Margao Hosts Snake Awareness Workshop for Police and Fire Personnel

:MARGAO: As part of Wildlife Week 2026 celebrations, the Wildlife & Eco-Tourism South Division of the Goa Forest Department on Monday organised a capacity-building workshop on “Snake Awareness & Emergency Response” at Margao.

The workshop was conducted for personnel of Goa Police and Goa Fire & Emergency Services, with resource persons from ResQ Charitable Trust.The session focused on building capacity for scientific and safe snake response, promoting inter-departmental coordination during rescue operations and imparting basic first aid training to field officials .Officials said such training is crucial as police and fire services are often the first responders in human-snake conflict cases. The Forest Department has appealed to the public to contact its official 24×7 toll-free helpline 1926 for any wildlife reporting or rescue.