Disaster Management Training held at GBHSS Soura

SRINAGAR : The Disaster Preparedness Training was today organised by J&K State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC), Dept of Disaster Management Relief Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (DMRRR) in collaboration with Civil Defence Srinagar at Govt. Boys Higher Secondary School (GBHSS) Soura, here.

Nodal Officer SEOC, Er Aamir Ali was Chief Guest on the occasion.

Others present were Ghulam Hassan Sumji, Dy Controller Civil Defence Srinagar, Prof. Mohammed Amin Beigh, Principal GBHSS, Soura.

The programme was coordinated by Sheikh Niyaz, Senior Lecturer. Practical training was imparted by experts Shoukat Ahmed and Mudassir Ahmed and facilitated by ASI Tariq Ahmed Shah, from Civil Defence.

More than 100 students, faculty members and non-teaching staff participated in the training, which included Basic First Aid methods, Fire Fighting, Search & Rescue techniques. A mock drill was also held, in which the students actively participated.