MANILA - February 18, A Preliminary Assessment

Destination: National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC), Office.

MANILA - February 18 Destination: National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC), Office. TSF and ADPC made a preliminary assessment to organize the rescue, relief and rehabilitation of the affected areas after a briefing with the Philippine NDCC, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC).

We were scheduled to go to Tacloban airport via Villamor Airbase (C130 military plane) at 4am. From Tacloban, we rented a 4-wheel service truck to St. Bernard Operations Center, Leyte to assess the current need and the available resources of telecommunications in the disaster area.