The Philippine Coast Guard 125th Auxiliary Squadron has recently took part in the week-long Basic Water Safety and Rescue (WaSaR) Training that was conducted by by the Philippine National Red Cross last August 23-27 at the Pope Pious Sports Complex in United Nations Avenue, Manila.
The trainees learned various swimming styles such as Crawl, Elementary Back, Breast Stroke and Side Swim. These swimming methods are usually done whenever assisting a drowning victim.
The activity was highlighted with a one-mile open sea swim in Anilao, Batangas on the last day of training.
Also, a Basic Life Support & First Aid was conducted by CGAD NCR-CL in cooperation with Red Cross Rizal Chapter.
Two lady officers of the 125th namely: Ltsg Evalou Lauang PCGA & Ltjg Ma Cristina Torres PCGA attended the said training & even achieved the highest score in the written examination on the batch of trainees.
Together with the other two officers who previously took the same training in Red Cross Manila in May 2011, Ltsg Sheryl Roa PCGA & Ltsg Noemi Alvaran PCGA, they will all become part of the Emergency Response Team of the CGAD NCR-CL. Ltjg Yashika Torib PCGA will join them as well.
The trainees learned various swimming styles such as Crawl, Elementary Back, Breast Stroke and Side Swim. These swimming methods are usually done whenever assisting a drowning victim.
The activity was highlighted with a one-mile open sea swim in Anilao, Batangas on the last day of training.
Also, a Basic Life Support & First Aid was conducted by CGAD NCR-CL in cooperation with Red Cross Rizal Chapter.
Two lady officers of the 125th namely: Ltsg Evalou Lauang PCGA & Ltjg Ma Cristina Torres PCGA attended the said training & even achieved the highest score in the written examination on the batch of trainees.
Together with the other two officers who previously took the same training in Red Cross Manila in May 2011, Ltsg Sheryl Roa PCGA & Ltsg Noemi Alvaran PCGA, they will all become part of the Emergency Response Team of the CGAD NCR-CL. Ltjg Yashika Torib PCGA will join them as well.