1. INTRODUCTION

Community warning system in the form of drum beating exists to warn the villagers on the
down stream and riverbanks.
In rural areas the Zilla Parishad Schools are kept ready to shift the sufferers in the schools.
2) Fires :
There are 7 Municipal Councils in Ahmednagar District. These Municipal Councils have
their Fire Brigade Services. The Municipal Councils do not have the Hydraulic System
which enable reaching higher floors. Secondly, the staff of the fire brigade have not been
trained and they have not been supplied with protective equipment. Due to fast development
of urbanisation of rural areas there are multi storeyed structure constructed now a days and
therefore it is rather difficult to control the fire in such a building with available manpower
and equipment. The fire services are inadequate to tackle fires in such structures.
3) Earthquake :
A Seismic Observatory has been set up on Bhandardara Dam in Akole Taluka of
Ahmednagar district . The village Bota in the adjacent Sangamner Taluka has had some
minor seismic activity in the past.
4) Road Accidents :
There is High Way Patrolling Traffic Aid post in Ahmednagar. The Office is at Kedgaon
village near Ahmednagar City. The Office has no telephone facility but wireless set is in the
office. There are two Trafic Aid Posts in the district. One is in the city and one is at
Babhaleshwar with wireless facility.
The Public Health Centre and Rural Hospitals are in the district. Similarly the private
hospitals are also in the district. The road accident sufferers can be shifted in these hospitals
immediately. In order to curb the road accidents, service lane to be introduced, and set off
from highway to be strictly observed. The curves on roads and ghats to be improved in order
to minimise the road accidents.
5) Epidemics :
At district headquarters there is one Civil Hospital having different specialists with essential
medicines and equipment. There are 96 Primary Health Centres, 20 Hospitals96 Primary
Health Centres,12 dispensaries, 5 Primary Health Units 456 health sub stations. These
involve 279 doctors 973 attendants.
Training has been provided to all Gram-Panchayat for supplying potable water. Health
education and awareness campaigns are being carried out in all villages in the district.
There is one public health laboratory for water testing. This normally takes a week for
testing water samples while in emergency it takes at least two days. The following
examinations are to be carried out in the district laboratory—(1) Bacteriological examination
of drinking water, (2) Bacteriological examination of stool samples, (3) examination of
quality of bleaching powder, (4) chemical examination in drinking water, (5) examination of
quality of ALUM used, (6) examination of food samples and sent by civil hospital, (7)
iodine salt examination.
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