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OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE REGIONAL OFFICE VIII

The OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE REGIONAL OFFICE VIII is a government agency, with a principal office at Brgy. 26-Pericohon, Tacloban City duly represented by its REGIONAL DIRECTOR, DIR. LORD BYRON P. TORRECARION.


The Office of Civil Defense (OCD), as the implementing arm of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, shall have the primary mission of administering a comprehensive national civil defense and disaster risk reduction and management program by providing leadership in the continuous development of strategic and systematic approaches as well as measures to reduce the vulnerabilities and risks to hazards and manage the consequences of disasters.