Mock drill on earthquake begins in Senapati
Source: Chronicle News Service
Senapati, November 10 2021:
A mock exercise on earthquake conducted by National Disaster Response Force for Senapati district began on Wednesday at Mini Secretariat complex near Treasury Office, Senapati.
Speaking at the event, 12 NDRF Itanagar (AP) deputy commandant Pangabam Nupajao Singh explained that mock exercise is needed to assess the level of preparedness of all stakeholders, gap in resources, communication and training level, check the response time of agencies and improve co-ordination and proficiency among all stakeholders.
He also stated that mock exercise is very much needed in every district as per directive from the Centre so that life may be saved when unwanted incidents occur.
Nupajao mentioned that Disaster Management Act was passed in 2005 with National Disaster Management Authority as the apex body of central government to lay down policies and guidelines for disaster management and recommend the provision of funds for mitigation of disaster with the Prime Minister as the head at national level, chief minister at state and DC in the district.
The Incident Response System was also developed by NDMA in 2010 for effective mechanisms in reducing the scope for ad-hoc measures in response with all the tasks to perform, added the deputy commandant.
Responsible officers have been designated at the state and district level as overall in-charge of the incident response management.
The RO may also delegate responsibilities to the incident commander (IC) to manage the incident through IRTs, he added.
Nupajao further said that the National Disaster Response Force was constituted in 2006 under the Disaster Management Act, 2005.The NDRF teams are trained and specialised to respond to natural and manmade disasters including MFR, CSSR & CBRN, flood & landslide rescue, deep diving search & rescue technique, canine & technical search and specialised manpower (doctors, paramedics, technicians, electricians).
He highlighted that NDRF has 16 battalions presently in the country with 18 teams in one battalion.
The NDRF teams have recently responded to fire incidents at Dzukou and Shirui in the state, Nupajao recalled.
The programme was participated by Senapati ADM HL Jain, inspector Vivek Kumar of 12 Bn NDRF, DLOs and officials of various departments and staff members.