The mock drill began at Kiphire with sounding of the with sounding of the siren from Public ground, DC Office, Agriculture Office and Daily Market at 9:03 AM.

Responsible Officer (RO) briefed the Incident Response Team (IRT) members, after which the Incident Commander and stake holders rushed to the staging Area along with the other IRTs stationed at DEOC with available resources at the four selected locations and one incident site.

The simulating scenario in the incidents included collapse structure search and rescue and road clearance. Rescue personnel and volunteers during the Exercise were Fire brigade team, Police department, Traffic and Wireless.

In the briefing session, ADC Kiphire, Longdiba L Sangtam NCS, exhorted the participants that preparations in time of disaster can save many lives and learn the short coming through the mock drill. He also thanked all the departments for actively participation in their assigned responsibility.

(IA Kiphire)