Fire and evacuation drill organised to create awareness

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Fire and evacuation drill organised to create awareness

Wednesday, 20 March 2019 | PNS | Bokaro

To educate and train the masses for an unforeseen emergency situation like fire, a mock exercise and evacuation drill was conducted by District Disaster Management authorities at Bokaro Mall in Sector 3 and at ElectroSteel-Vedanta plant at Siyaljori on Tuesday.

A demonstration of using fire safety equipment was conducted by the experts for the department; they explained the work to avoid it in case of fire. “In a bid to improve the employees’ awareness in fire safety and renewing the commitment of employees to work more safely,” said Dr CP Pandey, Senior General Manager of Electrosteel-Vedanta.

Speaking on the occasion Shakti Kumar, Disaster Management official emphasized on safe practice and procedures during operations at site and work, he further advised that each one of us should be aware of the safe exit routes from the building in case of emergency.

The objective of the exercise is to create awareness among the common people and workers of the plant, of fire fighting techniques and ways to respond swiftly in the time of such emergency situation, said Phoolan Singh an expert from the fire department.     

Exercises were conducted at Bokaro Mall and PVR Cinema Hall by bringing out the casualties from the building and the experts explained how to control the fire. Apart from the 15 fire service personnel, their teams for search and rescue, first aid, transport and site safety, were also involved in the exercise.

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