News Update CAINTA TYPHOON RESCUERS READY

CAINTA, Rizal, Philippines - With the recent acquisition of rescue equipment from the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the local government, police here are confident that they are now 100 percent ready to respond to emergency situations especially during bad weather. This came as the Cainta Police Station now has three rubber boats and two 50-meter rescue ropes which policemen rescuers can use to rescue resident who may be trapped in floods when similar incident like the one experienced by the residents in September last year during typhoon "Ondoy." Supt. Nereo Torrecampo, chief of police here, said the police is now implementing a policy that when rains fall for about an hour continuously, all involved in the rescue operation should immediately go to the flood-prone areas of the town including Ortigas Avenue and Marcos Highway portions in order to be not caught flat-flooded when flood waters arrive from neighboring upland Antipolo and Rodriguez. (Nel B. Andrade)