US Government Helps Georgia to Make Progress in Disaster Preparedness (October 9)
On October 9,
U.S. Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Jeffrey VanDreal will speak at a graduation
ceremony for an Incident Command System course at the Georgian Ministry of
Internal Affairs Police Academy. The
U.S. Coast Guards International training Division out of Yorktown, VA conducted the five-day training course for 23
participants from multiple agencies within the Ministry of Internal Affairs -
Coast Guard, Border Police, Patrol Police and Emergency Management Division.
The course serves as a capstone to three levels of training focused on
interagency cooperation in major disaster responses: e.g. flood, earthquake,
fire, terrorist attack, etc. The Police
Academy hosted the training and provided all necessary resources and equipment.