STORY: SOMALI AVIATION FIREFIGHTERS

GET TRAINING ON EMERGENCY

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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/SOMALI/NATURAL SOUND
DATELINE: 2015/7/14 MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST
1. Wide shot, Somali aviation firefighters receiving a brief by a fire
truck
2. Med shot, Somali aviation firefighters being briefed by a fire truck
3. Close up, Somali aviation firefighters receiving a brief
4. Wide shot, AMISOM firefighters setting up the fire for the simulation
exercise
5. Med shot, AMISOM firefighters setting up the fire for the simulation
exercise
6. Wide shot, Somali aviation firefighters putting out the fire
7. Close up, Somali aviation firefighter putting out the fire
8. Med shot, Somali aviation firefighters putting out the fire
9. SOUNDBITE (English), Dorcas Amollo, UNSOA Aviation
Manager Mogadishu: On behalf of UNSOA and AMISOM, todays
exercise was very successful. We had eight SCAMA firefighters who
have undergone training with us for the past three months and this
training was theory and practice in fire and rescue at Mogadishu
Airport. It is a continuous process because we offer this training very
often and we continue to work with SCAMA to ensure that
Mogadishu international airport is safe, in terms of flight operations,
in event of any fire incident. We are confident now that both SCAMA
firefighters and AMISOM will work hand in hand to ensure that the
best fire services are given at Mogadishu Airport.
10.
Wide shot, Somali aviation firefighters putting out the fire
11.
Med shot, Somali aviation firefighter putting out the fire
12.
Close up, Somali aviation firefighter hands holding the hose
pipe

13.
SOUNDBITE (English): Captain Aziz Mustafa, AMISOM
aircraft rescue and firefighting instructor:
Todays exercise, we were doing, we were demonstrating
actually something to do with full scale emergency. In a full
scale emergency, you receive a call from tower that there is
an aircraft registration number this, is coming to land but it
has a serious problem. Then you get, prepare all your
equipment and the team and brief them on what they are
supposed to do as soon as that aircraft crash lands with a
problem.
14.
Wide shot, Somali aviation firefighters putting out the fire
15.
Med shot, Somali aviation firefighters putting out the fire
16.
Wide shot, Senior UN aviation staff presenting certificates to
the Somali aviation firefighters
17.
Med shot, Senior UN aviation staff presenting certificates to
the Somali aviation firefighters
18.
Wide shot, Senior UN aviation staff presents a certificate to a
Somali aviation firefighter
19.
Close up, Certificate
20.
SOUNDBITE (Somali), Abdullahi Hassan Hussein, Somali
trainee fire fighter:
We have been given firefighting training so that we rescue
and save people in Aden Ade International Airport. The
training lasted for three months
21.
Med shot, Somali aviation firefighters putting out the fire
22.
Close up, Hands of the Somali aviation firefighter putting out
the fire
23.
Wide shot, Somali aviation firefighters putting out the fire

STORY
July 14 2015, MOGADISHU Firefighters from the Somali Civil
Aviation Management (SCAMA) have completed three months of
training to boost their skills and ability to respond to emergency
situations in Mogadishu and Somalia in general.
The training was facilitated jointly by the United Nations Support
Office for AMISOM (UNSOA) and the African Union Mission in Somalia
(AMISOM) in collaboration with Fire and Emergency Department of
the Mogadishu Municipality.

The training is part of an ongoing process aimed at boosting the

capacity of Somali aviation firefighting and rescue operations,
according to Dorcas Amollo, UNSOA Aviation Manager.
The course covered firefighting and emergency operations, search
and rescue operations, aircraft extinguishing and rescue operations
among other essential skills.

We had eight SCAMA firefighters who have undergone training with

us for the past three months and this training was theory and
practice in fire and rescue at Mogadishu Airport. It is a continuous
process because we offer this training very often. We continue to
work with SCAMA to ensure that Mogadishu International Airport is
safe in terms of flight operations in the event of any fire incident.
We are confident now that both SCAMA firefighters and AMISOM will
work hand in hand to ensure that the best fire services are given at
Mogadishu Airport, Ms Amolo said.
Firefighter Abdullahi Hassan Hussein said he would put the skills and
knowledge in practice, in service of his country.
We have been given firefighting training so that we rescue and
save people in Aden Ade International Airport. Mr. Hussein said.
AMISOM aircraft rescue and firefighting instructor Captain Aziz
Mustafa added that the training equipped the firefighters to handle
any emergency situation that could arise at the airport.
In a full scale emergency, you receive a call from tower that there
is an aircraft registration number this, is coming to land but it has a
serious problem. Then you get and prepare all your equipment and

the team and brief them on what they are supposed to do as soon
as that aircraft crash lands with a problem.
The graduating firefighters were commended for their enthusiasm
and commitment by Dr. Silvano Gwarinda, UNSOA Chief Air
Operations Officer who awarded their certificates.
End.