Saturday, April 7, 2012

ARTICLE - DELMAS - RESPONSE TO EMERGENCIES

DELMAS CITY COUNCIL PREPARES TO GIVE FAST EFFICIENT RESPONSES TO EMERGENCIES
(Defend Haiti) - By The Municipal Palace of Delmas .

PORT-AU-PRINCE - The City Council of Delmas organized, Friday, March 16, 2012, a session of training and simulation of fire management that took twenty officers of the Service of Civil Protection of the Municipality and the National Police of Haiti, rescue workers, more than a dozen firefighters and civil society guests. The session was provided by Ms. Amy Richardson, a firewoman visiting from the United States of America at the invitation of Mayor Wilson Jeudy, who graciously agreed to share her expertise to young Firefighters and rescue workers of the municipality of Delmas.

According to Mayor Wilson Jeudy, this activity falls within the technical capacity of firefighters and rescuers of the municipality in order to intervene effectively and methodically in cases of road accidents, disasters and natural disasters.

In addition, Mr. Jeudy believes it is important to strengthen the structure of Emergency Management and the Fire Department. He stated that this dynamic intervention will make the team of his rescuers administration more efficient and better able to provide support and assistance to victims of fires, road accidents and natural disasters.

Also, he insisted that the team of Civil Protection of the commune will be able to save many more lives in all circumstances. "Reliving the experience of 12 January 2010 without the ability to give an immediate answer, would be a timely and effective problem seriously, "he added.

For his part, Michel Joseph Jr., an engineer and the Technical Coordinator Civil Protection of the Municipality, said that being effective in methods and practices and interventions to respond immediately to emergencies is of paramount importance to the City Council of Delmas. The actuality of being prepared to respond in case of a possible disaster produces more than is necessary not only for the people of the municipality, but also for surrounding communities and countries. "This basic training will also offer participants the ability to know what must be done in case of fire," suggested the engineer of the Department of Civil Protection.

This initiative of the City Council of Delmas is all the more noble as it addresses a major need of the hour. Delmas, like all municipalities in the country, often encounters traffic accidents, fires and other natural disasters, to which the answer made is not always the most appropriate. Also, in the opinion of many citizens attending this activity, Mayor Wilson Jeudy and his team deserve encouragement for this approach to preserve and save lives and property.

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