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Meerut District Disaster Management Plan 2015­16 ADDITIONAL DISTRICT MAGISTRATE
DISTRICT MAGISTRATE
FINANCE & REVENUE
MEERUT
MEERUT Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR Page 1 Meerut District Disaster Management Plan 2015­16 MESSAGE
District Disaster Management Plan (DDMP) outlining the measures to be taken
in the event of any natural or man-made disaster. The DDMP includes the facts and figures
those have been collected from various sources with a view to meet the challenges & hazards
of disaster. These disasters play a vital role in the economy of any country specially a
developing country like India, where huge amount of fund have to be diverted to relief and
rehabilitation thus affecting developmental projects.
In view of the potential hazards associated with the Meerut city, the plan is
prepared to help the District Administration focus quickly on the essentials and crucial aspects
of both preparedness and response. District Administration has prepared District Disaster
Management Plan to deal with different hazards in an organized multidisciplinary approach
involving all line departments and many agencies. It is suggested that the district level officials
who are in-charge of different departments will carefully go through the DDMP and remain
alert to effectively deal any emergent situations that may arise at any point of time.
For successful implementation of the plan, it is essential that all of us must work
in close cooperation and coordination.
District Magistrate
Meerut
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Meerut is vulnerable to various kinds of disasters, which needed a platform or a plan of
action for disaster management. The Emergency Support Function (ESF) structure, standard
operating procedure as well as quick response of each ESF, baseline inventory of Meerut city
has been developed and put under one integrated plan i.e. “District Disaster Management
Plan”. The focus of the plan is on Vulnerability reduction, to strengthen the physical
infrastructure and socio-economic status of the people to reduce vulnerability. This document
is a humble attempt to create a disaster resilient society with active participation of the
community and civil society.
In view of the potential hazards associated with the Meerut district, District
Administration has prepared a District Disaster Management Plan under the Government of
India-UNDP, Urban Risk Reduction Project to deal with different hazards. I would like to thank
all the stakeholders for their efforts to prepare the plan.
Project Support Associate
URR Project, Meerut
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Disaster Management, Meerut
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CHAPTER ‐1 DISTRICT AT A GLANCE 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Meerut District Profile 1.3 History 1.4 Mythological significance 1.5 Geography 1.6 National Highway 1.7 Railway Station 1.8 Airport 1.9 Language 1.10 Demography 1.11 Industries 1.12 Media 1.13 Education 1.14 Tehsil/Blocks CHAPTER ‐2 MULTI‐HAZARDS DISASTER MANAGEMENT 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Objectives 2.3 Perspective 2.4 Role of the District Administration CHAPTER ‐3 HAZARDS AND VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS 3.1 OVERVIEW: 3.2 DEFINITIONS: 3.2.1 Disaster 3.2.2 Hazards 3.2.3 Vulnerability 3.3 Types of Vulnerability‐ 3.3.1 Physical vulnerability: 3.3.2 Socio‐ economic Vulnerability: 3.4 Risk‐ 3.5 Risk and vulnerability analysis 3.6 Vulnerable settlements 3.7 Industrial & Chemical accidents 3.8 Capacity CHAPTER 4 CLASSIFICATION OF HAZARD 4.1 Hazards Specific Proneness in Meerut 4.1.1 Vulnerability Analysis 4.1.1.1 Earthquake Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR Page 4 Meerut District Disaster Management Plan 2015­16 4.1.1.2 Fire 4.1.1.3 Industrial Hazards 4.2 Probability Period / Seasonality of Disasters 4.3 Disaster Management 4.4 List of multi hazardous waste industries CHAPTER 5 DISTRICT DISASTER MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (CDMC) & PREPARDNESS 5.1 Disaster Management Committee 5.2 Responsibilities of the Committee 5.3 City Disaster Management Committee‐ Meerut 5.4 Working Group No ‐ I (Non‐technical) 5.5 Working Group No – II (Technical) 5.6 Emergency Operation Centre 5.7 Activities of District EOC 5.8 Incident Site Operation Centre 5.9 Incident Command System 5.10 Linkage with Development Plan CHAPTER 6 EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNCTIONS (ESF) AT CITY LEVEL 6.1 Emergency support function (ESF) 6.2 Organizational setup of the ESF at district level 6.3 Responsibility and Function of ESF Teams CHAPTER – 7 CAPABILITY ANALYSIS 7.1 Inventory and evaluation of Resource analysis 7.2 Contact list of Emergency Support Functionaries 7.3 List of Police Station, Electric Supply, Fire station 7.4 Trained volunteer manpower for community disaster management 7.5 List of Machineries under Different Department CHAPTER –8 DEPARTMENTAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLANS 8.1 Short Term plan 8.2 Long Term plan 8.2.1 Police 8.2.2 Fire Service 8.2.3 Health and other departments of district Meerut CHAPTER –9 OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR DIFFERENT DISASTERS Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR Page 5 Meerut District Disaster Management Plan 2015­16 9.1 