Facing Hurricane La Nina, Banten Police Chief Warns All Personnel To Prepare For Natural Disasters

Evacuation officers for residents when floods hit the Banten area/Photo: Doc. Banten Police

SERANG - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has warned the public about the La Nina phenomenon in a number of areas of Indonesia which could potentially occur in late 2021 to May 2022.

Responding to this, Banten Police Chief IJP Dr. Rudy Heriyanto said that since the end of October 2021 he had warned all personnel both at the Regional Police and at the Resort Police to always be ready to face natural disaster contingencies.

"Personnel must be prepared to face natural disaster contingencies, check equipment readiness and conduct training to personnel to physically ensure disaster preparedness personnel," said Rudy Heriyanto, to reporters on November 7.

Rudy has also instructed the police chiefs to map areas that have the potential for flooding and landslides.

"Help the police chiefs map (map) the areas that have the potential for floods and landslides, so that we can draw up contingency plans in these disaster-prone areas," said Rudy again.

Rudy has assigned the Banten Police Karoops Grand Commissioner Amiluddin Roemtaat and the Resort Police Chief to consolidate with the BMKG, the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), the Regional Government, the SAR Agency, and other relevant agencies and prepare all available resources to deal with the impact of the La Nina phenomenon in the region. Banten.

"We will immediately consolidate with relevant agencies, starting virtually today, Monday 8 November, and continuing with the implementation of an inter-agency disaster preparedness meeting," said Roemtaat. As is known, in September 2021 and October 2021, several flood disasters have been reported in the Banten area. On September 14, 2021, floods occurred in Rangkasbitung, Kalanganyar and Cibadak sub-districts in Lebak Regency and inundated 1,162 houses.

Entering November 2021, the District of Rangkasbitung was again hit by floods and caused the Cigalembong bridge to be damaged and access to Curug to Cimageteung cut off.