By Rusieljs G. Lunasco

CPU Webmaster Mr. Mark Clemens Ortaliz discussed features and the different data categories for the Exposure Database Module.

CPU Occupational Safety and Health Officer Mr. Prim Vergara III and CPU Webmaster Mr. Mark Clemens Ortaliz conducted a training on Rapid Earthquake Damage Assessment System (REDAS) Exposure Database Module (EDM) National Service Training Program (NSTP) students on Saturday, November 23, 2019, at the Rose Memorial Auditorium.

CPU Occupational Safety and Health Officer Mr. Prim Vergara III helped the students familiarize with the capacity of the EDM android survey tool which is designed to be to be used for surveying buildings and risk assessment.

The training included a series of lectures on an introduction to REDAS, EDM, classification of building types in the Philippines and basic map reading. The students were able to familiarize themselves with REDAS Exposure Data Mapper (EDM) as a tool for collecting exposure data impact and risk assessment.

More than 2,000 NSTP students who attended the said training will REDAS EDM for their field survey as part of their examinations.

More than 2,000 students attended the REDAS EDM Training.

REDAS was developed by PHIVOLCS and is now being shared with local government units as a tool for emergency preparedness, contingency planning, and, more importantly, for mainstreaming disaster risk reduction into the local development planning process.

So far, 71 provinces, 21 municipalities, 30 state universities and colleges, 67 private companies, ten non-government organizations, and five government institutions had been trained on the use of the REDAS.