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Saif praises services of civil defence

Lt-Gen Shaikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, stressed the importance of expertise and information exchange between world countries to enhance community protection against various risks. He also highlighted the importance of integrated efforts and ongoing coordination between civil protection authorities to achieve best practices.
He made these remarks at the "Innovative Firefighting" seminar, held in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. The seminar, organised by the Ministry of Interior and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), was attended by firefighting experts and specialists
Lt-Gen Shaikh Saif highlighted the diligent efforts taken by the civil defence in extinguishing the Address Hotel in Dubai and the Ajman One residential cluster fires. He praised the outstanding performance, as well as the coordination and cooperation among Civil Defense entities at the countrywide level, and between other concerned authorities.
He awarded 15 Civil Defence staff the international accreditation badge, as Certified Fire Protection Specialist, considered as the highest degree granted by NFPA.
He also expressed his thanks and appreciation to NFPA for responding to the UAE's invitation to host the seminar. He said: "This embodies the prominent status attained by the UAE and leading position in the ranking of global competitiveness reports.
A Memorandum of Understanding between the Directorate General of Civil Defence at the Ministry of Interior and NFPA was signed to enhance cooperation between the two parties in the fields of training, scientific research, protection and fire fighting.
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