Klang Valley participants learn to survive and help during floods

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Malaysia International Search and Rescue (MISAR) organised its third Public Flood Survival Programme on Sunday (Sept 24) to better equip the public with survival skills in the event of floods.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 NGO Malaysia International Search and Rescue, or MISA, organised its third public flood

00:09 survival programme on Sunday to better equip the public with survival skills in the event

00:14 of floods. This time some 200 people from different parts of the Klang Valley acquired

00:20 the necessary knowledge during the event.

00:22 Two years back I had a very bad experience that was affected by the flood at Klang and

00:28 Shalem, so I'm located at the Klang. So when I have that experience it's a very

00:33 worse one for me, especially when I was the only woman in the house, so it's very difficult

00:38 for me to find help immediately. So this flood training has really helped me a lot because

00:44 I thought that if the next things happen again, this will help me a lot. So that's one of

00:49 the reasons I'm joining for this flood training.

00:55 Because I wanted to learn more things and I've been in this since my younger hood at

01:00 that time, and just to do some refresh courses. And because also I always go to hiking, to

01:07 the jungle, so I hope that I can in some help to others.

01:13 MISA founder and chairman K Balasubramaniam said the participants included community leaders,

01:19 senior citizens, people with special needs and family members, and other volunteer groups.

01:25 We are in a crawling stage, you see, that's why a lot of people during the flood in Sri

01:29 Muda, they are not, they are catch off guard because they were not told. So preparations

01:34 are very important. It's better to light a candle than curse the darkness. It's time

01:37 for them to learn something. And this type of program will better equip them. Training

01:42 is like cycling, you stop, you fall. So regularly even government agency or other corporate

01:47 company conduct trainings, they must go and attend. A short training like this will give

01:51 them better equipment.

01:52 [Cheering]

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