Director General Home Guards and Civil Defence, Kohima organized sensitization on civil defence and disaster management to impart training for various groups in phase manner including high school teachers and various wards/ colonies at its new capital complex recently.
In a press release, the department stated that the programme was organized with the aim to face new challenges of natural calamities or human-induced disasters, resulting in large scale destruction of property, loss of human life and destabilization of normal life in society.
Since the community has been invariably the first responder to any disaster situation, adequate awareness and preparedness of the community to respond to any such situation can be crucial in mitigating damage and suffering, the release stated.