rescue and evacuation pattern is also important," he concluded. (*)
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