The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council here has activated the Incident Management Team (IMT) to strengthen coordination among various agencies in monitoring and responding to obtaining events related to Undas 2025.
The IMT is headed by City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Department chief Nick Jabagat, and composed of local and national agencies such as City Information Office, City Health Office, City Local Environment and Natural Resources Office, JR Borja General Hospital, Roads and Traffic Administration, Cagayan de Oro City Police Office, Bureau of Fire Protection, the Army’s Task Force Oro, and Philippine Coast Guard.
Volunteer groups like Barangay Tanod, Climbs, Gloc 215, Red Cross, Carmen Rescue Team or CAREST and Adventist Rescue Operators Network or ARON also form part of the IMT. The local government said the IMT activation ensures greater success in keeping law and order during the Undas observance, as well as heightens alertness for possible situations that require immediate response.
During the weekend, the IMT will deploy medical teams at every cemetery.
With the expected throngs of people visiting the cemeteries, authorities are imposing traffic rerouting as well as some street closures and one-way schemes to avoid congestion of roads leading to and around cemeteries. This is based on an order handed down by Mayor Rolando Uy.
There will also be ‘no entry’ zones and ‘one-sided parking’ zones to avoid jamming the streets leading to cemeteries with vehicles.
As of 7 p.m. on Friday, authorities counted over 7,400 people to have visited the local government-run City Memorial Park, known as Bolonsori Cemetery in Camaman-an village.
Uy had decreed that during Undas, visits in all cemeteries must be done from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. only.