Based on the ongoing cooperation between Dubai Civil Defense and National Program for Emergency Response (SANID), Civil Protection Department – Volunteer Section - at Dubai Civil Defense has concluded the basic training course designated to train SANID program’s volunteers on firefighting equipment and apparatuses.

The organized training course aims at enhancing response readiness during the crisis, disasters, and emergencies, raising the skills and competency of volunteers on how to use Civil Defense equipment, to efficiently support fire and rescue teams at the times of emergencies, as per the best international applied and practical practices.

The course comprises theoretical and practical drills and is set to train 100 volunteers, two sessions every week for one month. One should focus on providing them with the necessary and basic information and procedures followed during accidents situations and preventive skills.

Major Hamadan Hamed Al Suweidi, Director of Civil Protection Department emphasized that conducted course comes within the framework of cooperation between and SANID, to activate volunteers’ role and employing their capabilities within emergency response program, in such a way that society resilient and emergency response efforts are enhanced.