Sri Vijaya Puram, Feb 27: As per the directive from the Chief Secretary, A&N Administration, to conduct quarterly mock drills in every Department, the Directorate of Disaster Management, A&N Administration conducted the Sixth Mock Drill in the Directorate of Transport, A&N Administration today. This exercise involved real-time earthquake, Fire and Tsunami simulation scenarios to assess the Department’s disaster response capabilities. Mr. Jatinder Sohal, Director (Transport), A&N Administration along with 110 Officials and staff actively participated in the Drill. The resource teams from District Administration, A&N Police, Health, Fire, and Electricity supported the Department for successful completion of the drill.
The Drill started at 1100 Hrs. as per drill scenario on Earthquake felt and received tsunami warning. Accordingly, the Team of Department through the PA system advised the employees to adhere to the Duck, Cover & Hold technique for earthquake safety and after that blew a fire alarm for safe evacuation from the office building to the designated assembly point.
At the assembly point, the Director (Transport), as the Incident Commander, issued directions to all departmental teams to immediately communicate with SEOC, DEOC (S/A), Fire, Police, Electricity, and Health Departments for their support, initiate search and rescue operations for missing officials, and provide immediate first aid to the injured. The resource Departments arrived at the Transport Department and joined the departmental teams in search and rescue operations and first aid. The fire tender extinguished the fire scenario of the drill and ambulances transported the injured persons to the hospital. The Electricity Department restored power supply after receiving the “All Clear Message” from the Incident Commander.
The drill was called off at 1145 hrs, followed by a debriefing session at the Transport Department with the staff, officials, and representatives from resource Departments. During the session, the Director (Transport) appreciated the efforts of all teams and Departments for their support in the drill. He also emphasized the importance of conducting such drills regularly to strengthen the disaster management capacity of the Transport Department.
