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Dharan Municipality gearing up for Emergency Response
Dharan Municipality and National Society for Earthquake Technology-Nepal (NSET) jointly organized a Basic level Emergency Response training courses starting from 21-24 January 2014, at the training hall of Shabha Ghriha in Dharan Municipality, Nepal. On 21 January 2014 the program started with the Orientation Program on Disaster Risk Reduction and Emergency Response in Nepal followed by a Three-day Light Search and Rescue training(LSAR-1002) scheduled from 22-24 January 2014 , One-day Basic Emergency Medical Response (BEMR-1001)on 25 January 2014 and One-day Damage assessment Training(DAT-1001) on 26 January 2014 .
The program was conducted by NSET under the Nepal Earthquake Risk Management Program (NERMP II) implemented by NSET with support from USAID/OFDA.
A total of 24 participants representing Dharan Municipality Office, Nepal Red Cross Society, Dharan, Nepal Scout-Dharan, Medical Students and practitioners of B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), Rotary Club of Dharan, Rotaract Club of Dharan, Leo Club of Dharan, UPCA Nepal, Youth Network and Teachers Community Nepal have acquired the basic level emergency response training and can now serve as the Basic level Emergency Responders for Dharan Municipality
More on this, Dharan Municipality has further plans to provide the Instructor’s course (TFI/TOT) for the potential instructors among the participants. Those instructors will then disseminate such emergency response training course to every ward or community in Dharan, in collaboration with the Disaster Management Committee which the Dharan municipality plans to establish in every ward, and thus develop more emergency responders and make the communities in Dharan self-Sufficient to respond to any future disasters.
Emergency Response Trainings is intended to enable the participants to respond to disaster within their limitation prior to any assistance from other or professional rescuers. Immediately after disaster they will be able to assess the damage patterns in buildings and will be able to decide whether or not to re-enter the building. If the building is safe, they can perform Search and Rescue the victims. After they have extricated the victims, they will be able to provide Basic Emergency Medical Response and finally transfer the victims to the Hospital.
