Roing, Dec 17: A mock exercise on earthquake and landslide scenario was conducted today by the DDMA, under the assistance and guidance of NDRF, Itanagar at The Heritage Academy, Meka, Roing.
Present during the occasion were SDO Rebeca Tayeng, Deputy Commandant( NDRF), DDMO Tsering Ngurup, heads of departments, Administrative Officers, Incident Response System teams of the district, community volunteers and the teachers and students of the school.
The NDRF displayed the process and procedure followed after the occurrence of a disaster and the rescue efforts undertaken. Methodical search and rescue operations, evacuation of victims, types of equipments and its use, use of canine teams, rescue in multi storied buildings, rope rescue etc were demonstrated on the day. The fire brigade team of the district demonstrated the process of extinguishing fires during fire accidents.
The SDO also gave away certificates to the community volunteers who had undergone training at Pasighat.