Mindanaotoday.com | Responders wrap up 8-day rescue training
By URIEL QUILINGUING
IMPASUGONG, Bukidnon – Eighty-three first-responders on natural and man-made disasters completed on Monday, June 26, an eight-day Community First Responders Training (CFRT) at the National Fire Training Institute Satellite Campus here.
Organized by the Office of Civil Defense in Northern Mindanao (OCD-10), the CFRT ended a week before the National Disaster Resilience Month observance in July of every year, pursuant to Executive Order No. 29 of 2017. Prior to that, July was National Disaster Consciousness Month.
“It is always better to understand our roles in preparedness and building resiliency in our communities prior to the advent of any calamity or disaster,” Antonio Sugarol, OCD-10 Director for Northern Mindanao was reported by the Philippine Information Agency-10 as saying.
A team of CFRT experts from the Bureau of Fire Protection-10 Regional Training Center, Department of Health-10, City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Division of Cagayan de Oro, 55th Engineer Brigade Philippine Army, Philippine Coast Guard Northern Mindanao District, and OCD-10 served as lecturers and instructors.
The 83 CFRT Batch 2 graduates were from Cabanglasan, Malaybalay, Malitbog, Manolo Fortich, and San Fernando of Bukidnon; Cagayan de Oro; Kapatagan and Bacolod of Lanao del Norte; and Binuangan of Misamis Oriental.
There were personnel from the Philippine Coast Guard Northern Mindanao District (PCG NorMin) and Baloi, Lanao del Norte-based 55th EB PA who also submitted themselves to the rigors of training.
Earlier, the Bukidnon Association of Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Offices conducted a five-day Rescue Skills Enhancement Training at the Central Mindanao University (CMU) campus that ended June 16 this year.
Delia Cabilla, Malitbog MDRRMO head, said the RSET participants were taught, among others techniques, on rope rescue skills, particularly on high-angle rescue operations in challenging and hazardous terrain, while maintaining safety and control. Every municipality and city were allowed to send three trainees.
Cabilla said the trainers were certified rescue personnel who possessed skills and knowledge to safely execute the traverse rescue techniques in extracting stranded or trapped individuals in a challenging environment.
Meanwhile, the OCD-10 is inviting the public to join the 2023 NDRM Recycle, Upcycle, and Repurpose Contest which is one of the activities in observance of the National Disaster Resilience Month.
This is open to any Filipino individual or group whose ages range from 12 to 30 years old and are residents of Northern Mindanao. If done in a group, a maximum of three members is allowed.
The theme this year is “BIDAng Pilipino: Building a Stronger Filipino Well-being Towards Disaster Resilience.
Contest Mechanics can be accessed through this link: https://bit.ly/RecycleContestMechanics Entries may be submitted until 5 pm of July 17, 2023 through this link: https://tinyurl.com/2023NDRMRecycleContest .
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