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	Qatar: Ambulance Service to Reach Out to Public for Feedback
	Doha: In a new project to increase awareness, Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Ambulance Service will reach out to the public next year for feedback. It aims to educate everyone in the country to know what to do when an emergency situation arises.\r\nAmbulance Service’s ‘Help Us Help You’ awareness campaign began in 2013 and the new project will reach out to people and know about their experiences. “One of the areas we are excited about the New Year is heaving a more detailed feedback from the community and their experiences.
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	Qatar: Ashghal Conducts Training for Evacuation and First-Aid
	As part of its commitment to achieve Occupational Health and Safety standards and requirements in Qatar, the Public Works Authority established the “Safety Management System” which includes several initiatives that aim to provide a safe and secure work environment for all employees in the authority. One of the main elements covered by the system is the training and emergency plans through which the authority, in coordination with Civil Defense Department, carried out five training courses on the principles of fire extinction. Through these courses, 82 employees from the authority received theoretical and practical training on the
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	Qatar: Qatargas Conducts Emergency Exercise
	Doha: The Qatargas Emergency Management and Security Services (EMSS) Department, in co-ordination with the General Directorate of Civil Defence, has conducted an unannounced emergency exercise to ensure the emergency preparedness of the company’s Doha head office.\r\nThe latest exercise tested emergency notifications, safety of staff within protected lobbies, phased evacuation of personnel who are at greater risk, effectiveness of the rescue operations and medical aid, according to a statement. The exercise simulated a fire on one of the floors and focused on safeguarding the occupants and recovery issues. The responders included staff
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	Qatar: Qatar Airways Holds Emergency Response Drill
	Doha: Qatar Airways (QA) conducted a planned emergency exercise in April to rehearse its emergency management programme and response functions.\r\nThe annual exercise is part of QA’s commitment to ensure its staff are prepared to handle an emergency situation in a timely and effective manner. The emergency exercise activated and deployed a number of the airline’s key crisis elements, including the QA Group Emergency Control Centre, Integrated Operations Centre, Deployed Response Group, Special Assistance Team and Media Enquiry Centre.
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	Qatar: QCRIs Technology Used by Emergency Responders in Ecuador
	Technology developed by Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), one of Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s 3 research institutes, has been used to provide information to local responders following the 7.8-magnitude earthquake which shook Ecuador on April 16.\r\nSocial media data collected and categorised with QCRI’s Artificial Intelligence for Disaster Response (AIDR) technology and MicroMappers can be used to provide insights following an emergency. MicroMappers is collaboration between the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) and the digital volunteer’s response agency, Standby Task Force (SBTF).
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Qatar: Ambulance Service to Reach Out to Public for Feedback

Qatar: Ashghal Conducts Training for Evacuation and First-Aid

Qatar: Qatargas Conducts Emergency Exercise

Qatar: Qatar Airways Holds Emergency Response Drill

Qatar: QCRIs Technology Used by Emergency Responders in Ecuador

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