PAGADIAN
CITY: A total of 40 soldiers from the 53rd IB recently finished their 20-day
Disaster Response Operations Training (DROT) training in this province.
Of
the total number, four were military officers and the rest were enlisted
personnel, Battalion Commander Lt. Col. Alvin Luzon said.
Their
training was held in different locations such as Camp David Sabido, 53rd IB’s headquarters
in Guipos, Tukuran beach and at the Gavenia Building here last Oct. 6 to 27 and
involved first aid and basic life support, actual rescue and disaster relief
operations.
The
training is to give the soldiers competency in the knowledge of immediate response
operations during disasters, management and combat operations, added Luzon.
The
soldiers will soon become the ready response team should there be disasters and
natural calamities happening elsewhere.
The
said training was also supported by the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction
Management council (PDRRMC), Bureau of fire Protection, Office of Civil Defense,
PNRC-Pagadian City-Zamboanga del Sur Council.
(NEWS POSTED ALSO IN HARDLINE WEEKLY, PAGADIAN CITY)