ORIENTATION CUM COORDINATION CONFERENCE MOCK EXERCISE CHEMICAL (INDUSTRIAL) DISASTER – BANGALORE (RURAL) ON 19 TH DECEMBER 2008

PREVIEW  Need For Mock Exercise.  Objectives.  Scope.  Stakeholders.  Steps.  Exercise Organizing Committee.  Emergency Support Function.  Plan of Action to develop Emergency Response Mechanism.  Requirement for Conduct of Mock Exercise.  Banners.

NEED FOR MOCK EXERCISE 1.To Inculcate Culture of Preparedness. 2.To examine the plans and SOPs of Designated MAH units at Bangalore (Rural). 3.To evaluate the resource status of various Departments of Bangalore (Rural) District, other stakeholders and the identified industrial units.. 4.To co-ordinate the activities of various agencies for optimum utilization of resources. 5.To use the feed back to identify the gaps and improve the plans and resource capabilities to face actual disasters.

OBJECTIVES OBJECTIVES 1.To Review Disaster Management plan of Bangalore (Rural) District. 2.To rehearse the “Off-Site” Emergency Response Plans of the District against Chemical Disasters. 3.Practise Standard Operating Procedures of “on-site” Emergency Response Plans of identified MAH units. 4.Practise coordination among the various departments and other stake holders at district level to mitigate disasters. 5.Inculcating espirit-de-corps and team building among public-private stake holders at various levels while working together to face any Disaster.

The scope of the Mock Exercise is restricted to activities of identified MAH units when faced with a chemical (industrial) disaster and assistance rendered by the district administration of Bangalore (Rural) & Karnataka State Govt for “off-site” emergencies. SCOPE

Stake holders – Bangalore (Rural) District 1.DC/ District Magistrate. 2.SSP. 3.Commissioner, Bangalore Municipal Corporation. 4.Chief Medical Officer. 5.District Fire Officer. 6.Bangalore Electricity Supply Company. 7.Water Supply Department of the district.

Stake Holders – Bangalore (Rural) District 8. CEO/Operational Head of Identified Industrial Units. 9.Chief Inspector of Factories & Boilers. 10.State Pollution Control Board. 11.Local NGOs and PWD. 12.Civil Defence & Home Guard in the district. 13.District Public Relations Officer. 14.NDRF/Army/Air Force/Para Military Forces. 15.Any Other identified stakeholder.

STEPS Step -1 Coordinating & Orientation Confrence. Delineating the objective of mock exercise. Delineating the objective of mock exercise. Scope of Exercise. Scope of Exercise. Identification of Industrial Unit/s for Mock Exercise. Identification of Industrial Unit/s for Mock Exercise. Finalizing date for Mock Exercise. Finalizing date for Mock Exercise. Participants. Participants. Media Coverage. Media Coverage. Nominating State and District Nodal Officers. Nominating State and District Nodal Officers.

Step -2 Table Top Exercise Precursor to Mock Exercises The Scenario of chemical disaster is depicted and immediate actions by the identified industrial units are discussed (On-Site Plan). Thereafter on declaration of ‘off-site’ emergency,response of the District Collector and other stake holders like SSP, CMO, Municipal Corporation, Fire Services,NGOs, CD, Home Guards, RTO,Red Cross, Public Relations, NDRF, Army/Air Force/PMF etc, are solicited. Details of Coordination and Safety are discussed. Observers are detailed for each participating stake- holder by the State DM Deptt from other districts. Formats for Observers & stake-holders are given. The gaps are identified and remedial measures are taken before the mock exercise

Step -3 Mock Exercises Observers are briefed by the Senior Specialist NDMA(TCD) before the Mock Exercise. Self assessment formats are given to all stakeholders before the exercise. Scenarios formulated by NDMA/DMI & discussed during the Table Top exercise are again painted by the observers, in a sequential manner. Resources are mobilized and actions are taken on ground by the various concerned stake holders. ICP is established by district administration for command, control and coordination for optimized utilization of efforts First Aid Post or Mobile PHC established near the incident; Hospital surge capacity is created for injured persons. Temporary Relief Camp is established by local administration, if required. At the end of Exercise, press briefing by senior most official. Debriefing, in which observers & stake-holders give their observations & lessons learnt from the Exercise, which are consolidated & sent to Chief Secy & MD of participating MAHs.

Step 4 Submission of final Report Reports are also sent by all stake holders & observers to the DC, who send a consolidated report to State DM Secretary. Final Report is made at State level & sent to NDMA. NDMA shares the lessons learnt with Chief Secy & Secy DM Karnataka.

Exercise Organizing Committee Overall Guidance 1.Lt Gen (Dr) JR Bhardwaj, Hon'ble Member, NDMA 2.Chief Secretary Karnataka. Conduct 3.Sh GS Narayan Swamy, Secretary, DM, Govt of Karnataka. 4.Sh R K Raju, DC, Bangalore (Rural). 5.Brig (Dr) BK Khanna, Senior Specialist, NDMA, Overall Coordinator 6Sh H Srinivasaiah, Director of Factories & Boilers. 7.Dr Rakesh Dubey, Director, DMI Bhopal 8.Sh KK Pradeep, DM Cell, SDMA, Karnataka.

EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNCTIONS NoEmergency Support Function Nodal Officer Support Agencies 1. Search & Rescue, Fire Fighting District Fire Services District Fire Services Police Deptt, CD & HG Teams & teams ex Identified Units. 2.Evacuation Revenue Deptt /industrial units Revenue Deptt /industrial units Police Deptt, Fire Deptt, CD & HG 3. Law & Order SSP CD & HQ 4. Medical Response & Trauma Counseling. Chief Medical Officer, Hospitals in District, Red Cross, NGOS’ 5.CommunicationTelecomOfficer, BSNL, Private Telecom Service Providers, Mobile Phone Operators.

6.Relief. A. Food B. Shelter Revenue Deptt. NGOs, Corporate Sector, Community, Municipal Corporation 7. Equipment Support, Debris and Road Clearance & Sanitation. Sanitation. Commissioner, Bangalore Municipal CorporationPWD 8. Water supply MunicipalCorporation Water Deptt, 9.Electricity State Electricity Board Service Providers. 10.Transport.RTO Municipal Corporation 11. Help Lines. Revenue Deptt/ Public Relation Offr/industrial units Deptt. of Information & Publicity, AIR, Doordarshan, Private TV Channels, UNI, Press, PTI, PIB.

SEQUENTIAL PLAN OF ACTION TO DEVELOP EMERGENCY RESPONSE MECHANISM Sl.No. ActionResponsibility 1.Preparation and updation of District Disaster DC Management Plan Bangalore (Rural) 2.Preparation and updation of Standard Operating DC & all Procedures of Emergency Support Functions. Stakeholders 3.Awareness Generation Campaign for Communities State, DC & Distt. Living near the Mock Exercise Site/Elsewhere in District.PRO & MAH units 4.Meeting of ESF Nodal and Supporting Officers.State & DC levels 5.Preparation of Medical Action PlanCMO 6.Preparation of Other Documents. a.Emergency Directory. Revenue Deptt b.Sequence of action of mock exercise scenario NDMA Coordinator

REQUIREMENT & CONDUCT OF MOCK EXERCISE Sl.No. Outdoor EventResponsibility 1.Select area for District IOC and seating DC, Bangalore (Rural) arrangements for ESF. 2.Check Communications (providing backups) Distt. Commn Offcer. 3.Identify fire fighting equipments locations and check the State of Preparedness against fire hazards Distt. Fire Officer. State of Preparedness against fire hazards Distt. Fire Officer. 4.Identify the various medical facilities (public/private) and CMO location for temporary hospital near accident site to treat location for temporary hospital near accident site to treat Immediate Injuries. Immediate Injuries. 5.Identify area for temporary relief camp for victims. DC/Supply Officer Sl.No. Indoor Event Responsibility 1.Nominate technical experts from various depart- ments like Oil Industry Safety Directorate, NDMA/DMI Bhopal Fire Services, District Health Services and Ministry of Environment and Forest etc. of Environment and Forest etc.

REQUIEMENT & CONDUCT OF MOCK EXERCISE - Contd. Sl.No. Indoor Event Responsibility 2.Observers to evaluate the response of Emergency Secretary, DM Response Functions vis-à-vis their SOPs. 3.Evaluation formats to check attendance and DC & MAH units preparedness of departments. Formats under ICS like unit log, medical plan, communication plan, operations planning sheet. 4.Detailment of nodal officers. (Nodal Officers to be advised to be present with their teams, equipment advised to be present with their teams, equipment and vehicles). DC and vehicles). DC 5.Emergency Directory, containing phone numbers of all nodal officers, Distt.EOC and supporting DC officers to be prepared. 6.Arrangements for distributing water and some DC/Supply Offr refreshments.

BANNERS TO BE PREPARED. Responsibility DC, Bangalore (Rural) Incident Command Post (Large Size) Incident Command Post (Large Size) Help Line and Information Dissemination. Help Line and Information Dissemination. Search & Rescue and Fire Fighting. Search & Rescue and Fire Fighting. Medical & Trauma Counseling. Medical & Trauma Counseling. Relief, Food & Shelter Relief, Food & Shelter Equipment Support & Sanitation Provisions. Equipment Support & Sanitation Provisions. Water Water Electricity Electricity Public Relations Public Relations Communications Communications NGOs NGOs Police Control Room (Law and Order) Police Control Room (Law and Order)

DESK DISPLAYS TO BE PREPARED. Responsibility DC, Bangalore (Rural) a. Desk of Law and Order. a. Desk of Law and Order. b. Desk of Food & Civil Supply. c. Desk Equipment Support and Debris Clearance and Electricity. Clearance and Electricity. d. Fire and Police Control Room. e. Desk of Relief Shelters and Help Line. f. Desk of Water Supply. g. Help Line & Information Dissemination. h. Search & Rescue and Fire Fighting.

DECISIONS TO BE TAKEN 1.Finalization of Industry / Industries for Mock Exercises in Bangalore (Rural) Industrial Complex, after visit to short listed MAH units. 2.Date for Mock Exercise - 30 Jan Nodal officer at State level & his/her Telephone Number. 4.Nodal officer at District level & his/her Telephone Number 5. Media Coverage during Table-top and Mock Exercise 6. General Awareness Programme with regard of chemical industries by holding of workshops/seminars/media campaign..