Community participation key to effective disaster mitigation: Javaid
Inaugurates 2-day IRS training programme in Jammu
16/02/2018
JAMMU, Feb 15: Minister for Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation & Reconstruction and Flori culture Javaid Mustafa Mir inaugurated two-day training programme on Incident Response System (IRS) organized by Divisi onal Disaster Manage ment Authority in collaboration with National & State Disaster Manage ment Authority here today.
Minister of State for DMRRR, Ajay Nanda was the guest of honour on the occasion. The training programme was attended by FC Revenue, Lokesh Jha, Commandant General SDRF, Dilbagh Singh, DC Jammu, Relief and Rehabilitation Commissi oner, M L Raina, IGP traffic besides officers from Fire & Emergency Servi ces, Revenue, Health and engineering department.
Speaking on the occasion, Javaid Mir said that preparedness for any kind of calamity involves measures taken in anticipation of a disaster to ensure that appropriate and effective actions are taken during the emergency such as setting up the systems for early warning, coordinative and institutional arrangements, evacuation and emergency operations management, public awareness, disaster and evacuation drills, and stockpiling.
Underlining the relevance of this workshop, the Minister said that IRS is an effective mechanism for reducing the scope for ad-hoc measures in response. He also said that it incorporates all the tasks that may be performed during Disaster Management irrespective of their level of complexity.
He called upon the officers to organize similar type of workshops in every district so that stakeholders are trained, made aware of their roles for reducing chaos and confusion during the response phase. “Emergency respon ses are measures undertaken to ensure survival and prevent further deterioration of the situation. These include search and rescue, immediate repair and restoration of critical facilities and utilities, food and non-food relief assistance, medical assistance, evacuation center management, and networking," the minister added.
Mir also disclosed that the present dispensation has adopted multi-pronged approaches to minimize human suffering during disasters and reduction of financial losses through integration of Disaster Risk Reduction activities into development planning.
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