Mock drill on disaster management held

ROING, 17 Dec: A mock drill on disaster management was conducted at the Heritage Academy, Meka here in Lower Dibang Valley district on Friday by the DDMA with support and guidance of NDRF.

The NDRF personnel displayed the process and procedure to be followed after the occurrence of a disaster.

Methodical search and rescue operations, evacuation of victims, types of equipments and its use, use of canine teams, rescue in multi-storied buildings, etc. were demonstrated during the programme.

The fire brigade team of the district also gave a demonstration on fire fighting during fire accidents.

SDO Rebeca Tayeng gave away certificates to the community volunteers who had undergone training at Pasighat.

Among others, Incident Response System teams of the district and community volunteers were present on the occasion. (DIPRO)