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 Puerto Rico National Guard works with its partners in Honduras to plan disaster response By Staff Sgt. Joseph Rivera Rebolledo
                113th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
 TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Government representatives  from Honduras met last week with members of the Puerto Rico National Guard to  exchange knowledge on disaster relief and humanitarian assistance to better  respond to people's needs following natural disasters. Honduras and Puerto Rico have collaborated as part of the  State Partnership Program since 1998. The agencies set to respond to emergencies include the  Honduran army, navy, fire department, police department and the local emergency  management agency Permanent Contingency Commission (Comision Permanente de  Contingencia) (COPECO). "Based in our experiences and protocols, also known as standard  operating procedures (SOPs), we are able to present to our SPP partner ideas  and concepts on how to better manage the crisis that they could be facing,"  said Lt. Col. Carlos Santana, State Partnership Program coordinator for the  Puerto Rico National Guard. "With this, we are providing Honduran senior military and  civilian authorities the tools to better their operational system at a national  level," Santana said. According to Santana, the visit, which lasted Jan. 8-10,  consisted of a seminar of disaster relief and humanitarian assistance. "It would be great to see the Honduran government, COPECO,  improve their emergency management procedures and protocols and be able to  respond to any emergency efficiently in order to save lives through effective  search and rescue skills while being able to protect property and  infrastructure independently," said Santana. In addition to sharing the government of the Commonwealth of  Puerto Rico and the National Guard's role in assisting after disasters, Lourdes  Ardon, COPECO's humanitarian aide of the department of preparedness and  response, explained how a program of this kind can benefit the people of  Honduras. "This exchange helps us strengthen as a country by expanding  the knowledge for future events," said Ardon. According to Ardon, listening about the lessons learned in  the seminar and knowing how the PRNG prepares, plans and reacts helps the  Hondurans to prepare better for any upcoming event. At the end of the seminar more than 20 participants of  various Honduran authorities were certified by the PRNG in the areas of  humanitarian aid, emergency response, security and search and rescue.
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