The city government of Las Piñas equipped the team of the Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (DRRMO) with two new rescue trucks for use during calamities and accidents.
Mayor Imelda Aguilar said the new set of vehicles acquired by the city government includes preemptive evacuation truck and a rescue truck.
Aguilar said the preemptive evacuation truck will be used by the DRRMO team in moving people to safety during floods and other disasters.
She said the fully equipped rescue truck will be used during vehicular accidents or fires.
The mayor said the blessing of the new trucks was held at the City Hall grounds on Tuesday, Nov. 14.
Aguilar said Fr. Eric Salazar of Our Lady of Fatima Parish Philam officiated in the blessing of the new trucks.
The mayor was joined by her daughter, Vice-Mayor April Aguilar, and other department heads during the blessing.