Sri Vijaya Puram, Feb. 12: In continuation to the conduct of Mock Drill in every Department on quarterly basis, the Directorate of Disaster Management, A&N Administration conducted Mock Drill on Earthquake in the Directorate of Social Welfare, A&N Administration, Goalghar, Sri Vijaya Puram in coordination with A&N Police, Health and Fire by creating real time earthquake simulation scenarios to test response of Department during disaster. In this drill, 62 personnel participated from Social Welfare and other resource Departments.
Immediately on the receipt of information of Earthquake scenario of the mock drill, the teams triggered their response mechanism to tackle the emergency situation. The Department used whistle and PA system as alarm to issue alert and warning to all staff and accordingly informed about Mock incident to DEOC (S/A), SEOC, Fire & Health Control Rooms etc. After that, evacuation and search & rescue were carried out by the teams of the Department. In the meantime, fire tender and ambulance reached the Mock Site. Teams from Fire & Health Department safely rescued the injured and hospitalized them.
The Mock Drill was called off at 1145 hrs. This was followed by a debriefing session wherein the Observers explained the findings and gaps of the Mock Drill. The Officers of resource Departments has urged to strengthen preparedness of the Department and provide trainings to their teams with basic skill on safety measures to cope with any crisis in near future.
