Town conducts Junior Rescue Olympics

By: Vicente W. Villavert

SAN JOSE, Antique – Students from both public and private schools in San Jose town tested their skills in emergency response during a two-day Junior Rescue Olympics held at the Evelio B. Javier Gym, Binirayan Sports Complex, Binirayan Hills, here, recently.

“This is the first Junior Rescue Olympics conducted by the municipality of San Jose de Buenavista through the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (MDRRMO) and various stakeholders, and the event provided the venue for the youth to learn about disaster preparedness and response,” said MDRRM Officer Alex Crespo.

Crespo said that there is a need to train this sector while they are still young so that they will acquire needed skills to be more prepared, confident and empowered when actual emergency occurs.

“It is in their generation now that they will experience Climate Change and should a disaster strikes not only adults will be affected but children as well,” Crespo said.

The two-day event has three categories namely elementary, junior high school and senior high school students

For the junior and senior high school students, in their respective categories, they pitied their skills in firefighting bucket relay, indoor accident extrication, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), bandaging and splinting.

The elementary students, except for indoor accident extrication, also showed their abilities in CPR, firefighting bucket relay; bandaging and splinting.

The following are the results of the Quiz Contest: the Delegate Angel Salazar Jr. Memorial School was adjudged champion in the Quiz Contest Elementary Level, followed by Gov. Santos Capadocia Memorial School, and Salazar Memorial School in third place; for the High School category the champion was Antique National School while San Pedro National High School was in second place.

For the Junior Rescue Olympics Elementary Category, the champion is Pantao-Igbonglo Elementary School; Igbonglo Elementary school, 1st runner-up; Eufrocino Moscoso Elementary School, 2nd runner-up; Best in CPR- Assemblyman Segundo Moscoso Memorial School; Best in Bucket Relay-Saint Anthony’s College Grade School; Best in Bandaging- Evelio B. Javier Memorial SchOol; Best in Splinting- Pantao-Igbonglo Elementary School.

In the Senior High School Category: Antique National School (ANS) was the champion while San Pedro National High School was 1st runner up.

ANS also won the Best in CPR, Best in bucket Relay, Best in Bandaging, Best in Splinting, and Best in indoor accident extraction.

The San Pedro National High School on the other hand dominated the contests for the Junior high school category according to MDRRMO II Fe Corazon Malaya S. Tacogdoy. (PIA-Antique)