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grad course on disaster control Members of the armed forces, the fire brigade and Divisional Secretaries and Assistant Divisional Secretaries are being encouraged to undergo the course as they are the most likely persons who would be directly involved in the aftermath of a natural disaster, Director of the Institute Prof. Kapila Dahanayake said. The university has already signed MoUs with ITC of Netherlands and the Asia Disaster Prevention Centre based in Thailand to get both technical and financial assistance for the course. Emergency Management –Australia as well as the Hawaii Disaster Management Centre have pledged to provide personnel resources for the conduct of the course, he said. These countries have also agreed to offer the best students six months training in their countries on disaster management where they would have access to their training facilities, he added. “We need the best people for this programme. We don’t have enough people to carry out disaster preparedness programmes,” he said. Those interested in following the course can get details on tel. nos. 081-2387218 and 081-2389027. |
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