PASIG CITY, (PIA) -- Good news! The City Government of Pasig is set to distribute 430,000 Emergency Go Bags to Pasigueños.

Pasig City mayor Vico Sotto said that the distribution of Emergency Go Bag to each Pasigueño families is one step towards ensuring emergency preparedness in the city.

A total of 430,000 Emergency Go Bags will be distributed. The mode of distribution of Emergency Go Bags will be house-to-house.

Sotto added that the distribution of Emergency Go Bags to Pasigueño families is one step towards ensuring emergency preparedness in the city.

The local chief executive also reminded everyone that every Pasigueño has a part to play in the city government’s pursuit of good governance.

Each Emergency Go Bag contains the following: flashlight, glowstick, whistle, thermal blanket, heavy-duty scissors, zip lock bag, sticker, magnet, Family Disaster Preparedness Booklet and a first aid kit (a hard case containing alcohol pads, povidone iodine, cotton balls, sterile gauze, medical tape, adhesive antiseptic strip, triangular bandage, elastic bandage). Part of the Family Disaster Preparedness Booklet is a checklist of what else should be included by Pasigueño families in their Emergency Go Bags such as clothes, food, and documents. In the sticker, magnet, and booklet is a QR code which, when scanned, leads to an instructional video on the contents and how to use the contents of the Emergency Go Bag.

Meanwhile, Mayor Vico also shared the other emergency preparedness projects in the city. For schools, students and other school stakeholders will have hard hats and whistles, with a 1:1 ratio (per chair in classrooms). Local government employees will also receive an Employees Go Bag.

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