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NSET spearheads PEER MFR and CSSR End-users Course Development
The National Society for Earthquake Technology – Nepal (NSET), through the Program for Enhancement of Emergency Response (PEER), initiated workshops on developing training curricula for professional emergency/disaster responders, who will be trained with basic medical first response (MFR) and collapsed structure search and rescue skills (CSSR). PEER CSSR End-users Course Development Workshop was held on April 22, 2014; and MFR End-users Course Development Workshop was held on April 23, 2014, at NSET-Community Earthquake Learning Center in Bhainsepati, Lalitpur.
PEER Stage 1 (1998-2003), PEER Stage 2 (2003-2009) and PEER Stage 3’s (2009-2014) main program objective focused on instructors’ development in the region and in national levels. There is an apparent lack of organized and equipped emergency response teams in the PEER region. The formal training for emergency responders has become a felt need in PEER countries and became highly recommended during PEER Stage 3. Hence, NSET’s formal proposal for MFR-CSSR end-users trainings was subsequently approved by USAID/OFDA (funding organization for PEER) as additional program works under PEER Stage 3 (2009-2014).
Prior to implementing PEER MFR and CSSR trainings for emergency responders, it is crucial to have a well-built training curriculum appropriate for the development of highly skilled emergency or disaster responders. Therefore, NSET has gathered MFR and CSSR end-users course development teams composed of experienced and highly-qualified PEER instructors from PEER partner organizations, namely, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force, Nepal Army, Nepal Red Cross Society and NSET. The course development process was divided into two parts - task analysis; and course design and development. The finalized MFR and CSSR end-users’ course curriculum will be designed for use by PEER countries and will be initially implemented in Nepal before June 2014.
NSET has been implementing PEER since 2003 in six Asian countries, namely, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines. All these PEER countries share common risks such as high seismic risk, and also incidence of cyclone, floods, road accidents and structural collapse.
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