DUBAI // The Dubai Municipality and Dubai World Trade Centre organised a three-day training session this week on earthquake emergency response planning, state news agency Wam said.
Civil officers, Government ministries and facility operators could attend the training, which included information on how to interpret structural health monitoring data and implement an emergency response plan during an earthquake.
Dubai Police, Civil Defence, first-aid responders, Abu Dhabi Municipality, the National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology, Burj Khalifa technicians, the Ministry of Defence, and the National Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Management Authority participated.
Khalifa Al Marri, head of venues infrastructure at the trade centre, said during the session that felt earthquakes rarely happen in Dubai, but his safety team should be ready and learn about how to deal with them.
Eman Al Khatibi, head of the Dubai Municipality geodesy and hydrographic section at Dubai Municipality, said the municipality has created awareness programmes and distributed literature about earthquakes and safety measures for Dubai residents, with the coordination of other Government bodies.
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