Sharjah24: Major General Saif Al Zari Al Shamsi, Commander-in-Chief of Sharjah Police, Head of the Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Management Team in the Emirate of Sharjah, chaired on Thursday morning, a discussion session organised by the Eastern Region Police Department in cooperation with the central operations of Sharjah Police and government and local agencies in various cities of the Eastern Region, in order to achieve the best response in emergencies and crises.

The session was attended by Brigadier General Dr. Ahmed Saeed Al-Naour, Director General of the General Department of Central Operations, Colonel Dr. Ali Al-Ki Al-Hamoudi, Director of the Eastern Region Police Department, Colonel Ahmed Jassim Al-Zaabi, Director of the Central Region Police Department, and Colonel Dr. Jassim bin Hadda, Director of Operations Department, Lieutenant Colonel Saeed Al Dhahouri from the Civil Defense Department, Engineer Fawzia Al Qadi, Director of Khorfakkan Municipality, and  Ahmed Nasser Al Naqbi, Director of Social Services Department in Khorfakkan, and  Abdul Rahman Al Darmaki, Director of the Social Services Department in Kalba, Abdullah Sba’an, Director of the Social Services Department in Dibba Al Hisn, and  Muhammad Al Jasmi, Director of the Health Department in the Municipality of Kalba City, and Dr. Rashid Al-Kabouri, Deputy Director of the Khorfakkan Department of the Sharjah Electricity, Water and Gas Authority, Aisha Al-Qaidi from the Sharjah Housing Program, a number of representatives from the Kalba Hospital, the Emirates Red Crescent Authority, the Sharjah Charity Society , directors of the comprehensive police stations and the concerned officers.

Major General Saif Al Zari Al Shamsi said during the meeting : “Today, we seek to share effective expertise and experiences among all parties concerned with crisis and emergency management, and to review models for managing and containing emergency situations" .

The session dealt with discussing plans for dealing with events by presenting their opinions, viewpoints and procedures in greater depth in all stages of the crisis, which depend on three stages: the stage of preparation and pre-crisis prevention, and the stage of dealing with the event during the crisis.

During the session, the most important lessons learned from the rainy weather were presented, as the session witnessed an open discussion that included the most prominent opportunities and challenges that the region witnessed during the period of the weather situation in all the cities of the eastern region, and the mechanism of preparedness, proactiveness and effective response in emergency management, crises and disasters was discussed.