The Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA), Home Department, in coordination with the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), New Delhi, is organizing a three-day training program on ‘Incident Response System’, Basic & Intermediate, from 25th to 27th July at ATI, Kohima.
The key target audience for the training program is personnel holding important administrative positions and/or likely to be involved in incident/emergency management. The Resource person for the training is Shekher Chaturvedi, Assistant Professor, Division of Disaster Response & Recovery, NIDM, Delhi.
As a large number of agencies work in responding to disasters, there is always a possibility of a lack of coordination among them, which often leads to an increase in the cost of managing a disaster. If the response is planned and the stakeholders are trained, it will be smooth and effective with reduced coordination issues. Keeping this in view, the Government of India identified the Incident Command System (ICS) as the most effective and systematic response mechanism. GoI adopted the ICS and named it the Incident Response System (IRS). The objective of the IRS is to pre-designate officers to perform various duties and train them in their respective roles.
The Incident Response System broadly refers to a management system that can be used for any type of incident, irrespective of its nature, size, and magnitude. The system provides scope to organize various functions, tasks, and staff within the overall response process while emphasizing greater coordination and communication among different organizations involved. Through IRS, the main intention is to transform the confusion during the early stage of an emergency situation into a well-managed response process by providing answers to vital questions.
The Inaugural program was attended by Abhijit Sinha, IAS, Principal Secretary (Home), who delivered the Inaugural address. The brief program was chaired by Johnny Ruangmei, Joint CEO, NSDMA. The vote of thanks was given by Khrolou Koza Lohe, Assistant Manager (Training & Education), NSDMA.
(DIPR)
