Kochi: In a pioneering initiative aimed at ensuring quick response to emergency situations, ‘community response to emergency and disaster’ (CRED) teams will now carry out initial relief and rescue work. The units will comprise volunteers selected from residents’ associations, housing colonies and flats, who will be trained as ‘first responders’.
\r\nA brainchild of Magics, an NGO, the initiative is being implemented in collaboration with Kochi Corporation, IMA Kochi branch, District Disaster Management Authority and Ernakulam District Residents |