Earthquakes 9.2 Floods 9.3 Fires 9.4 Lightning and Thunderstorm CHAPTER –10 PREVENTION AND MITIGATION MEASURES 10.1 Structural Mitigation Measures 10.2 Retrofitting 10.3 Earthquake resistant construction 10.4 Non‐structural mitigation measures 10.5 Preparedness methodology 10.6 Awareness generation programme 10.7 Training and capacity building CHAPTER –11 MONITORING AND EVALUATION 11.1 Preparation and updation of District disaster management plan (DDMP) 11.2 Regular updation of DDMP 11.3 Post disaster evaluation mechanism 11.4 Coordination with various agencies 11.5 Conclusion ANNEXTURES 1) Flood Plan 2) Drought Plan 3) Riot Plan 4) Fire Plan 5) Medical Plan 6) Food and supply Plan 7) Off‐site Emergency Plan Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR Page 6 Meerut District Disaster Management Plan 2015­16 Abbreviations
ADM
Additional District Magistrate
BSNL
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
BDO
Block Development Officer
CDO
Chief Development Officer
CISF
Central Industrial Security Force
CMO
Chief Medical Officer
CBDM
Community Based Disaster Management
CBO
Community Based Organizations
CBDP
Community Based Disaster Prepardness
CD & HG
Civil Defence & Home Guard
CMG
Crisis Management Group
DIG
Deputy Inspector General
CWC
Central Water Commission
CBRN
Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear
DDMA
District Disaster Management Authority
DIO
District Information Officer
CDRN
Corporate Disaster Resource Network
CEO
Chief Executive Officer
CM
Chief Minister
CPMF
Central Para Military Force
CRF
Calamity Relief Fund
CS
Chief Secretary
DCR
District Control Room
EOC
Emergency Operation Centre
DDMC
District Disaster Management Committee
DPO
District Project Officer
DRMP
Disaster Risk Management Program
DRRP
Disaster Risk Reduction Program
URR
Urban Risk Reduction
UEVRP
Urban Earthquake Vulnerability Reduction Project
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District Supply Officer
DM
District Magistrate
DCRF
District Calamity Relief Fund
DDC
District Development Committee
DDMP
District Disaster Management Plan
DDMC
District Disaster Management Committee
DIPRO
District Information and Public Relation Officer
DRDA
District Rural development Agency
DRO
District Revenue Officer
DTO
District Treasury Officer
ESF
Emergency Support Functionaries
ETA
Exepected Time of Arrival
F & CS
Food & Civil Supplies
FRT
Field Response Team
GOI
Government of India
MDA
Meerut Development Authority
MMC
Meerut Municipal Corporation
GIS
Geographic Information System
GPS
Global Positioning System
HAZMAT
Hazourdous Material
HLC
High Level Committee
HQ
Headquarters
ICS
Incident Command System
IRS
Incident Response System
IMD
Indian Meteorological Department
IDRN
India Disaster Resource Network
IEC
Information, Education and Communication
I&FC
Irrigation & Flood Control
IHBAS
Institute of Human Behavior and Allied Sciences
INGO
International Non-Governmental Organizationa
IDKN
India Disaster Knowledge Network
LPG
Liquefied Petroleum Gas
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Multi Accident Hazard
MOU
Memorandum of Understanding
MSIHC
Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemical
Rules
MHA
Ministry of Home Affairs
MLA
Member of Legislative Assembly
MTA
Merchant Traders Association
NCC
National Cadet Corps
NCMC
National Crisis Management Committee
NDMA
National Disaster Management Authority
NSS
National Service Scheme
NYKS
Nehru Yuva Kendra Sanghtan
PWD
Public Works Department
PHD
Public Heath Department
PRIs
Panchayati Raj Institutions
QRT
Quick Response Team
SDM
Sub Divisional Magistrate
SDMA
State Disaster Management Authority
SDRF
State Disaster Response Fund
SEC
State Executive Committee
SOP
Standard Operating Procedure
UNDP
United Nation Development programme
ULB
Urban Local Bodies
UPSEB
Uttar Pradesh State Electricity Board
UPSRTC
Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation
VHF
Very High Frequency
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1.1 INTRODUCTION
Introduction:‐ Disaster refers to a serious disruption of the functioning of a society, causing widespread human, material, or environmental loss, which exceeds the ability of the affected society to cope using its own resources. To put it in other words, it is the occurrence of a sudden mishap/calamity/grave occurrence that disrupts the basic fabric and normal functioning of a society (or community). In Meerut District hazards like earthquake under Zone‐IV, flood, fire, building collapse, epidemic break, heat & cold waves are some of the risks identified. These disasters play a vital role in the economy of any country specially a developing district like Meerut, where huge amount have to be diverted for relief and rehabilitation thus affecting developmental projects. Capacity Building on Disaster management is an integral part of any development activities and its need in multi‐
hazard‐prone urban cities has always been recognized as that of prime importance. Meerut Profile:‐ District Meerut comprises of 459 panchayat. Most of the population of Meerut consists of a service class population, farmer and small traders. Meerut has one of the largest Muslim populations among the major cities of India (close to 32%). There is also a significant Christian population. Meerut was the site of one of India's worst communal riots during the 1980s. Hastinapur is a small town at Meerut district lies near to holy river Ganges.
