Sri Vijaya Puram, March 11: A Mock Drill on Earthquake & Fire was conducted by the Directorate of Disaster Management, A&N Administration at Balika Niketan, Social Welfare Department, Attam Pahar, Sri Vijaya Puram today. In this Drill, 19 children, 10 senior citizens and 17 staff of Balika Niketan actively participated.

The Mock Drill started at 12.30 pm with the blasting of the siren. All children, senior citizens and staff carried out the ‘Duck-Cover and Hold’ position for few minutes for earthquake safety and were safely evacuated from the building to identified safer places. After the head count, the Search & Rescue (SAR) operation started for the missing persons. The Fire Tender reached the site and managed the fire incident at the site. Ambulance shifted the injured persons to the hospital.  

The Officials of Disaster Management, Police, Fire, NDRF, District Administration and Health observed all the activities of Mock Drill and appreciated them for actively participating and for carrying out all the steps during the Drill and urged to conduct this type of drills regularly to improve the disaster management preparedness in Balika Niketan.