MUARA, Saturday 15 June 2013 – As the preparations of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief and Military Medicine Exercise (ADMM PLUS HADR & MM Ex) Exercises starts building up for the D-day, entourage from the Ministry of Defence went out reviewing exercise areas this morning in Brunei-Muara District and Temburong District.
The delegation first flew out to Temburong District to have a closer look on the exercise ground. The scenario in Temburong will stimulate flood-stricken and landslides in Kampong Biang. In Kampong Biang, the joint components involved the Medical team from Brunei Darussalam, Philippines and Thailand; the Search and Rescue team from Philippines, Singapore and Thailand; while the Engineering team is made of Brunei Darussalam, Australia, China, Malaysia, New Zealand and United States of America.
Meanwhile in Kampong Selangan the Engineering team is from Brunei Darussalam and Singapore. While the Medical teams providing first level medical support are from Brunei Darussalam, India, Japan and Singapore. Moreover a second level Field Hospital is located at an open field near Bangar Municipal Hall. This is where the Medical team from Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China and Singapore are stationed.
From Temburong, the delegation flew back to the capital, to the Mentiri Exercise Site located at Mentiri Housing Area where the exercise scenario will stimulate collapse building situation and involving three joint components, the medical, search and rescue and the engineers from Brunei Darussalam, China, Korea, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, and United States of America.
Following the Mentiri exercise area, the delegation headed to the Muara Naval Base where the second level Field Hospital is being set up at the parade square by the Medical Working Group from Brunei Darussalam, China, Japan, Singapore and Vietnam.
The purpose of these site visits was to ensure the exercise planners are on track and the exercise participants are firm up with their contributions that they going to commit in the best possible way for this large-scale multi-national exercise ever conducted in this region. The exercise is scheduled to start from 17 until 20 June.
ROMBONGAN KEMENTERIAN PERTAHANAN MENINJAU KAWASAN EKSESAIS
MUARA, Sabtu 15 Jun 2013
– Ketika Eksesais Bantuan Kemanusiaan dan Bantuan Bencana dan Perubatan
Tentera (HADR & MM Ex) Menteri-Menteri Pertahanan ASEAN Plus
(ADMM-Plus) berada di kemuncak persiapan untuk upacara sebenarnya minggu
hadapan, rombongan dari Kementerian Pertahanan telah turun padang
mengadakan tinjauan ke kawasan latihan di Daerah Brunei-Muara dan Daerah
Temburong.
Rombongan
mula membuat lawatan ke Daerah Temburong untuk meninjau dengan lebih
dekat lagi kawasan latihan. Senario di Temburong akan meliputi kawasan
dilanda banjir dan tanah runtuh di Kampong Biang. Di Kampong Biang, tiga
komponen terlibat adalah Kumpulan Perubatan dari Negara Brunei
Darussalam, Filipina dan Thailand; Kumpulan Mencari dan Menyelamat
terdiri dari Filipina, Singapura dan Thailand; sementara Kumpulan
Jurutera meliputi Negara Brunei Darussalam, Australia, China, Malaysia,
New Zealand dan Amerika Syarikat.
Sementara
itu di Kampong Selangan, Kumpulan Jurutera adalah dari Negara Brunei
Darussalam dan Singapura. Kumpulan Perubatan yang menyediakan bantuan
perubatan peringkat pertama adalah Negara Brunei Darussalam, India,
Jepun dan Singapura. Manakala kawasan perubatan di peringkat kedua
ditempatkan di kawasan terbuka berdekatan dengan Dewan Kemasyarakatan di
Bangar. Disinilah Kumpulan Perubatan dari Brunei Darussalam, Kemboja,
China dan Singapura ditempatkan.
Rombongan
seterusnya menuju ke kawasan Perumahan Mentiri dimana senario latihan
akan melibatkan keadaan bangunan runtuh dengan melibatkan tiga komponen
iaitu perubatan, mencari dan menyelamat serta jurutera dari Negara
Brunei Darussalam, China, Korea , Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Amerika
Syarikat.
Rombongan
menuju ke Pangkalan Tentera Muara dimana kawasan perubatan peringkat
kedua didirikan di padang kawad oleh Kumpulan Kerja Perubatan dari
Brunei Darussalam, China Jepun, Singapura dan Vietnam.
Tujuan
lawatan ini adalah untuk memastikan peserta yang membuat perancangan
berada ditahap teratur dan peserta memberi sumbangan terbaik untuk
latihan secara besar-besaran melibatkan berbilang negara. Eksesais akan
bermula pada 17 hingga 20 Jun.