Hastinapur, Hastin (elephant) and Pura (city), Named after the elephant. The history of Hastinapur begins from the period of Mahabharata. Ancient Hastinapur was the capital of kingdom of the Kauravas, belonging to the Kuru dynasty. The first reference to Hastinapur in Hindu mythology comes as the capital of Emperor Bharata and it is to believe the city Hastinapur was established by Bharata’s son Hastin. Hastinapur is considered as a Kashi of Jain religion, Digambar Jain Bada Mandir, Jambudweep, Kailash Parvat, Old Pandeshwer temple are the main and famous temples in Hastinapur. Historical Gurudwara is present in the nearby village Saifpur. Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR Page 11 Meerut District Disaster Management Plan 2015­16 Meerut is the 16th largest metropolitan area in India and the 25th largest city in India. Meerut ranks 3rd in the total slum area population in the country after Mumbai and Faridabad respectively. Meerut rank 4th in terms of population in Uttar Pradesh. It is the 4th biggest city in U.P. Meerut also has one of the biggest army garrisons/cantonments in this part of the country. It is famous for its scissors and Gazak. Meerut is also the sports capital of India. The 1857 Indian independence drive started from here. According to the Government of India, the district Meerut is one of the minority concentrated district in India on the basis of the 2011 census data on population, socio‐economic indicators and basic amenities indicators.
1.2 MEERUT DISTRICT PROFILE
Meerut city is found in the state of Uttar Pradesh, about 71 km from Delhi. Meerut city is the
headquarters of Meerut district which comprises of 1025 villages. Most of the population of
Meerut city consists of a service class population and small traders.
Source: Google.com
Map showing the district boundaries
1.3 HISTORY
Meerut is famously associated with first freedom struggle of 1857 against the British East
India Company, when chants of popular Hindi slogan "Dilli Chalo" ("Let's march to Delhi!")
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Muslim soldiers were given rifle cartridges rumoured to have a coating made of animal fat.
The bullet wrapping was to be opened by mouth before use, which affected religious
sensibilities of both Muslims and Hindus as the animal coating was alleged to be composed of
pig and cow, since cow was the sacred animal for Hindus and pig was untouchable animal for
Muslims.
1.4 MYTHOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE
Lakshagrah (home of lac) described in the Mahabharata — designed in conspiracy to
burn Pandavas alive by Kauravas — was situated here. This place is now called Barnawa. It
is situated along the Meerut - Baraut road.
In the great Hindu epic, Ramayana, Shravan Kumar carried his feeble parents on his
shoulders to all the pilgrimage sites in India, but it is believed that when he passed through
Meerut, he put down his parents for some time to get some rest and water. It was here that
Lord Rama's father, the king, mistook Shravan Kumar for a deer and shot him with an arrow
by accident. Shravan Kumar's parents declared that the king's own first son would abandon
him when he most needed him.
Meerut is also called as 'Ravan Ki Sasural' Ravan's Wife's home town.
Meerut was know as Maya Rashtra (Maya was the father of Ravan's wife Mandodri).
1.5 GEOGRAPHY
Situated almost in the heart of the district, Meerut is located at 28°59′N 77°42′E
28.98°N 77.7°E at a distance of 448 Kms from Lucknow (the headquarters of the State
Government) and about 70 Kms. north east of Delhi. Three stone inscriptions in an old
churchyard give the elevation (above sea level) of the city variously as 223.723 Meters,
224.028 Meters and 225.247 Meters (the first probably having been inscribed at the instance
of the Trigonometrical Survey).
Meerut city is linked by: Roadways, Railways, & Air ways.
