On 9 June 2016, a courtesy visit to Malaysia Civil Defence Force (APM) was held at their headquarters just near UTM Kuala Lumpur. Upon arriving APM headquarters, the chairperson of this meeting welcome thanked us for the courtesy visit. The meeting kick-off with explanation of purpose of this meeting by the chairperson. This visit aims to introduce DPPC and MDRM course to APM official and at the same time create a collaboration with APM in terms of technical and research expertise. The meeting continues with self-introduction by everyone in order to get to know more between each other’s background. After that, Dr. Khamarrul Azahari Razak, MDRM course coordinator and DPPC member give a presentation on DPPC and MDRM course. One of the APM official, PPj. (PA) Haji Norhafifi Bin Haji Ismail share some his experience teaching in UTM with subject related to disaster risk management. During the Q & A session, a lot of questions had been raised, for example PhD course in disaster risk management, MJIIT scholarship and credit exemption for MDRM course. This meeting finish with souvenirs giving ceremony and group photography session.
