1. INTRODUCTION

· Stop the traffic at a sufficient distance (at least half a kilometre) from the accident
spot in all directions till the nature of chemicals is properly understood.
10. DISSEMINATION OF DDMAP
In order for the DDMAP to be effective it would be disseminated at two levels ;
· to the district authorities, government departments, NGOs and other agencies and
institutions within the district and
· to general public.
Effective dissemination of plan requires a well designed and focused training and awareness
programmes. The responsibility for dissemination of the plan is vested with the District
Disaster Manager, at the Collectorate, and training activities will be carried out under the
guidance and direction of YASHADA, as well as through awareness programmes organised
by each of the agencies participating in disaster management such as Irrigation Department
organising warning and evacuation exercises or Fire Brigade demonstrating rescue
operations. The District Disaster Manager would also involve NGOs in preparing suitable
public awareness material to be distributed to the public.
The training programmes will be organised for different levels of functionaries. The district
level officials and identified NGOs, Private Sector organisations will receive the training at
YASHADA under their Training of Trainers (TOT) programme in order to equip them to
extend training facilities to functionaries at taluka and village level as well as organise
simulation exercises within the community. Some of the select government training
institutions at the district level will participate in such TOTs and undertake training
programmes for government functionaries. Efforts will be therefore directed to decentralise
training activity to the extent possible so as to enable YASHADA to serve as resource centre
and provide training expertise to various groups.
The materials for awareness programmes at community level would be prepared in the local
language to ensure widespread dissemination. Media would be extensively used for public
awareness programmes. These will include
‣ Newspapers including local ones
‣ TV
‣ Local cable networks
‣ Radio
‣ Folk media
‣ Publicity material
Schools, colleges and other public institutions would be specifically targetted.
In addition to dissemination of literature related to the DDMAP, disaster response drills
should be conducted on a regular basis especially in the disaster prone areas to maintain the
readiness of communities and departments as regards operational procedures, personnel and
equipment and orderly response.
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