National Disaster Resilience Day marked

LAHORE:Secretary Emergency Services Dr Rizwan Naseer Tuesday stressed the need of building healthy, green and safe societies through active involvement of trained communities.

Marking National Disaster Resilience Day at an event held at Emergency Services Academy, Dr Rizwan expressed solidarity with earthquake’s victims and their families. He stressed the importance of effective coordination and cooperation between emergency services and Community Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) during disasters in affected areas. Registrar Emergency Services Academy, Administrator ESD, Provincial Monitoring Officer, head of the wings of Emergency Services Department and large number of under training trainee rescuers from other provinces attended the event.