Table A19
Disability-inclusive training for disaster risk reduction service personnel, by type of work
| Country or area | Number of workers trained in disability-inclusive disaster response training | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government disaster-related staff |
Public health personnel |
Disaster health-care workers |
Fire and rescue workers |
Police | Military | Others | TOTAL | |
| Bhutan | 652 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 652 |
| Hong Kong, China | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 240 |
| Mongolia (2013) | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 600 | 613 |
| Mongolia (2014) | 11 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 810 | 867 |
| Mongolia (2015) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1,230 | 1,240 |
| Mongolia (2016) | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1,320 | 1,334 |
| Thailand | 180 | 10 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 80 | 330 |
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Explanatory notes on data sources and collection methods (as reported by governments)
Bhutan (data from Community-Based Disaster Risk Management Training for 20 dzongkhags and Safe School Initiative Training Programme for all the schools in the country; data on disaster preparedness for health personnel from Education Management System are pending); Mongolia (annual data from 2013 to 2016 by region; source and method unspecified); Pakistan (data were not available; following the National Policy Guidelines on vulnerable groups in disasters recommending training for the rescue teams according to the needs of persons with disabilities; trainings are being arranged by the National and Provincial Disaster Management Authorities); Philippines (data were not available; only records of training are available, with no data on staff trained); Republic of Korea (data were not available; disability-inclusive disaster response training is occasionally implemented in forms of monthly civil defence drills by local governments; fire drills are regularly self-administered by the residential facilities for persons with disabilities); Russian Federation (data were not available; training of emergency rescue teams is conducted according to the federal laws on civil protection; Thailand (data refer to training organized in four cities—Chiang Rai, Phungnga, Nakornnayok, Ayuthaya); Turkey (data were not available; disability awareness training programmes started in April 2016 and are expected to be finished by March 2017 in all provincial directorates under the overall guidance of Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency, the main institution responsible for disaster risk reduction, with the aim of providing trainings to all relevant personnel, especially the search and rescue teams, on disability awareness with the purpose of increasing the quality of the services for persons with disabilities).