St Aloysius College NCC Cadets Join In Activities with D K Dist Civil Defence Force
Mangaluru: Under the guidance of Civil Defence Staff and Capt Shakin Raj, Associate NCC Army Officer of St Aloysius College (Autonomous) Mangaluru 18 Karnataka Battalion, Mangaluru group, 9 cadets and 3 EX cadets were joined in HOME GUARDS COMMANDANT’S OFFICE Mary Hill, Mangaluru. These Cadets were guided by Dr Muralee Mohan Choontharu, the Chief Warden of Civil Defence Force DK Commandant of Home Guards DK.
The civil defence volunteers were called to the commandant’s office for a BLOOD DONATION PROGRAM. Doctors and medical staffs from District Wenlock Hospital were present. Majority of NCC cadets donated Blood.
23rd MAY 2020- FIRST AID CLASS :
A First Aid Class was organised by for the volunteers. The resource person was Dr. Ramachandra Bhat, where CPR, snake & venomous bite , fractures, bleeding aid was taught to the civil defence volunteers.
Immune booster homeopathy medicine was distributed free of cost to all the civil defence volunteers by the commandant.
24th & 25 MAY 2020- FACE MASK AND HAND SANITIZER DISTRIBUTION:
Cadets along with Commandant visited a construction site in Padil, in Mangaluru and distributed Face Masks and Sanitizers free of cost to the migrant workers , and doctors were called to arrange an awareness program and examine the migrant workers .
25th MAY 2020 : Cadets along with Commandant visited Jeppu Market , Mangaluru and distributed Face Masks, sanitizers and Immune booster homeopathy medicines free of cost to the auto-rickshaw drivers. Our cadets had prepared the face masks at home which was distributed here
29th MAY 2020- BASIC DISASTER MANAGEMENT TRAINING WITH PRACTICAL SESSION :
Instructors from fame adventure academy engaged classes of basic fire fighting personal safety during rescue operations and casualty evacuation drills.
1st JUNE 2020 – TRAINING WITH SDRF :
The training was conducted by SDRF and KSFES. SDRF instructors from home guard academy Bengaluru took classes of FLOOD RESCUE, BASIC LIFE SUPPORT. The duration of the course was one week.
8th JUNE 2020- TRAINING WITH NDRF :
The cadets attached with the civil defence force had an excellent opportunity to get trained by the NATIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE FORCE (NDRF) 10th battalion VIJAYAVADA GUNTUR. Training provided were- Basic life support; Medical first responder course; Rope evacuation drills (Tiger Lift); Practical classes in handling rescue equipment; Water man course – 1)Inflatable rubber boat (IRB) assembly and disassembly, 2)Out boat motor (OBM) operation ,motorized boat driving, 3)Rescue diving and rescue swimming, and 4) Systematic entry to unknown waters and many more.
Fruit bearing sapling plantation program in collaboration with Karnataka Forest Department, where 50 fruit bearing plants were planted in Daregudde, Moodabidiri.
5th JULY 2020 – LANDSLIDE AT BANGLAGUDDE-GURUPURA:
Few cadets of our college visited the landslide area in Gurupura where two children had died in that incident. Cadets helped them as much as they could by serving water to the front workers. NDRF and SDRF personnel were also present at the site.
Col Manoj VU Commanding Officer, Lt Col Gracian Sequeira (AO) of 18 Kar Battalion NCC Mangalore Group rendered their support in whichever way it was possible. Principal of St Aloysius College (Autonomous) Rev Dr. Praveen Martis, SJ appreciated the NCC Cadets for their involvement in the commendable work.