UAE Civil Defence teams visit over 86 thousand houses in world's massive home safety drive

Abu Dhabi, Feb 23, 2011 (WAM) - In a massive home safety education drive, the first of its kind on global level in magnitude, the teams set up by the UAE Civil Defence visited over 86,000 households to create awareness among people on preventive measures. The campaign was rolled out earlier in December last year to educate citizens and residents in the UAE about the preventive behaviour through organised visits.
Major General Rashid Thani Almatrooshi, UAE's Civil Defence Acting Commander-in- chief announced that during the two months since the campaign was launched, the civil defence teams visited homes in various emirates and gave guidelines on home safety measures through short lectures and distribution of printed literature. The massive drive comes in line with the directives of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed, the President of the State, and under the direct follow-up of his H.H Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime and Minister of Interior and will continue until June this year. - Emirates News Agency, WAM