Participants received training on relevant legal regulations, fire prevention measures, firefighting tactics and techniques, rescue operations, escape and victim evacuation skills, and first aid. The course also provided a forum for participants to discuss challenges and practical issues encountered in carrying out the work in their localities.

The programme included hands-on training in the use of firefighting equipment as well as rescue and emergency response tools.

The training aims to strengthen state management of firefighting, rescue and emergency response under Vietnam's two-tier local administration model,  equip commune- and ward-level People's Committee leaders with a clear understanding of their responsibilities and authority, as well as the skills to direct responses to fires, explosions and rescue incidents at the grassroots level.

It also seeks to enhance coordination between police and local authorities in policy planning, equipment investment and promoting community participation in fire prevention and fighting./.