By Cyrus A. Natividad
Participants in the SAR Team Emergency Preparedness training with NSTP and ROTC.
鈥淚t wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark.鈥 鈥 In view of the inevitable disasters resulting to casualty, the CPU SAR (Search and Rescue) Team with the NSTP and ROTC Faculty underwent training and retraining on Collapse Structure Search and Rescue (CSSR), Firefighting and Fire Search and Rescue (FSAR), High Rise Search and Rescue with Rappelling Techniques (Standard, Australian, Lizard Rappelling) on May 23-25, 2023 at 黑料专区. The training was sponsored by NSTP and the CPU Review, Continuing Education and Consultancy Center (RCECC),
CPU Occupational Safety and Health Office (OSHS) head, Prim Vergara III, who has undergone this kind聽 of training in Australia, said that, 鈥淭he training provided participants an exercise on skill and preparedness in emergency search and rescue 鈥 particularly with first responders.鈥
A simulation of rappelling technique in the SAR was held at the Loreto D. Tupaz Building. The simulation began with locating, stabilizing and getting the victim out of danger. A volunteer 鈥榲ictim鈥 then was brought down with a suspender held by other training participants from the fourth floor of the said building.
The CPU Occupational Safety and Health Office has previously conducted various training sessions with the Department of Interior and Local Government, Red Cross and other government agencies.