1.6 NATIONAL HIGHWAY:
National Highways passing through the Meerut District are N.H. 58,119,235.
1.7 RAILWAY STATION:
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some important trains passes from these stations
1.8 AIRPORT:
The International Airport is located at 65 KM away from the District Head Quarter. Only a
helipad situated at Partapur industrial area. And an Bhim Rao Ambedkar Airstrip.
1.9 LANGUAGES:
Languages commonly used are Local language, Hindi, & English.
1.10 DEMOGRAPHICS
Meerut City is also the headquarters of Meerut district. Meerut has one of the largest Muslim
populations among the major cities of India (close to 32%). There is also a significant
Christian population. Meerut was the site of one of India's worst communal riots during the
1980s.
Population of District Meerut(Rural &Urban) Census2001
RU
Total Population
Total
Male
SC Population
Female
Total
Male
ST Population
Female
Total
Male Female
Total
2997361 1601578 1395783 552692 296882 255810
236
112
124
Rural
1545378 826908
718470
326052 175591 150461
13
6
7
Urban
1451983 774670
677313
226640 121291 105349
223
106
117
Population of Tehsil Meerut District Meerut
Census-2001
RU
Total
Total Population
ST Population
Total
Male
Female
Total
Male
Female
Total
Male
Female
1807911
967783
840128
328975
176710
152265
236
112
124
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604761
324246
280515
137779
74333
63446
13
6
7
Urban
1203150
643537
559613
191196
102377
88819
223
106
117
Literacy Rate
Year Male 2001 75.00
Female 53.12
Total 64.79
2011 82.91(+7.91) 65.69(+12.57) 74.80(+10.01
Total population of Meerut is 3,447,405 as per latest figures released by Directorate of
Census Operations in Uttar Pradesh. This shows increase of 15.01 percent in 2011 compared
to figures of 2001 census. The initial figures of data shows that male and female were
1,829,192 and 1,618,213 respectively. Meerut District of Uttar Pradesh comprises an area of
2,569 sq.km. As per census 2011, density of Meerut District per square km is 1,342
compared to 1,167 per sq.km of 2001.
Sex ratio of girls in Meerut district per 1000 boys was recorded 885 i.e. an increase of 13
points from the figure of 2001 census which puts it at 872.
In 2011 census, data of Meerut district regarding child under 0-6 age were also collected.
There were total 488,271 children under age of 0-6 against 517,960 of 2001 census. Of total
488,271 male and female were 263,961 and 224,310 respectively. Child Sex Ratio as per
census 2011 was 857 compared to 857 of census 2001. Children's proportion in total
population was around 1.73 percent. This figure was around 1.80 percent as per 2001
census.
In education sector, Meerut District is having average literacy rate of 74.80 percent. Male
literacy and female literacy were 82.91 and 65.69 percent respectively. In all, there were total
2,213,483 literates compared to 1,606,469 literates of 2001 census.
1.11 INDUSTRIES
Meerut City is famous as an industrial city. The major and medium scale industries
that operate in areas like Daurala, Delhi Road, Partapur and Baghpat Road. These industries
produce products like automobiles, transformers, tubes, chemicals, paper and milk products.
Meerut has seen a boom in the construction business in recent years. Many new buildings,
shopping complexes and apartments have come up. Many malls have been recently built by
major developers of the country. Malls in Meerut include Melange at Pallav Puram, PVS Mall
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Gate. Many more are under construction, namely Ansal Plaza at By-pass road, Phoenix Mall
at Delhi Road, MCP Mall (Grand Savy Mall) at EK Road. Two five star hotels - The Godwin
Regency and Hotel Phoenix are also under construction. Meerut already has two four star
hotels and three star hotels. Hotel Crystal Palace and Samrat Heavens are the two four star
hotels while Rajmahal, Mayur Deluxe and Yadu Residency are three star hotels.
Meerut is home to showrooms of several big brands of clothing and sports such as
Adidas, Reebok, Nike, Puma, Killer, Spykar, Pepe Jeans, UCB, Cotton County, Koutons and
many more. Popular restaurants include McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Dominoes, Nirulas, Cafe
Coffee Day, Barista, Coffee Delight and Manchow with KFC on its way.
Meerut is the largest supplier of sports goods and also the largest manufacturer of
musical instruments in India. One of the leading pharmaceuticals manufacturers, Perk
Pharmaceuticals Ltd., is also located here. The Metro Rail Project has been in consideration
and by 2020 it may be seen in the city of Meerut. Many new projects have already been
passed like INNER RING ROAD, OUTER RING ROAD and construction of approx. 21 new
flyovers. An airstrip (BHIM RAO AMBEDKAR AIR STRIP) is also present.
