I attended the First Kerala Civil Defense Passing out Ceremony for the state's first civil defence batch on February 16 2021. Kerala Civil Defense is the state's own disaster relief force trained under the Fire and Rescue Service on February 16th. During the event, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Kerala Fire and Rescue Services Home Guard and Civil Defense Director General B Sandhya IPS and Kerala Fire and Rescue Services Director Technical M Noushad along with several other dignitaries received salutation at the passing out of 2400 civil defence volunteers who have completed their training at the station level, district level and state levels.
The ceremony was held simultaneously in 14 districts at 13 district headquarters under directions from Ramavarmapuram Fire & Rescue Services Academy in Thrissur. The formation of the Civil Defense Force in Kerala was due to the voluntary work of the common people of Kerala during the natural calamities in Kerala in 2018 and 2019. There are 6200 enrolled Civil Defense Volunteers in Kerala out of which the passing out was conducted for 2400 people who were able to complete training in the Covid background. 50 trained volunteers each under 124 Fire Stations in Kerala. This was the first time such an extensive passing out has taken place online. The formation of the Civil Defense was to provide disaster management training to the local people who come up with the first response in the face of disaster and to coordinate their activities at the state level. I started volunteering in the program at the start of 2020 and joined Civil Defense in March of 2020. Later I attended further training at different levels at Thrissur Fire & Rescue Station and Thrissur Fire & Rescue Services Academy.
Links to videos of Kerala Civil Defense Passing Out Parade and highlights are provided below
Kerala Civil Defense Passout Parade - 2021 at Fire and Rescue Services Academy, Thrissur
Kerala Fire and Rescue Services Facebook Post (Parade Video)
CM Pinarayi Vijayan Facebook Post (highlights only)
Thrissur District Collector Facebook Post (Highlights only)
Photos from Passing Out Parade
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