Training programme: Public officials learn about life-saving techniques

MULTAN:

A four-day training course on basic life-saving techniques and civil defence kicked off on Monday for government officials in Bhakkar.

The course was organised on directives of Bhakkar DCO Mustajab Karamat. Civil Defence Chief Instructor Charagh Khan said the training programme will end on January 21.

He said all officers had been told to report to the Asif Training Hall at the Civil Defence District Office to participate in the training programme.

He said that the training programme had been initiated in collaboration with the Rescue-1122 and officials of several government departments were taking part in it.

He told they would be trained to provide first-aid and other techniques to save lives in emergency situations.

The chief instructor said the timing for training was between 9am and 2 pm.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 19^th, 2016.