How this site is written
One rule does most of the work: if a Philippine authority has not published an instruction, it does not appear here.
Safety advice gets read by people who are frightened and in a hurry, and it gets acted on. That raises the cost of being confidently wrong well above the cost of being incomplete, so this site is built to be incomplete instead. Where a page is thin, it is thin because the source has not been found and read, and the page says so.
The rules
- Every safety instruction names its authority, on the page. Under each block of steps there is a line saying which body published them, linking to the document, and giving the date this site last read it. If we could not find a source, the instruction is not written, or the page says plainly that it is this site's own suggestion.
- No author, no credentials, no expert review. There is no byline on this site and there will not be one. Inventing an expert to sign safety advice is the single worst thing a page like this could do, and a real name adds nothing the linked agency does not already give you.
- Every page says which country it is for. Emergency numbers, warning scales and the agencies behind them are different in every country. Advice written for the United States may not fit here, and the reverse holds too. These pages are for the Philippines.
- No untraced statistics, no case studies, no endorsements. Where a page gives a casualty figure or damage estimate, it is one an agency published, and the page names it. A number nobody can trace is worse than no number.
- Sources get re-read, and the date is published. Hotline numbers change and agencies revise their guidance. Every source line carries the date it was read. The claims on every page were last checked against their sources on 8 October 2026.
Where the instructions come from
These six are the main sources. Some pages also cite the DOH, PhilHealth, Meralco, the Fire Code and others, and each page names its own. Each page links the specific document it used rather than the organisation's front door.
- PAGASA
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
- PHIVOLCS
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
- PH Emergency Hotlines
PH Emergency Hotlines, the Philippine government directory
- UNICEF Philippines
UNICEF Philippines, Emergency Go-Bag checklist
- Quezon City DRRMO
Quezon City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, QCitizen Guides
- Bureau of Fire Protection
Bureau of Fire Protection
What this site is not
Being clear about the limits is part of being useful. In an emergency, call 911 and do what the responders tell you.
- Not an emergency service, and not a way to reach one. The numbers on this site are copied from a public directory.
- Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or speaking for PAGASA, PHIVOLCS, the NDRRMC, the Bureau of Fire Protection, UNICEF or any local government.
- Not medical, legal or engineering advice. Where a situation needs a professional, it needs a professional.
- Not a substitute for your barangay and your local disaster office, who know your street and will reach you first.
If something here is wrong
Every instruction here names the agency that issued it and links to the document it came from. A hotline that has changed or a guidance document that has been revised will say so at that source before it says so here, which is why the link sits under every section rather than at the bottom of the page.
The date each source was last read is printed beside it. That date is how you can tell how old this page's reading of it is, and whether it is worth opening the original before you act on anything.
Reading the source strip, in order
The strip sits under every section that gives an instruction. This is what it carries, and what to do with it.
- Who issued it
- The strip starts with the agency that issued the instruction above it.
- Which document
- The agency's name links to the document the instruction came from.
- When it was read
- Beside it is the date this site last read that source.
- Open the original
- If that date is old, open the document before you act. A changed hotline or a revised guide says so there first.