People need to be taught/trained on effective ways to respond or act during crisis or disasters of any kind.
I had made a suggestion to the NYSC directorate at Ekiti while serving that there should be (1) a First Aid/CPR training for all Corp members. (2) A Fire Response training etc. These are life skills that benefit everyone in the society.
Two months ago, a colleague at the office was worried about a man who was having a seizure by the roadside with no help.
We wanted to help but we did not know exactly what to do that may not aggravate his situation.
We decided to do a little research after that incident and we were better informed and equipped for any other incident that we may come across.
I don't want to keep calling on a government that has a snail response to emergency situations in the country.
We, the citizens can help ourselves. Schools, organisations, etc can make these emergency trainings compulsory for their students, workers etc. Churches/religious centres too can do this.