Indonesia
A fire disaster is a type of disaster that involves uncontrolled combustion. Natural factors can cause fire disasters due to hot weather and human factors, such as gas leaks, negligence in using fire, electrical short circuits, and so on.
The impact of fire disasters is enormous, including material and immaterial losses. Material losses include damage to property or the environment, loss of asset value, and the cost of recovering from a fire disaster. Immaterial losses include loss of human life, psychological trauma, and loss of memory of burnt assets.
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All levels of society need insight into fire disaster management to minimize fire risk. Therefore, the Ministry of Social and Environmental Affairs of BEM Faculty of Cultural Studies (FCS) Universitas Brawijaya (UB) carried out MATABARA (Student Disaster Response and First Aid) Vol.2 activities in the form of firefighting training practices with the theme “Mastering Fire: Prevention and Response” on Saturday (9/14/2024) in the courtyard of the UB Atsiri Building.
This activity collaborates with FCS UB education personnel and the Malang City Fire Department as a training instructor. In this training, participants were given information about evacuation steps when a fire disaster occurs and firefighting tactics in the traditional way and using APAR.
In addition, the training at MATABARA Vol.2 also explained the steps to overcome gas leaks and how to evacuate snakes. The speaker explained how to evacuate venomous wild snakes, such as how to catch a snake and know the types of venomous or non-venomous snakes.
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This time, MATABARA Vol.2 was attended by 30 students and 50 education staff of FIB UB. Through this training, participants have been given new knowledge about fire disaster response, which helps anticipate fires in the UB environment.
MATABARA Vol.2 2024 received many positive responses from various parties. Participants carried out the instructions from the Fire Department well and were willing to represent themselves as examples in the firefighting training practice.
Equally important, the Malang City Fire Department also presented the material and training in an exciting and fun way so that participants felt excited to participate in every part of the training practice.
MATABARA Vol. 2 is expected to add new insights to the academic community at UB, especially FCS, on the importance of knowledge about fire disaster management. [trans.acl/ed.dts/PR FCS]