{"id":500034,"date":"2025-06-17T10:09:43","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T03:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/?p=500034"},"modified":"2025-06-17T10:09:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T03:09:50","slug":"bma-honours-earthquake-rescue-heroes-with-nakarapirak-pin-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/?p=500034","title":{"rendered":"BMA honours earthquake rescue heroes with \u2018Nakarapirak Pin\u2019 award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(June 13, 2025) \u2013 The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has presented certificates of honour and the Nakarapirak Pin \u2013 a mark of civic distinction \u2013 to individuals who made outstanding contributions to Bangkok during the recent earthquake emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1567\" height=\"1045\" src=\"https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/S__57753650_0-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-500038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/S__57753650_0-1.jpg 1567w, https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/S__57753650_0-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/S__57753650_0-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/S__57753650_0-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The ceremony, held at the Bangkok Room in the Irawatpattana Building at Bangkok City Hall (Din Daeng), was presided over by Chadchart Sittipunt, Governor of Bangkok.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chadchart said it was a great honour to present this recognition to volunteers and all those involved in the rescue and relief efforts following the earthquake on March 28, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the first time in BMA history that such honours have been awarded to individuals from outside the organisation, he explained, Over the 48 days of rescue operations, we witnessed genuine dedication and self-sacrifice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These efforts proved the power of unity and cooperation, which helped us get through this crisis together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nakarapirak Pin is awarded to those who have performed distinguished service for the city. All of you helped protect Bangkok in its time of need. Without your support, BMA could not have done this alone, Chadchart said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLet the Nakarapirak Pin symbolise unity and public spirit. May your exemplary conduct serve as inspiration for future service. Whenever Bangkok or the country faces adversity, may we stand united as we have today. BMA sincerely thanks each and every one of you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BMA honoured volunteers, rescue workers, and private sector organisations who took part in the mission to search for and assist earthquake victims, as well as those who donated equipment, supplies, and other necessities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nakarapirak Pin is an official mark of honour granted by BMA to individuals whose contributions to society\u2014through sacrifice, service, and exemplary conduct\u2014deserve public recognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among those attending the ceremony were BMA executives, Surachit Phongsinghvithya (President of the Bangkok Metropolitan Council), Viput Sriwaurai (First Vice-Chairman of the Council), volunteers, foundation members, private organisations, and other stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photos from the ceremony can be downloaded here:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1IzGgM2dkQe7EprhEvi2Nm4nG9shtV1Dm\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1IzGgM2dkQe7EprhEvi2Nm4nG9shtV1Dm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(June 13, 2025) \u2013 The Bangkok Metropolitan Administrati &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/?p=500034\" class=\"more-link\">\u0e2d\u0e48\u0e32\u0e19\u0e40\u0e1e\u0e34\u0e48\u0e21\u0e40\u0e15\u0e34\u0e21<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BMA honours earthquake rescue heroes with \u2018Nakarapirak Pin\u2019 award&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":500040,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[267],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-500034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eng0"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=500034"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":500060,"href":"https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500034\/revisions\/500060"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/500040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=500034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=500034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=500034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}