Disaster Preparedness & Resilience Training

Torba Province Training

Respond Global has subsequently run courses for Provincial Emergency Operations Centre staff as a stand-alone course, for example, a course conducted in March 2024 in Torba Province with support from the British High Commission in Port Vila.

These intensive 4-5 day courses bring together key response and coordination staff from each of the major sectors and implementing agencies in the province (NDMO, Police, Health, Education, Red Cross, etc).

Training also brings together personnel from the Provincial EOC as well as area administrators and even leaders of counter-disaster and climate change committees (CDCCCs) at the village level. Training is in Bislama and English.

Training is conducted onboard the vessel with exercises conducted in remote villages and communities within their own province.

Communities actively participate and assist with role-playing, while the provincial response team get hands-on experience in communities they will be called upon to support in a real response.

As with other courses, the final day’s simulation exercise is conducted in real-time with a series of challenges and incidents to react to, multiple teams active in different areas on land and on the vessel, and with a chance for personnel to practice leadership and coordination roles. A debrief and summary of the course are followed by course participant feedback to constantly improve the approach.

Feedback from communities has been excellent, they appreciate the opportunity to interact with their provincial leadership teams and see them taking an interest in their local area.

Respond Global can deliver similar training in other countries and regions as required.