FRSC Trains Over 100 Volunteers On Emergency Response

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC has trained over One Hundred volunteers from Zuba area in the federal capital terrory on professional ways of rendering assistance to road accident victims.

At the training in Abuja, the FCT Sector Commander of FRSC, Mr. Muta’a Chorie said the training became necessary towards achieving the Corps mandate on reducing fatalities and prompt response during emergencies.

The FCT Sector Commander said the Corps would continue to collaborate with Non governmental Organizations in providing training for residents in accident prone areas, especially in providing first aid treatment to victims before the arrival of road safety personnel.

According to the FCT sector commander, “Situation of crash victims, the first hour is called the golden hour, and if a crash victims gets help, the chances of survival are very high, that is why FRSC came up with this initiative and so, we are here today to fulfill one of those mandates, to train as many people as possible. So that an average Nigeria in a crash scene will not just stand and be helpless. They would have been trained to know what to do in case they find themselves at an accident scene, in addition to calling the number 122, which is the FRSC toll-free number.”

Chorie also explained that the Corps is working assiduously to leverage on technology to enhance their operations.

“Nigeria is one of the few African nations that have leveraged on some road safety principles and have recorded remarkable progress in road safety administration and management.”

On her part, the Programme Manager, Hospital Emergency Response Foundation, Miss Rimini Mato who took the participants on basic safety tips stressed the need for Nigerians to always ensure that lives are put at the front burner during emergencies.

Mato explained further that “the people who will be the first responders, they need to have the right mindset to be able to attend to casualties on the road. They may not be able to respond if they do not have the right education on how to treat people and the right mindset.”

Some participants appreciated the training and pledged to put it into practice to rescue lives in line with the United Nations Decade of Action on reducing road accidents by fifty per cent in the year 2030.

Florence Adewale, Edited By Grace Namiji