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Gautam Budh Nagar to run multi-agency emergency drills on Friday
The Gautam Budh Nagar administration will hold a state-level multi-agency mock exercise on Friday to test emergency preparedness for hospital fires, earthquakes, and chemical incidents. Personnel from the NDRF, ITBP, fire services,…
The Gautam Budh Nagar administration will hold a state-level multi-agency mock exercise on Friday to test emergency preparedness for hospital fires, earthquakes, and chemical incidents. Personnel from the NDRF, ITBP, fire services, health department, and district administration will take part.
At Sharda Hospital, the drill will simulate a fire, while a school in Neemka will test earthquake response. At Haier Appliances, the exercise will involve a CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear) emergency.
Officials said the exercise aims to assess inter-agency coordination, resource mobilisation, and communication under pressure. District disaster plans have been reviewed ahead of the drill. The administration said it will identify operational gaps before a real disaster occurs.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The Gautam Budh Nagar drill follows the Uttar Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority's annual calendar, which mandates multi-agency exercises across districts to test the 2019 state disaster response plan. Sharda Hospital and Haier Appliances were chosen as venues because hospitals and industrial units are classified as high-risk facilities under the National Disaster Management Guidelines of 2007. The exercise is designed to simulate scenarios the district has not faced recently, a deliberate choice, since drills are meant to uncover weaknesses in protocols that have never been tested under actual stress. After the drill, the district will submit a gap analysis report to the state authority, which uses it to allocate equipment, training funds, and amendments to local disaster management plans. The next deadline is the state review meeting in Lucknow, likely in April, where GB Nagar's findings will be compared with those from other districts to prioritise state-level investments.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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