Disaster management Mock drill conducted at Dibrugarh BCPL

Staff Correspondent

Dibrugarh: A mock drill on disaster management was conducted at Brahmaputra Cracker Private Limited (BCPL) on Wednesday by BCPL in association with the 12th Battalion of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Doimukh unit of Arunachal Pradesh.

The scenario for the mock drill was on search and rescue operations after an earthquake at BCPL Lepetkata where ‘MFS Building collapse and Chlorine leakage at C&P Store’ was considered to check disaster management response and co-ordination by district administrative mutual aid partners and various stakeholders. Team of BCPL, district administration, mutual aid partners, State fire services, CISF and other stakeholders participated in the mock drill and gained practical exposure on handling a crisis situation.

DC Roy, Senior Factory Inspector, Dibrugarh district, Deep Jyoti Hatikakati from DM office, Dibrugarh and P Nagesh, Chief Operating Officer, BCPL Lepetkata, witnessed the event. BCPL officers and staff actively participated in the offsite mock drill along with the teams from State Fire Services, Dibrugarh, mutual aid partners-Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Digboi, Assam Gas Company Limited, Dibrugarh and Hindustan Oil Exploration Company Ltd. (HOEC), Digboi.

Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) unit of BCPL under the leadership of C K Kireeti, Deputy Commandant, CISF, BCPL unit, also participated in the Mock drill.

During the hour-long exercise, the NDRF team demonstrated use of sophisticated equipment like victim locating camera, rotary rescue show, breaching unit, reciprocating machine and sniffer dogs rescuing victims from high-rise buildings and debris. The team demonstrated their skills in detection of victims trapped in debris and evacuation with proper first aid. Review meeting was conducted after the offsite mock drill and it was declared satisfactory.

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