Role of Civil Defence in society highlighted

* World Civil Defence Day is being celebrated under the slogan 'Human Safety is Building and Development'

 

 

Qatar is celebrating World Civil Defence Day, which falls on March 1, under the slogan 'Human Safety is Building and Development'.The global celebration of this day comes in appreciation of the great role played by the civil defence and protection agencies to secure people from disasters of any kind and to strengthen the means of prevention and the foundations of public safety.On this occasion, Director General of the General Directorate of Civil Defence Brigadier General Hamad Othman al-Dehaimi said that the member states of the International Civil Defence Organisation (ICDO) have been celebrating the day every year in appreciation of the great efforts made by the civil defence agencies to maintain security and safety.The General Directorate of Civil Defence seeks to reach the highest meanings of this year's slogan and its goals by exerting more efforts in order to preserve lives and property through human, technical and material capabilities, he noted. It strives to reach the maximum efficiency to reduce accidents, through the strategy of the Ministry of Interior, and its specific objectives, which mainly revolve around protecting lives and property, providing the maximum degree of security for individuals and society, ensuring their safety from the risk of accidents, al-Dehaimi said.The ministry's continuous support to the directorate encourage it to improve its performance and enhance its ability to deal with various accidents and apply the preventive requirements to achieve the objectives of civil protection, he pointed out. To raise awareness, he stressed the keenness of the General Directorate of Civil Defence to instill a culture of security and safety among individuals, and to constantly urge the application of safety standards as a way to prevent accidents and their effects and reduce damage to lives and property.The development of the society is necessarily linked to building awareness of individuals, which motivates them to be careful as much as they can to protect themselves and others from accidents. Prevention is definitely the foundation and source of this development, he added.Protecting lives and property remains the highest thing that can be done by the directorate and the rest of the other departments in the Ministry of Interior to maintain the safety of individuals and society, ensure comfort and tranquility in them and spread awareness among them.On Dec 18, 1990, the 9th General Assembly of the International Civil Defence Organisation (ICDO) approved March 1 of each year a commemorative World Day of Civil Defence at the International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG).