ODISHA STATE DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY

Inception Workshop on Urban Fire Management

28 April, 2022

Inception workshop on Urban Fire Management in twin cities held on 28.04.22 with technical support by BeyondCarlton, Banguluru, chaired by DC-cum-ACS & MD, OSDMA in presence of two Municipal Commissioners of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar, DG Fire Service, and various stakeholders. There was a detailed deliberation on way forward and a road map. [ngg src="galleries" ids="48" display="basic_thumbnail"]

First Regional Conclave on Disaster Management at Chennai

10 March, 2022

Odisha under the leadership of DC-cum-ACS & MD, OSDMA participated in the First Regional Conclave on Disaster Management at Chennai held from 08.03.2022 to 09.03.2022. The Coastal States of India participated in the Conclave and shared their best practices. First Technical Session was chaired by DC-cum-ACS and MD, OSDMA during the Regional Conclave on Disaster Management. [ngg src="galleries" ids="47" display="basic_thumbnail"]

Tsunami Mock Drill-2021

05 November, 2021

Under the IOC-UNESCO Indian Ocean Tsunami Ready (IOTR) programme, Tsunami Mock Drill has been conducted in 3 tsunami prone villages in each of 22 coastal blocks in six coastal districts and one ward each in three ULBs (Gopalpur, Paradip and Puri). The drill aims to provide opportunity to test operational lines of communications, drill SOPs, review Tsunami warning and emergency response procedures and promote emergency preparedness. The drill has been conducted in active coordination with various government departments, non-government agencies, PRI members and communities The entire drill has been coordinated from State Emergency Operation Center, Bhubaneswar following the Standard operating Procedures (SOP). The drill started at 9.30 AM on 5th November 2021. After getting the dummy tsunami message from INCOIS, the alert siren systems located in the coast were activated from SEOC at 9.30 AM, 9.45 AM and 10.00 AM. Mass SMS were sent through the EWDS from SEOC to the selected people. Voice massages were sent through the alert siren systems from Block EOC. The DMR systems provided to the Alert siren locations were test checked for the two way communication. Satellite Phones (SMDVT) provided to the districts were activated to transmit the message. All the communication channels under…

Visit of Special Relief Commissioner to districts likely to be affected by Cyclone

23 May, 2021

Sri P.K Jena, IAS, DC-cum-Special Relief Commissioner and MD, OSDMA visited and reviewed the Cyclone Preparedness in Kendrapada district yesterday evening and in Balasore & Bhadrak districts today. He requested all Collectors of probable cyclone affected districts to share their advance preparedness actions in brief with media from time to time. All the districts & block level officials of the concerned districts attended the meeting.