Disaster Management Action Plan
EARTHQUAKE -
Although
occurrence of an earthquake cannot be predicted precisely in terms of time or
place, yet the seismic zone are very well
drawn and careful planning design
and appropriate measure can minimize
the damaging effects. Earthquake is an unavoidable unpredictable infrequent
phenomenon. So far seismic zone have been earmarked by different scientists and
In the district H.Q, specialized team such as Warning group, Search and rescue,
First Aid and Medical, Shelter
management, Water and Sanitation,
carcass disposal, damage assessment, Relief and coordination
and Patrolling group are being
constituted as per guidelines, which is under process. All the line departments
are requested for nomination of their responsible officers for formation of said
group in the district level.
Key line departments such as police, fire services,
medical, district home guard commandant are already nominated their officers in
the district level for the Search
and Rescue team, First Aid and medical
and Trauma counseling. In the
district level awareness committee is already being constituted comprising of
DIPRO, Inspector of School, DEEO, DI of school, District Adult Education
Officer, District Sports Officer. The awareness drive is being organized at
various level through out the district on safety tips on Do’s and
Don’t on earthquake and other
natural calamities through distribution of leaflets, rally, essay and painting
competition and street plays.
District Level Hazard Safety Cell ( Technical committee) is being set up.
The PWD(bldg), PWD(Road), Executive Engineers
PHE, IRRIGATION, DRDA, Dy Director, Town and country
planning , Executive Engineer, Water
Resources are the members in the said committees
and PWDE (roads) will lead
the committee.
All
the line departments are requested for development of Emergency Support Function
(ESF) 7 preparation of contingency plan of impending earthquake. This plan will
identify the roles of various line departments in a crisis/disaster and the
concerned department will constitute teams of minimue3 officers and identify
resources in advanced to discharge its emergency support functions to supplement
the efforts of District Administration.
District
level Teachers training on disaster management is being organized in the NL
Govt. H.S. school and Inspector of school, DI of school are requested for
organizing such workshop for teachers in the different level and to
make aware of different hazards and development
of school curriculum, which may suggestion to the Govt. of Assam in inclusion of
disaster management curriculum in the pre school syllabus. its also given due
instruction for preparation school contingency plan for natural disaster.
District Fire service and District
Home Guard Commandant offices are organizing necessary mock drill demonstration
at the public places, which are vulnerable to natural disaster, such as
earthquake and also imparting
training for constitution of search and rescue
team at the grass root level and imparting
training to the volunteer’s for rescue operation at the time of disaster.
District
level first aid training s being organized jointly with medical department,
where training is given to the NGO’s volunteers.
The ULB in the district such as Lakhimpur Municipal Board and development
authority are requested to constitute disaster management committee in their
offices and asked to prepare the
viable plan for dealing with such disaster and awareness
drive is being organized.
District H.Q.- Inauguration of disaster reduction awareness week at
the district H.Q. as on 8th jan,05 in the conference hall of the
Office of the Deputy Commissioner, a meeting is being convened inviting all the
departmental heads, BDO’s, Circle officer’s, NGO’s, paramilitary forces 7
representative of local urban bodies.
Sub-Divisional
H.Q.- At
Dhakuakhana subdivision is hereby informed through our W.T message-
LRR6/NC/2003-04/247 dtd.6/01/05 for observing
the disaster reduction awareness week in the sub divisional level inviting
sub-divisional and subordinate level
official and including NGO’s.
Block H.Q-
All the 9 development blocks in the district hereby observed the awareness week
in their Block H.Q. through sensitization meeting and training
programme on disaster management inviting their Block level Disaster management
committee members and NGO’s /
CBO’s .( W.T. message no-LRR6/NC/03-04/248 dtd6/01/05 for take up necessary
action at the Block H.Q being further instructed from District H.Q)
Circle H.Q.-
All 7 Circle H.Qs being informed from the district H.Q. to observed the Disaster
Reduction awareness week as per specified instruction received and request
for observing the same is being instructed. (W.T. message noLRR6/NC/2003-04/249
dtd 6/01/05 for taking necessary at the circle H.Q.)
In the local cable T.V.(Mega
zoom) documentary on Earthquake and safety
tips on do’s and don’t on
Earthquake is being displayed for public awareness.
A
sensitization meeting cum workshop for the teachers is being organized jointly
by the District administration and Education
department, Lakhimpur on 10th jan,05
on Disaster preparedness. The resource person from
Meeting with Technical
officers-
A
special sensitization meeting is being convened at the PWD (bldg) department on
11/01/05. Technical officers from the departments, contractors are invited in
the meeting And the meeting was presided by the Executive Engineer, PWD (bldg)
and being head of the Hazard Safety
Cell, rightly mentioned about of the role of department has to take up. Meeting
cum training on First Aid and medical matters (Health related officers and NGO’s)-
A
workshop on health matters is being organized in the Nursing Training center,
Chaboti on the topic on First Aid and medical
matter at the time of emergency where about nearly 100 participants from various
NGO’s were participated in the training pogramme.
The
District Fire service department demonstrated the mock drill in the parade
ground on 26th jan,05 in Republic Day celebration
on the Rescue operation.