A model of provincial disaster response team (PDRT) was introduced to a seminar in central Quang Nam province on September 18. The team is aimed at assisting localities in search and rescue operations when natural disasters or incidents happen.
In Quang Nam, the PDRT was established in May, 2013 with 12 members qualified for health condition and disaster response and prevention knowledge and experience.
Chief the Spanish Red Cross in Vietnam Marta Alejano said she hopes the Quang Nam PDRT would help provincial related agencies involve fully in search and rescue activities during natural disasters and incidents.
The PDRT is a product of a project to enhance the disaster management capacity of the Vietnam Red Cross, government stakeholders and the community, funded by the Red Cross of Spain and the Netherlands.
The project is being carried out in the central provinces of Thanh Hoa, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, and Quang Ngai, which are prone to natural disasters.-VNA
