Philippines: Typhoon Early Action Protocol Summary (January 2021)
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The IFRC’s Programme and Operations Division has revised and approved the EAP for
the Philippines Red Cross (PRC) / Typhoon with a timeframe of five years and a budget of CHF 249,540; consisting of CHF 131,985 for readiness and pre-positioning and CHF 117.555 for early action. The EAP shall be funded from the IFRC’s Forecast based Action Fund (by the DREF) where allocations shall be drawn on annual basis to cover readiness and pre-positioning cost and as a one off upon trigger to implement early actions.
SUMMARY OF THE EARLY ACTION PROTOCOL
This Typhoon Early Action Protocol (EAP) has been designed and can be implemented by the PRC chapters in 19 targeted provinces, in four different parts of the country (see Figure 1) and is meant to facilitate anticipatory actions of the PRC when certain tropical cyclone forecasts show a high likelihood of a severe impact in the country.