They train expert staff to take part in disasters

In Adapazarı Vocational School, it is aimed to reduce the workload of search and rescue teams by training expert staff who can work in the field during and after the disaster with distance education and newly launched applied programs. Sakarya University (SAU) Adapazarı Vocational School trains trained staff to meet the needs in disaster areas. The Emergency and Disaster Management Department receives training to meet the human resource needs in the field of emergency and disaster management.

With the trainings given in the department, the personnel who have the knowledge and skills to be needed in disaster areas, who can participate in the necessary studies to ensure the safety of life and property, who can provide support with their knowledge, who can take part in the prevention of chain events and secondary disasters that may occur, and who can assume a role in taking the necessary measures to prevent disruption of service and business continuity. intended to be cultivated.

The department, which gave its first graduates this year, gave "Emergency and Disaster Management" certificates to students who participated in the applied training programs organized jointly with AFAD, as well as distance education.

We Have Prepared Some Application-Oriented Programs

Adapazarı Vocational School Director Assoc. Dr. Osman Hamdi Mete said that the Department of Emergency and Disaster Management was established in 2015 and they could not admit students to the department for a few years because the academic infrastructure was not ready.

Stating that they accepted the first students to the department in 2020 after the preparations were completed, Mete stated that they wanted to train intermediate staff as a school, since Turkey is a country where disasters occur frequently.

Noting that they have met with places that provide actual service such as companies, AFAD, UMKE, Mete said:

“There are some lessons in our department about search and rescue, fire and first aid. Since we are distance education, we explain all of them theoretically. Since we think that this is insufficient, we have prepared some programs for implementation. This year, for the first time, we invited our students to our school to conduct search and rescue activities before they graduate. We prepared a program together with AFAD. Within this program, our students actually worked and received their education. We gave certificates to our successful students.”

Mete emphasized that there are students from many points of Turkey, their student portfolio is generally composed of people who have graduated from university and are working, and therefore the number of participation in the implementation activities is low.

Stating that 20 students participated in the application, Mete said, “Turkey is a disaster area. Our aim is to draw attention to this issue and to train colleagues who will work on this issue. In disaster situations, there is a need for trained personnel in search and rescue operations. We do our best to provide this training.” she used the phrase.