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The Disaster Risk Management training team has been hard at work in recent months delivering training
across the region. Following is a summary of the courses conducted.
Introduction to Disaster Management, Ha'apai and Vava'u, Tonga
Working with Tonga's National Emergency Management
Office, regional trainers facilitated the delivery of the
Introduction to Disaster Management (IDM) course in
Ha'apai and Vava'u to members of the islands' disaster
management committees. This is the first time the IDM
course has been offered at an island level in Tonga aimed
at providing the local committees with a strong foundation
in disaster risk management to assist further development
of their local arrangements and relationships for DRM.
The training was facilitated by regional trainers: Irene
Prasad, Jowana Koroituinakelo, Noa Tokavou and Anthony
'
Blake, assisted by national trainers Maliu Takai and Mafua-
'i-Vai'utukakau Maka. In total 44 individuals participated in these two courses.
Emergency Operations Centres, Apia, Samoa
In
April,
the
Emergency Operations
Centres
(EOC)
course was offered in partnership with Samoa's Disaster
Management Office. The training provided an excellent
opportunity for
representatives
from
government
departments and the national Red Cross society to reflect
on their EOC experiences during their recent response to
Tropical Cyclone Evan, identifying areas for improvement
and strengthening the relationship between individuals
expected to work in the EOC in the future. A particular
feature of this course was the participation of several
DMO personnel, recruited just before Tropical Cyclone
Evan struck the country, and the Department of Statistics
staff who play a critical role in the timely provision of baseline data and analysis of incoming data
sustained during an event. In total 19 people participated in the course which was facilitated
trainers: Kathryn Hawley, Anthony Blake, Kirstie Meheux and Tipa Lau'pue.
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