Khor Fakkan: Colonel Sultan Saeed Al Shehhi, Director of the Civil Defence Department in the Eastern Region of Sharjah, on Thursday honoured the head staff and two firefighters at the Khor Fakkan Civil Defence Center for carrying out a successful rescue operation for an injured woman who was stranded in the mountainous path of Al Rabi. The rescue team provided the necessary medical and psychological support to the injured woman and transferred her back to safety with the help of National Ambulance.
Lieutenant Colonel Hani Al Dahmani, Director of the Media and Public Relations Department, told Gulf News on Thursday that the incident had occurred on February 19. The Asian woman in her 30s suddenly sustained a sprained ankle and she was rendered immobile in the middle of her trip on the Al Rabi zip line.
Sharjah: Awareness campaigns by Sharjah authorities have helped reduce fire incidents in the emirate and led to an increased safety level for buildings, with 130 incidents recorded in 2020, as compared to 299 in 2019, marking a 56 per cent drop. The Civil Defence department recorded zero deaths in Sharjah last year due to fire, compared to two deaths in 2019.
Colonel Sami Khamis Al Naqbi, Director General of Sharjah Civil Defence, attributed the success to the efforts of the Civil Defence department by taking all necessary measures and mobilising the required resources and deploying state-of-the-art technologies to ensure rapid emergency response through qualified firefighting cadres, concerted action and teamwork to help achieve the goals of the General Command of Civil Defence.