The event kicked off yesterday and will run until Saturday.

The event – hosted at the Ban Nam Khem Tsunami Memorial Park in Takua Pa district – aims to boost public awareness about losses from disaster, the need for disaster prevention and the promotion of safety in mind and culture, Interior Minister General Anupong Paochinda said.
DPMD chief Chatchai Phomlert said religious rites would be held for those killed in the tsunami as well as an exhibition on disaster prevention and a seminar on the 2004 tsunami and disaster prevention.
Meanwhile, the regional director the World Health Organisation’s Southeast Asia Regional Office (SEARO), Poonam Khetrapal Singh, said the tsunami had put the spotlight on the need for preparation.
After the tsunami, SEARO developed a set of benchmarks for preparedness and response and established a fund for covering emergencies, both of which have served people well in recent years.
Singh said preparedness and response capacities had increased phenomenally, as seen in the handling of the massive earthquake in Indonesia on April 11, 2012.
Urging investments to be put into planning for and responding to emergencies, Singh said risk-management capacities had to be made pervasive in all levels of society because of the increased risks.