Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation - IGNOU

We Need Mock Drill:
1. To inculcate a culture of preparedness
2. To examine the plans and SOPs of identified stakeholders
3. To evaluate the resource status of various departments
4. To coordinate the activities of various agencies for their optimum utilization
5. To use the feedback to identify the gaps and improve the resource capabilities to face actual
disasters
Objectives of Drill are to:
Review Disaster Management Plan of the state
Evaluate the Emergency Response Plan and Standard Operating Procedures of the
Industry/District/s selected for Mock Exercise
Highlight the roles and responsibilities of various stakeholders
Enhance coordination among emergency support functions of various stakeholders at district
level
Generate public awareness by involvement of local government, NGOs and public.
Identify the gaps in resources, manpower and communications
The NDMA is coordinating mock exercises
in the states in order to prepare the state
governments and other stakeholder groups
for efficient response. These drills are
integral to training in disaster
management, as they emphasize and
ensure the coordination aspects in disaster
management. One of the major areas of
success has been the creation of disaster
management facilities within industries
and emphasis on off-site evacuation plans.
DID YOU KNOW?
A Search and Rescue Team of NDRF
Mock Exercise Floods – Chhattisgarh, 29 June, 2009
Battalion Pune, in association with
Municipal Corporation of Greater
Mumbai participated in a Mock Exercise on Urban Flooding in April 2010. It
demonstrated methods of rescue of trapped victims.
A Search and Rescue (SAR) Team of NDRF Batallion Greater Noida participated in
table top and mock exercise on Chemical (Industrial) disaster in Indian Oil Corporation,
Panipat Refinery in May 2010. The NDRF Personnel carried out Search and Rescue,
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