The West Java Police Chief Asked Residents Who Live In The Longsor Rawan Area To Evacuate

West Java Police Chief Inspector General Suntana

JAKARTA - West Java Police Chief Inspector General Suntana asked residents living in landslide-prone areas to be temporarily evacuated to avoid potential landslides in the midst of extreme weather at this time. So, there is no special anticipation of an area, because all areas are the focus of disaster anticipation. "So, we don't want to understimates, we must all take steps to prevent and take action in the event of a natural disaster," said Suntana at the West Java Police Mobile Headquarters in Sumedang Regency, Tuesday, October 11. He said a number of Polres in the ranks of the West Java Regional Police had held a disaster preparedness meeting. According to him, his staff has mapped disaster-prone points in their respective areas. "This best moment is to check the readiness of our members from the Polda, Polres and Polsek levels, this is an effort to anticipate disasters due to weather anomalies that we are facing," he said as quoted by Antara. Meanwhile, West Java Police Head of Humas Kombes Pol Ibrahim Tompo said his party had prepared personnel and equipment to anticipate disasters that at any time. He said personnel from the West Java Police Mobile Brigade Unit also routinely check cliffs prone to landslides, to water discharge monitoring in a number of rivers.

"Each one has a mapping, yes, but the Kapolda gives general attention to all the Police Chief," he said.