9th Disaster Management Training Camp To Kick Off Tomorrow

Doha, February 20 (QNA) - The 9th Disaster Management Camp (DMC-9) will get underway tomorrow. Organized by Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) from February 21 to March 2, the field training camp will be held under the slogan "Effective Preparedness and Better Response". The field training event will be co-organized by QRCS, UN agencies, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Secretariat-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), and National Societies in the Middle East and North Africa. The DMC-9 aims to create a well-trained team of disaster management specialists, to ensure a better response to the risks associated with large public gatherings, as well as to exchange experience among National Societies and government organizations about response to crowd-related disasters. This year, the camp attracts 300 participants from the Civil Defense, Qatari government organizations, the private sector, MENA National Societies, local and international humanitarian organizations, and QRCS volunteers. It involves a wide range of theoretical and practical training areas, such as emergency shelter, climate change, logistics and warehouse management, safer access, field assessment and coordination, Sphere standards, media and communication, emergency operations management, restoring family links (RFL), psychological support, public health in emergencies, water and sanitation, field hospitals, Food supply, contingency planning, international humanitarian law. In addition, there will be daily disaster scenario simulations, such as accidents affecting sports fans, COVID-19 outbreak, mass poisoning, displacement wave, armed militia attacks, hurricanes, floods, and fires. The Humanitarian Tent will host informative lectures by local and international experts of humanitarian work and international humanitarian law. (QNA)