With the annual "Balikatan" exercises to start in
a week's time, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the US Armed
Forces over the weekend provided a series of trainings on health and disaster
response to residents, health and social workers of Tapaz town, Capiz province.
Sixty-one municipal health, social workers and residents
participated in the two-day activity.
The participants are from Barangays San Nicolas and Taft,
Tapaz town.
Participating also were members of the Joint Humanitarian
Assistance and Disaster Response Task Force Panay and Joint Civil-Military
Operation Task Force and their American counterparts.
Major Ray Tiongson, 3rd Infantry Division spokesperson, said
the activities are part of the pre-"Balikatan" exercises.
He added that Master Sgts. Rodney Chiles and Richard
Giardine of the US Army conducted series of lectures on various topics such as
community health nursing; common diseases during disaster; and healthy
lifestyle.
The aim of the seminar is to identify potential and existing
community health problems and support community participation in the process of
preserving and improving the health of community.
Case studies on disaster management were also taken up
including: preparedness for rescue, evacuation, caring for victims, personnel
training, communications and stockpiling and maintenance of supplies and
equipment; response actions to be taken to save lives and prevent further
damage; recovery actions that must be taken to return to a normal situation
after disaster; and mitigation activities to reduce or eliminate risks to
persons or properties or consequences of an incident.
Aside from the recently-concluded activity, a
military-to-civilian basic first responders training will be conducted at
Babe’s Garden in Barangay Taft, Tapaz, Capiz on April 13 to 15.
Eighty military and civilian disaster responders are
expected to participate.
Tiongson said the training aims to enhance disaster rescue,
relief, recovery and rehabilitation efforts capabilities of the military and
its counterparts in the civilian sector.
At the 3rd Infantry
Division Training
School in Camp
Peralta
The exchange seminar is a partnership training between the
AFP CMO personnel and their counterparts from the US Armed Forces Civil Affairs
team which will touch on the best practices of the Bayanihan Team Activities
(BTA) for the AFP and the Civil Affairs Doctrine for the US Armed Forces.
A series of structural assessment for seaports and airports
in the provinces of Capiz, Aklan, and Iloilo
Meantime, personnel of the AFP and US Engineering units
continue to work shoulder-to-shoulder in constructing two classrooms for the Don Joaquin
Arthuz Memorial
School
The school building is expected to be finished on the last
week of April.
The effort is part of the humanitarian civic assistance
portion of Balikatan Exercise 2015 in Panay .
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