MUKAH: The state’s first Civil Defense Force (Community) Emergency Response Team (CDERT-C) was established here last month to educate the community on rescue skills in times of emergency.
Deputy Minister of Sabah and Sarawak Affairs Datuk Hanifah Hajar Taib believes the community can be the first responders to reduce the impact of accidents and tragedies in an area.
“Knowledge of skills is the most important to enable us to help save lives.
“When we are equipped with the knowledge, we will not panic and know to act,” she said at the closing of the APM Civil Defense Skill Challenges Competition recently.
Also present were the Director of the Sarawak State Civil Defense Force, Assistant Commissioner Abdul Wahab Rahim, Mukah Resident Kueh Lei Poh, Acting District Officer Peleadzman Ahip, District Police Chief Deputy Superintendent Muhamad Rizal Alias and District Civil Defense Officer Captain (PA) Zuriza Sharkawi.
Hanifah who is Mukah MP also said that as a representative of the people she had volunteered to be involved to prepare for emergency situations.
“I invited myself to participate in the course given by APM, because I don’t want to just watch when faced with an emergency situation,” she said.
Earlier, the Sarawak APM team together with the Mukah Division APM team gathered at Dataran Pehin to carry out a programme with the community involving village heads, community leaders, and housewives.
