He has led the PNRC volunteers in several rescue and relief operations all over the country including the:

• 1987 sinking of MV Asuncion where he helped rescue 55 people and even adopted an 11 year-old survivor, Lilibeth Acar;
• 1987 and 1989 Super typhoons and floods in Ormoc, Cebu, Negros, Isabela, Pampanga, Bataan;
• 16 July 1990 Killerquake that hit Luzon Provinces and the cities of Manila, Cabanatuan, Baguio, La Union, and Pangasinan;
• 15 June 1991 Mt. Pinatubo eruption of the century of where he led thousands of indigenous mountain dwellers to safety;
• 1991 Bocaue Bulacan Pagoda Fluvial Parade Tragedy;
• 1993 and 2000 Mt. Mayon Volcanic eruptions;
• May 1993 collapse of Guzman Tech Building in Manila;
• 1997 called for an Asian Disaster Training and Logistic Center in Subic Freeport to help plan, prepare for and mitigate calamities and disasters.
• 1999 convened the first ASEAN Disaster Management Workshop Seminar in Manila. Efforts are now underway for the establishment of such regional center in Subic Freeport;
• February 2000 launched the MILLENIUM PARTNER wherein corporate donations sustain disaster relief and rehabilitation efforts. To date, it now raised almost PhP 27 Million funds;
• March 2000 successfully negotiated, without ransom, the release of 18 Filipino hostages from the Abu Sayyaf in Basilan;
• Fires that razed the Philippine International Convention Center and the Office of then Vice President Teofisto Guingona in 2001 and the Manor Hotel in 2002;
• Immediately flew to Palawan 28 May 2001 after Dos Palmas kidnapping and on 4 March 2003 to Davao after the Davao International Airport bombings.