Sri Vijaya Puram, Feb 06: The Chief Secretary, A&N Administration has directed to conduct Mock Drill in every Department on quarterly basis. Accordingly, 01st mock Drill conducted on Earthquake and Fire Incident in the Directorate of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services (AH&VS), A&N Administration in coordination with District Administration (SA), Disaster Management, A&N Police, Health, Fire, NDRF and APWD by creating real time fire simulation scenarios and tested the preparedness level and response system of Department and other stakeholders.
Immediately on the receipt of information of Earthquake & Fire Incident, the Teams of AH&VS triggered their response mechanism to tackle the emergency Earthquake & fire situation and informed Mock incident to DEOC (S/A), SEOC, Fire & Health Control Rooms etc. Meanwhile the staff and Team of AH&VS have been activated to manage earthquake and fire scenario. As information received, the Teams of Police, Fire, NDRF, District Administration, Health, APWD and Disaster Management reported at the site with resources and tackle the situation with coordinated method.
The Mock Drill was called off at 1140 Hrs. followed by a debriefing session wherein the observers of the Mock Drill had explained the findings and gaps of the Mock Drill. The officers of resource departments urged to check their preparedness regularly and provide trainings to their teams with basic skill on safety measures to cope up any crisis in near future.
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