Monday, May 22, 2017

Military, police personnel undergo 17-day specialized search and rescue training

From the Philippine Information Agency (May 22): Military, police personnel undergo  17-day specialized search and rescue  training

KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato --  Some 21   military, police and reserve officers  are  currently  undergoing  17-day special training on  search and rescue operations, an official of the provincial  government  here confirmed.

Mila  Lorca , action officer of the  Provincial  Disaster Risk Reduction and Management  Office (PDRRMO) said the  training that  started on May  18  was specifically  designed  for  search and rescue teams  of  the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police  and  AFP's  Reserve Command.

Each team is composed  of  seven members.

The  505 Search and  Rescue  group of the Philippine Air Force  facilitates and  directs the training  course which include  modules on  basic first aid, high angle rappel and extrication techniques, land navigation, ropemanship and water survival rescue among others.

"Trainees will undergo  an intensive  SAR training  because  after they  have completed the  course, they will become auxiliary members of the  search and rescue team of the Philippine Air  Force,"  Lorca said.

They will also  serve  as trainors in  upcoming  SAR trainings of  local  DRRMs.

"Aside  from their  regular  mandates, these  forces  are also  mandated to  conduct  humanitarian assistance. During  disasters, they are among the first  groups deployed to the area,"  she  said.

"Since   these SAR teams  will become  auxiliary members of the 505 SAR team of  the Philippine Air Force, that  can  also conduct  search and rescue trainings  for  other SAR teams," Lorca explained.

Trainings  will be  conducted in  several locations across SOCCSKSARGEN Region depending  on the module, she added.

South Cotabato provincial government   has earmarked P300,000  for the SAR training.

http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/1611495426899/military-police-personnel-undergo-17-day-specialized-search-and-rescue-training

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