Specialist Dispatch Project in Phitsanulok, Thailand
Phitsanulok Municipality, which is
located around 380 km north of Bangkok and with a population of around 80,000 people, has participated in CLAIR’s
Specialist Dispatch Project in year 2010. In order to further leverage
the local firefighters’ skills pertaining to rescue activities at high-rise
buildings, and also firefighting techniques for hazardous materials, Phitsanulok Municipality has requested a
specialist in the field of fire and disaster prevention from Japan.
Mr. Yoshida
Hitoshi, an expert in the field of hyper rescue from Kitakyushu Fire Department
in Japan was dispatched
to Phitsanulok Municipality for 2 weeks
from 14th to 28th
February 2010. The training program on each day was made up of 2
sessions: (1) The morning session which includes lecture on firefighting and
rescue techniques, (2) The afternoon session which consisted of practical
training on the relevant skills and techniques. Around 50 local firefighters in
the region have participated in the 2-week training program.
The training program was ended with an integrated exercise conducted by
the trainees, who were divided into 5 groups of 10 persons per group, and
have performed the skill sets on putting out fire caused by hazardous materials,
and hyper rescue techniques that they have learnt from the training program.
Integrated exercise
Mr. Yoshida
(centre) with trainees
