By Mary May A. Abellon
DIPOLOG CITY – The Philippine Red Cross (PRC)- Zamboanga del Norte Chapter has recently announced the opening of the 2014 Summer Safety Institute for high school and college students on April 21-25, 2014.
This weeklong training aims to teach and prepare the students to respond to any disaster, calamities and emergency situations. It covers topics such as leadership, first-aid, disaster preparedness, Basic Life Support/Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (BLS-CPR), basic swimming, personal water safety and survival, basic rope technique and rapelling, and basic firefighting.
Interested individuals may visit the PRC office to register. Registration fee is P999.
A maximum of 30 trainees will accommodated per batch. The next batch of trainees will have their workshops in the middle of April or early May.