Civil Defense

In his turn, the Director of the Continuing Education Center at the University, Dr. Khaled Attiah, welcomed the attendees, and stressed the importance of the workshop, which has several objectives, most notably, educating employees and students on crisis management mechanisms in the event of earthquakes as Palestine is vulnerable to the occurrence of this natural disaster at any time.

The session included, introduction on fires causes and types, fire extinguishing mechanisms for each kind, errors to be avoided during disasters. The course also included practical training on using fire extinguishers of all kinds and fire blanket along with laboratory evacuation training.

 “The university through Continuous Education Center holds a number of trainings annually for its staff, each in its provision, to have positive impact on the university and its staff”, said Vice President for Training Affairs Dr. Nizam Diab.