Examining the Initial Implementation of Community-Based Flood Early Warning System (CBFEWS) In Barangay Consolation, Cagayan De Oro, Philippines after Typhoon Sendong

Rechelle Ann T Barraquias¹

¹Development Communication Department, Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan, Cagayan de Oro, Philippines

Abstract

Shortly a few years after Typhoon Sendong (Washi) devastated Barangay Consolation, Cagayan de Oro in the Philippines, the Community-Based Flood Early Warning System (CBFEWS) in the community was initially implemented. This system was composed of three methods: the recorrida, text brigade, and interpersonal communication from the barangay officials as early warning approaches during impending floods. This qualitative study sought how the residents described their experience during this initial implementation vis-à-vis their experience with the flooding brought by the typhoon. Based on the themes that emerged from the narratives of the participants, there was a strong emphasis on communal coping in the neighbourhood when typhoon Sendong struck the community. This experience with the disaster has established their social relationship, which put the CBFEWS in their barangay on the outside. In addition, the residents' local knowledge of the river, after their experience with Sendong, has also played a significant part of their decision on whether to evacuate or not even after warning messages were already given by authorities. Because of these, it recommends that the barangay consider incorporating these two – collective action of the residents and their local knowledge – into the design of the CBFEWS.

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Rechelle Ann T Barraquias. Examining the Initial Implementation of Community-Based Flood Early Warning System (CBFEWS) In Barangay Consolation, Cagayan De Oro, Philippines after Typhoon Sendong. International Conference on Education, Transportation and Disaster Management (2017): 11. Print.