A three- day special training program on disaster preparedness was organized by Indian Red Cross Society, Jammu in collaboration with District Red Cross Society at Government Degree College on the theme of “Preparedness for Disaster Management and First-Aid” .DDC Kathua, Rohit Khajuria, who is also the chairman of District Red Cross Society, inaugurated the training program.In his inaugural address, DDC appreciated the initiatives taken by the regional and district branches of IRCS and briefed the participants about the importance of First-Aid training in day to day life. He said that the essence of this training program is to build the capacity of participants for their voluntary services during emergency situations.He also advised all the participants to attend the program with full devotion and keen interest so as to acquaint themselves with the effective and life saving techniques of First-Aid which are useful to save the human lives.On the occasion, Regional Secretary IRCS Jammu, Dinesh Gupta deliberated on disaster preparedness and exhorted upon proper preparedness to minimize losses besides the importance of learning First-Aid techniques so as to save lives during emergency.ACR Kathua Jatinder Mishra, Vice-Principal, Professors, Students and Volunteers of Red Cross in large numbers were present during the training program.