Police college students get training to meet air ambulance emergencies

The Air Wing Section at Abu Dhabi Police organised a training programme on dealing with an air ambulance helicopter during serious incidents. The training programme took place at the Police College headquarters in Abu Dhabi.382 cadets, bachelor degree holders and female students from the college participated in the programme, including 359 trainees from the 23rd cadets and bachelor degree holders’ class and 23 female students from the seventh batch of bachelor degree female holders.

The programme embodies Abu Dhabi Police GHQ’s strategy and its attention to the human element to hone the skills of its personnel and qualify them to enhance work and improve performance.Lieutenant Colonel Fahed Marhoun Al Saidi, pilot and director of Air Training Branch in Abu Dhabi Police Air Wing section, conducted the two-day training programme, which included theoretical applications. He acquainted the candidates with the section’s various branches and functions.


He also gave the candidates an overview of the aircraft, their uses and the different equipment designed for various tasks.Moreover, Colonel Al Saidi addressed the various air laws, which control the aircraft movement, the weather conditions and their role in air traffic, such as fog and dust winds, which may cause a low visibility in some cases.
 
In addition, he discussed the design of the aircraft, and the risks involved in the take-off and landing processes, as well as the appropriate ways to deal with mechanical failure, which may pose a risk to the aircraft passengers and pilots. Furthermore, Al Saidi discussed the TETRA network, its uses in terms of settings and extraction of sites’ coordinates to ensure the aircraft speedy arrival in case of accidents, or any calls in emergency situations.