Philipsburg:---On Sunday July 11th 2010 a group of 20+ members of the Voluntary Corps of Curaçao (VKC) arrived on Sint Maarten for a week's stay on the island. A joint training exercise with the members of the Voluntary Corps of Sint Maarten (VKS) will start on Monday morning July 12th. Preparations for this joint training have been ongoing for the last few months. Focus of this training will be on scenarios that might develop during a possible hurricane situation. If any such event might occur members of the VKC will join their counterparts on Sint Maarten for assistance. Since hurricane situations very rarely happen on the island of Curaçao it was deemed necessary to develop this joint training to familiarize the VKC members with the island and reinforce cooperation with their VKS colleagues.
Scenarios that have been developed are securing vital objects, riot situations, scaling down high altitudes, shelter management, search & rescue, roadblocks, shooting practice, etc. The group will stay partly at the Sundial School, but also at the Emilio Wilson Estate. The training will be done at various locations on the Dutch side of the island. Residents are therefore warned they might see or hear Voluntary Corps members executing this exercise. Besides the above mentioned the opportunity is also given for socializing, joint sports activities and sightseeing. These social events will also strengthen the bond between the members of both organizations.
