The Philippines' Office of Civil Defense (OCD) enhanced its disaster response capabilities with a five-day training exchange with the Canadian Disaster Assistance Response Team (Canadian DART). The training focused on collapsed structure search and rescue, water search and rescue, and medical emergency management, aiming to help the Philippines achieve international certification under the International Search and Rescue Group (INSARAG).
Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines David Hartman and OCD Administrator Undersecretary Ariel Nepomuceno.
This initiative aimed to equip the OCD Rapid Deployment Team with essential skills in areas such as collapsed structure search and rescue, water search and rescue, and medical emergency management, as part of the Philippines’ effort to achieve international certification under the International Search and Rescue Group .
“We are very thankful to our Canadian counterpart for providing us some important knowledge about preventing more any future disasters after wildfires, great floods, and landslides caused by typhoons, among others,” Nepomuceno said.
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