(VNF) - The Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security and the Home Affairs Department of the Embassy of France in Vietnam will co-host an ASEAN workshop about prevention and crisis management related to urban fires from July 1st-2nd in Hanoi.

This workshop will bring together Fire Rescue Department leaders and official firefighters from 10 ASEAN countries. Three French experts on civil security are expected to share their experience and good practices in fire rescue as well as eight French leading companies in civil safety will take part and show their most innovative technologies and equipment: GEROC, GIMAEX, LABARONNE-CITAF, LEADER, PAUL BOYE, TECOFI, THALES and SYSTEL. Some of them are already established in Vietnam.

Participants will discuss issues about capacity building/safety rules reinforcement, and standard operational procedures and responses during the presentations of fire rescue teams from the region.

Vietnam, as other ASEAN nations, is strongly affected by the damages caused by urban fires. Human casualties and economical damages are significant. Furthermore, access and action fields of fire rescue teams are limited due to narrow streets, high-rise buildings or villas and unavailable emergency exits. Outbreaks of fire are mainly caused because of non-respect of safety regulations, the dilapidation of some buildings as well as extremely inflammable material used for construction./.

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