(UPDATE) THE Office of Civil Defense (OCD), the executive arm of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, is already making arrangements for the possible deployment of the Philippine Inter-Agency Humanitarian Contingent (PIAHC) to quake-hit northwest African country Morocco.

Civil Defense Administrator Undersecretary Ariel Nepomuceno said on Saturday that the team will be composed of personnel from the OCD, 525th Engineering Combat Battalion-Philippine Army, 505th Search and Rescue Group-Philippine Air Force, Bureau of Fire Protection-Special Rescue Unit, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, Davao Rescue 911 and Department of Health.