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4-2-5. Urban Search-and-Rescue Training in Singapore
1) Basic concept
Singapore government conducts training courses every year for personnel in charge of searchand rescue activities. The seminar has been accepting trainees from outside Singapore for thepast 4 years and providing training on search-and-rescue skills in urban disaster situations. The
training facility of the Civil Defence Academy (CDA) of Singapore Civil Defence Force(SCDF) is one of the top-notch facilities in Asia. In an effort to utilize these resources, ADRC
called for member countries to participate in the training, starting last year. As a result, searchand rescue officers from Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia andMyanmar have participated in the training.
2) Dates
January 12 to 23, 2004 (2 weeks)3) Details(1) Participants
Total 9 search and rescue officers (6 countries ： 1 person from Cambodia, Sri Lanka andMyanmar, 2 persons from Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand)(2) Lecturers
Staff from Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF)

Simulation Facility at Singapore Civil Defence Academy(Left: Fire Rescue,Right: Rescue from the rubble)

Fig. 4-2-5-1(3) Example of training programa) Lecture
Evaluate damages
Search and rescue in confined spaces
Knots & lines
Rescue operations
Type of collapsed building
Rescue equipment
Mass/single casualities management
Rescue dogsb) Practical training
Search training in the confined spaces
Search training in a crop storage tank (simulation facility)
Search training in a collapsed building (simulation facility)
Search training underground (simulation facility)
Rescue exercise at a ruined military facility
High angle rescue training
4) Explanation
The search and rescue training facility in Singapore is equipped with simulation facilities
including a 10-story fire building, chemical plant, oil refinery, debris area, confined space, and１１４

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also with lecture rooms, accommodation,canteen, and administration.
The first week of the training is centered on
lectures and training, and the second week onpractical exercise for search and rescue at thesimulation facilities.
The Civil Defence Academy provides about
20 training courses a year for various
objectives. For trainees from abroad,search-and-rescue training courses areavailable for 2 types of disasters – fire andurban
disaster.
Urban
disastersearch-and-rescue training is further divided
Fig. 4-2-1-2 Training for how to use
into courses for ASEAN personnel, forrescue materials
personnel from specially designated countries
and for personnel from other non-designated countries. All these courses are held every year,
and trainers all have solid experiences.
ADRC sent trainees to the course for non-designated countries. Although the training course
consisted of trainees with different skill levels and needs, all the trainees achieved satisfactory
results thanks to the effective coordination of the trainers with full experience (seequestionnaire survey in Table 4-2-1-1).

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Table. 4-2-1-1 Survey Results on the Program (Including 9 from ADRC and 7 from other scheme)
Course Evaluation For 17th International USAR Course 2003
１ Course Objective
Very well achieved
Well achieved
Adequately achieved
Not well achieved
Not all achieved

２ Learning Objective
592－－

31.25%
56.25%
12.50%－－

Very well achieved
Well achieved
Adequately achieved
Not well achieved
Not all achieved484－－

25.00%
50.00%
25.00%－－

３ Course Structure and Content
ａ． Relevance of the topics
Very relevant
Relevant
Adequately relevantLess relevant
Not relevantｂ． Overall planing and prepareration
5731－

31.25%
43.75%
18.75%
6.25%－

ｃ． Course duration
Too long
Just right
Too short376－－

18.75%
43.75%
37.50%－－

412－

25.00%
75.00%－

ｄ． Overall pace of the course－97－56.25%
43.75%ｅ． Quality of the handouts in the terms ofreadability and clarity
Excellent
Very good
GoodSatisfactory
Poor

Excellent
Very good
Good
Satisfactory
Poor

384
1－

18.75%
50.00%
25.00%
6.25%－

Too fast
Just right
Too slowｆ． Usefulness of the course materials as
a learning aid
Extremely useful
Very good
Adequately usefulLess useful
Not at all useful493－－

25.00%
56.25%
18.75%－－

４ Trainer Effectivenessａ． Effectiveness in delivering the lesson
Excellent
Very good
GoodSatisfactory
Poor

5452－

ｂ． Effectiveness in using practical examples
and demonstration
31.25%
25.00%
31.25%
12.50%－

ｃ． Interactions between the participants andthe trainer(s)Excellent
Very good
GoodSatisfactory
Poor

9511－

56.25%
31.25%
6.25%
6.25%
－

Excellent
Very good
GoodSatisfactory
Poor

9511－

56.25%
31.25%
6.25%
6.25%
－

ｅ． Overall presentation of the trainer(s)Excellent
Very good
Good
Satisfactory
Poor

655－
－

37.50%
31.25%
31.25%－－The survey demonstrated clearly that Singapore has the appropriate human resources as well
as facilities for search and rescue training. The objective of this program is to utilize theresources owned by member countries to meet the needs of other member countries. ADRC isdetermined to continue to promote this type of project in the future.

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