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Program for Enhancement of Emergency Response

The Program for Enhancement of Emergency Response (PEER) is a regional training program initiated in 1998 by the U.S. Agency for International Development’s, Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) to strengthen disaster response capacities in Asia.

The purpose of the Program is to enhance disaster response capacities in six Asian countries: Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan and the Philippines. These countries were selected to participate in the program based on their high seismic vulnerability, their need to improve their disaster response capacity, and the interest on the part of their national governments to participate in the program. more....



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PEER News Bulletin
September 2008

This issue covers the following topics:
    

  • India steps ahead on Search and Rescue Training
  • HOPE Course gets a facelift
  • Nepal Police boosts Nepal MFR and CSSR Instructors
  • PEER Pakistan moves on with Adaptation Course
  • PEER Graduates join INSARAG Exercise 2008
  • New Faces in PEER
  • PEER PFAP Events: Indonesia and Bangladesh
  • Upcoming Events

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    PEER courses under PFAP in Pakistan

    Training for Instructor (TFI) Course: July 10-14, 2008

    In the process of instructor’s development and institutionalization of the PEER program in Pakistan, NSET-PEER has successfully conducted the Training for Instructor (TFI) Course in collaboration with the Military Collage of Engineering (MCE). A total of 22 participants comprising from Pakistan Army, Capital Development Authority (CDA) Cares, Punjab Emergency Services (Rescue1122) attended the course. Out of 22 participants, 20 participants sucessfully completed the course. Ms. Vilma Carlos and Ms. Maria Felicita Camilo from Phillippines server as Monitor and Course Coordinator.

    Medical First Responder Instructor Workshop (MFRIW): July 16-20, 2008

    Under the series of PFAP courses, Military College of Engineering conducted Medical First Responder Instructor Workshop (MFRIW) during July 16-20, 2008 at Risalpur, Pakistan. A total of 18 participants comprising from Pakistan Army, Capital Development Authority (CDA) Cares and Punjab Emergency Services (Rescue1122) attended the course. All participants sucessfully completed the course. Mr. Vilma Carlos and Ms Maria Felicita Camilo from Phillippine served as Monitor and Course Coordinator. From the region, one instructor from Nepal and two instructors from Bangladesh served as instructors.

    Collapsed Structure Search and Rescue (CSSR): July 25-31, 2008

    After successfully completion of MFRIW, MCE conducted the CSSR course during July 25-31, 2008 at Risalpur, Pakistan. A total of 18 participants comprising from Pakistan Army, Capital Development Authority (CDA) Cares and Punjab Emergency Services (Rescue 1122) attended the course. All the participants successfully completed the course. Mr. Ryan Zaldy Abrera from Phillippine and Mr. Mahammad Mamun Bangladesh served as Monitor and Course Coordinator. From the region, one instructor from Nepal and two instructors from Bangladesh also served as instructors.

    PEER Regional Course in Nepal

    Multi Hazard Hospital Preparedness for Emergencies (HOPE) Pilot Course: July 28-31, 2008

    The HOPE course was originally designed, piloted and tested in 2004 with main purpose of identification and mitigation of structural, non-structural vulnerabilities, organization and medical concerns of health facilities and the ways of enhancing predparedness and response capacity through development and implementation of hospital emergency response. NSET-PEER decided to revisit and revise the original HOPE Course to reorient it to suit Multi Hazard Course development with the appraisal from USAID/OFDA. In the process of Multi Hazard HOPE Course development, initial activities like Brainstroming meeting and course Development Workshop were conducted at Kathmandu, Nepal with the involvment of identified course developers and experts. A Course Finalization Workshop (CFW) was organized in Kathmandu during April 26-27, 2008 where final pakage of the course materisl was developed. The team of identified developers, senior HOPE instructors and experts in Hospital Disaster response areas attended the Workshop.

    After the Course Finalization Workshop, Pilot on Multi Hazard HOPE curriculum was conducted during July 27-31, 2008 at Kathmandu. There were 23 participants from Bangladesh, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan and Phillippines. Dr. Salim Ullah Sayeed from Bangladesh and Dr. Pradeep Vaidya from Nepal served as Monitor and Course Coordinator. Regional instructors from India, Indonesia, Nepal, Phillippines and Pakistan attended the course.

    PEER National course in Phillippines

    Hospital Preparedness for Emergencies (HOPE) Course: August 26-29, 2008

    After the completion of the Multi Hazard HOPE Pilot Course in Nepal,it was decided that NSET-PEER will organise national HOPE course in six different PEER countries. First National HOPE Course was first conducted in Phillippines during August 26-29, 2008. A total of 25 participants from different organizations attended the course. Out of 25 participants, 20 participants completed the course successfully. Dr. May Ann Sta. Lucia and Dr. Donna G. De Padua from Phillippines served Monitor and course Coordinator.

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    2008-2009
    » MFR Course, India
    Nov 02-14, 2008
    » CSSR Course, India
    Nov 19-26, 2008
    » TFI Course , India
    Dec 05-09, 2008
    » MFRIW Course , India
    Dec 12-16,, 2008
    » CSSRIW Course , India
    Dec 21-27, 2008
    » HOPE Course, Nepal
    Nov 11-14, 2008
    » HOPE Course, Bangladesh
    Nov 24-27,, 2008
    » HOPE Course, Pakistan
    December 15-18, 2008
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    Jan 12-16, 2009

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    Jan 20-23, 2008
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