A  Table Top Exercise (TTEx) was held at Town Hall, Peren Town on 22nd October 2024 under the chairmanship of SDO (C) Hq, Sentilong Ozukum.

Deputy Commissioner Peren, Hiazu Meru in his address said, TTEx is being organised as a prelude event to the Nagaland Emergency Preparedness Exercise (NEPEx) to sensitize the stakeholders for the NEPEx.

He also added, the Mega Mock Exercise on Earthquake Disaster which is scheduled to be held on 24th October 2024 is a preparedness exercise that aims to generate greater awareness among the communities and different agencies on how to establish mechanism for effective response to any disaster. Meru also appealed the Heads of Offices and line departments to give importance of the mock exercise and also carry out their assigned tasks responsibly.

Further, the DC informed that Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) will be set up at Town Hall, Peren Town, while Staging Area at Peren Town, Local Ground.

District Project Associate (DPA), DDMA Peren, Kedigong while presenting the brief overview of the Incident Response System (IRS) Structure through a PowerPoint said, IRS is a mechanism which reduces ad hocism in response through a well-conceived team and it also incorporate all the tasks that may need to be performed during the response. Additionally, he also highlighted the roles and responsibilities of the Incident Response Teams and the earthquake scenario.

During the TTEx, OC Wireless also demonstrated the proper handling of wireless set.

(Mamang IA, Peren)