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Office of Civil Defense (Philippines)

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Formed
  
31 December 1972

Website
  
www.ocd.gov.ph

Office of Civil Defense (Philippines)

Preceding agency
  
National Civil Defense Administration

Headquarters
  
Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City, Philippines

Agency executive
  
Ricardo B. Jalad, Executive Director

Parent agency
  
Department of National Defense

The Office of Civil Defense (OCD; Filipino: Tánggapan ng Tánggulang Sibil, TTS) is an organization within the Philippines's Department of National Defense which serves as the implementing arm of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). As such, it has the primary mission of administering a comprehensive national civil defense and disaster risk reduction and management program by providing leadership in the continuous development of strategic and systematic approaches as well as measures to reduce the vulnerabilities and risks to hazards and manage the consequences of disasters.

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Office of Civil Defense (Philippines) Wikipedia