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Mock Exercise by Biju Patnaik International Airport
The biennial Full Scale Emergency and Aircraft Crash Exercise was conducted at Biju Patnaik International Airport, BBSR between 3.30PM and 5.30 PM on 9th January, 2018. The exercise was conducted to examine the prudence and efficacy of the emergency response plan to cope up with an aircraft emergency. Major Hospitals, Ambulance services, Airlines and Govt. organizations such as SRC, OSDMA, CISF, NDRF, ODRAF, Fire Service, Police, District Administration and State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) participated in the Exercise. To add a sense of reality to the exercise, over 50 volunteers acted as injured passengers and flight crew. A bus was used as a aircraft.
READ MOREState Level Workshop for District Project Officers
A one-day State Level Workshop for State Project Officers and District Project Officers under the project “Strengthening State Disaster Management Authority and District Disaster Management Authorities” was held on 30.01.2018 in the Conference Hall of OSDMA, under the Chairmanship of Shri Subhendra Kumar Nayak, Chief General Manager, OSDMA. District Project Officers of 23 districts, State Project Officers, other officials of OSDMA attended the workshop. The workshop was inaugurated by Sri Pravat Ranjan Mohapatara, Joint Relief Commissioner, Odisha. Various activities done by DPOs and SPOs for the year 2017 under the project was reviewed by JRC and CGM, OSDMA. The work plans and Capacity Building activities for the year 2018 for DPOs and SPOs were discussed in the meeting. Other agenda like State Drought Monitoring Cell, Shelter Management and IDRN were also discussed in the meeting.
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