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DHAKA, April 20, 2025 (BSS) - The Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) has formed a 50-member specialized team alongside imparting  training to enhance their capacity to cope with all natural and man-made disasters especially  earthquake. 

Fifty fire fighting and rescue workers from different fire stations have been attached to the Fire Service and Civil Defence Multipurpose Training Ground, Purbachal to work as a specialized team to deal with fire fighting, earthquakes and other disasters, FSCD media officer Talha bin Zasim told BSS.  

They have been given the special training to enhance their capacity to face any disasters particularly the earthquakes, he said.

Inaugurating the specialized training today at the Fire Service and Civil Defence Multipurpose Training Ground, Purbachal in Narayanganj, FSCD Director General Brigadier General Muhammad Jahed Kamal said, "Those who will be trained through this specialized training course, will be able to play an effective role in tackling any impending disaster as a specialized team.” 

He said they are decentralizing the officers of their department along with manpower and rescue equipment so that in a major earthquake, everyone does not face losses together and gets the opportunity to conduct operational and administrative activities from different places. 

Jahed Kamal also said that such training will be organized in phases to increase the capacity of others.

The FSCD DR expressed hope that this specially trained team will be able to play an important role in any disaster in Dhaka city, especially in post-earthquake rescue operations.

This specialized training course will continue from April 20 to May 1.  

With this, the trainees will be professionally trained for search and rescue works in major disasters like earthquake.