Q4 quake drill set Dec. 15 in Bulacan

The National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) will be holding its 4th quarter Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) on December 15 in San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan. (Photo by Glendale Lapastora/Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0)

MANILA — The National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) will be holding its 4th quarter Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) on December 15 in San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan.

The event will take place 2 p.m. and will be spearheaded by Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana.

Local drills will be conducted nationwide through the Regional DRRM Councils.

The NDRRMC conducts nationwide earthquake drills quarterly, as one of the tools to promote disaster preparedness and resilience among communities.