Resolution 6 : Strengthening legal frameworks for disaster response, risk reduction and first aid | Power of humanity: Red Cross Red Crescent

National Society

Name, position and email of the focal person

Rena IGARASHI
Deputy Director
Planning and Coordination Division
International Department
Japanese Red Cross Society
r-igarashi@jrc.or.jp

1. What measures has your National Society taken to support your public authorities to make use of the IDRL Guidelines?
Dissemination of IDRL Guidelines

Comments

 Provided First Aid Training of Trainers program for driving instructors at driving schools.
 Revised a Basic First Aid textbook (covering the basic life support such as CPR and AED) according to the International Resuscitation Guideline
 First Aid textbook (covering hemostasis and other topics) is now under revision according to the International First Aid and Resuscitation Guidelines published by the International Federation.

2. Has your National Society supported public authorities to use the Checklist on Law and Disaster Risk Reduction to review and strengthen their domestic legal frameworks for disaster risk reduction at the national, provincial and / or local levels?

Comments

3. What activities has your National Society undertaken in cooperation with your government towards achieving the goals related to DRR, community resilience and climate change adaptation as set out in the Sendai Framework for DRR, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the outcomes of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (‘Paris Agreement’)?

Please provide more details your activities below:

4. Number of people reached through DRR programmes/projects

* In case the above data is not available, I agree to let the IFRC use the data from its annual DRR mapping conducted with inputs from National Societies.

5. What steps has your National Society taken to support your public authorities in assessing their existing legal frameworks related to first aid?

6. What steps has your National Society taken to support your public authorities in strengthening their existing legal frameworks related to first aid?

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