B-9. Civil Defence

Training Activities During the period between August 2018 and April 2020, ten (10) training institutions working under the Directorate General Civil Defence imparted training to 15,185 master trainers in different disciplines of civil protection including fire prevention, firefighting, search and rescue, casualty handling, camouflage, bomb disposal, and disaster management. The detail is as under:

Institutions

Civil Defence Academy Lahore National Institute of Fire Technology ISD. Bomb Disposal Unit Lahore Civil Defence Training School Lahore Civil Defence Training School Karachi Civil Defence Training School Peshawar Civil Defence Training School Quetta Civil Defence Training School Muzaffarabad Civil Defence Training School Faisalabad Civil Defence Training School Abbottabad Grand Total No. of Courses

31 30 35 29 37 34 21 14 29 9 269 Training at Institute Level Male 629 994 953 559 1,373 745 290 164 678 106 6,491 Female 22 34 43 51 48 20 19 0 15 19 271 Total 651 1,028 996 610 1,421 765 309 164 693 125 6,762 Out Door

Male /

Female 525 282 773 625 4,383 0 942 395 498 0 8,423 Total

1,176 1,310 1,769 1,235 5,804 765 1,251 559 1,191 125 15,185

The civil defence volunteers across the country have remained actively involved in the national drive of taking precautionary measures and combating the consequences of Covid-19 pandemic. Around 69,820 volunteers, have been deputed to assist district administrations in awareness dissemination campaigns,

public movement management in lockdown, facilitation services in quarantine areas, and other tertiary hospitals. These volunteers are proactively performing duties during the ongoing lock-down, as and when called for duty by the local authorities and law enforcement agencies.

Province-Wise List of Volunteers

Sr. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Province / Administrative Unit

Punjab Sindh Baluchistan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Azad Jammu & Kashmir Gilgit-Baltistan Islamabad Capital Territory Grand Total

No. of Volunteers 54,596 568 478 10,000 3,035 1,118 25 69,820

In order to augment the capacity building process of LEAs, the Federal Minister for Interior, Government of Pakistan, along with Director General Civil Defence, handed over complete bomb disposal kits donated by the US and the UK to Frontier Corps Baluchistan at Quetta and One (01) US BDU Kit to Civil Defence Baluchistan at Quetta on 20th September 2019. He also handed over two BDU kits to Frontier Corps KPK South at Dera Ismail Khan the next day.

Each Bomb Disposal kit contains: 4 MIL Anti-Static Ploy Bags (500 Pack), Tactical Flashlights (Rechargeable), Surgical Masks (20 Pack), Tyvek Coveralls (25 pack), Garmin-e-Trex GPS, Laser Range Finder, Bomb Disposal Suit, and EOD Helmet, etc.