1.12 MEDIA
Meerut is becoming an important media center, as journalists from all over Uttar
Pradesh and other Indian states are working in Meerut. Recently a lot of news channels have
started to show programs focused on crime. As media centers are situated in Meerut, this city
getting a good amount of publicity on national platform. The situation of law and order in
recent past has improved a lot and media has an important role in it. Radio stations are
shared by delhi having 91.1 FM, 92.7FM, 93.5FM, 94.3FM, 95FM, 98.3FM, 102.4FM,
106.2FM AND 104FM. 90.4FM(RADIO IIMT) is the only city radio station. Many popular
bollywood artists hailed from meerut. Some of them are Bharat Bhushan, Mandakini, Vishal
Bhardwaj, Deepti bhatnagar. Meerut also shelters some of the most renowned writters of
India who have given some major contibution towards education like M.L.Khanna, R.S
Aggarwal, M.K.aggarwal, O.P.Aggarwal. It has some of the most popular publication houses
like Bharti Bhawan publications, Chitra Prakashan, Jai prakash Publications, Bharat bharti
Publications, Rastogi Publications etc
1.13 EDUCATION The city is home to the Chaudhry Charan Singh University, earlier known as Meerut
University and also very well-known agriculture university that is Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
University of Agriculture & Technology. Meerut is also there which contribute many facilities to
the farmers of Meerut. Subharti University and Shobhit University have recently become
universities. So Meerut has a total of 4 universities. Meerut is a education hub of West Uttar
Pradesh having a total of 51 Engineering colleges, 62 schools, 27 other colleges. One of the
famous engineering college among all these is shobhit institute of engineering and technology
which is now a university called Shobhit University. Meerut public School, MPGS, GTB,
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of the most prominent primary school.
1.14 No. of Tehsils-3
Meerut, Mawana, Sardhana
No. of Blocks-12
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2.
3.
4.
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7.
8.
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10.
11.
12.
Meerut
Rajpura
Jani khurd
Rohta
Sarurpur
Sardhana
Daurala
Kharkoda
Machara
Parikshatgarh
Mawana
Hastinapur
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Disaster refers to a serious disruption of the functioning of a society, causing
widespread human, material, or environmental loss, which exceeds the ability of the affected
society to cope using its own resources. To put it in other words, it is the occurrence of a
sudden mishap/calamity/grave occurrence that disrupts the basic fabric and normal
functioning of a society (or community).
2.2 OBJECTIVES:
The objectives behind the preparation of the City Disaster Management Plan is
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To mitigate impact of natural and man-made hazards through preparedness at
District and Ward level.
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To provide effective support and resources to all the concerned individuals, groups
and departments in disaster.
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To assist the line departments, communities in developing compatible skills for
disaster preparedness and management.
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To disseminate factual information in a timely, accurate and tactful manner while
maintaining necessary confidentiality.
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To develop immediate and long-term support plans for vulnerable people in/during
disasters.
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To create awareness among the people about hazard occurrence and increasing
their participation in preparedness, prevention, development, relief, rehabilitation and
reconstruction process.
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To have response system in place to face any eventuality.
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To affect or elicit the least possible disruption to the normal life process when dealing
with individuals in disaster.
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To ensure active participation by the government administration, communities, NGOs,
CBOs and volunteers at all levels making optimal utilization of human and material
resources during the time of disaster.
2.3 PERSPECTIVE:
A formal plan for managing disaster would include:
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Pre planning a proper sequence of response actions.
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Allocation of responsibilities to the participant agencies.
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Developing codes and standard operating procedures for various departments and
relief agencies involved.
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Inventory of existing facilities and resources.
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Mechanism for effective management of resources.
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Coordination of all relief activities including those of NGOs to ensure a coordinated
and effective response.
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Coordinating with the state response machinery for appropriate support.
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Testing the plan including mock drills.
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Defining levels of acceptable risk.
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Monitoring and evaluation of actions taken during relief and rehabilitation.
2.4 ROLE OF THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION:
In anticipation of any disaster, the district administration has taken various
precautionary measures. Functioning of the Control Room, Closure of past breaches in river
and canal embankments and guarding of weak points, rain recording and submission of
rainfall report, communication of Gauge reading, functioning of flood/cyclone zones,
deployment of power/country boats, installation of temporary VHF stations, arrangement for
keeping telephone and telegraph lines in order, storage of food stuff, arrangement for keeping
drainage clear, agricultural/health/veterinary measures, selection of flood/cyclone shelters,
etc. have been properly planned. The government officials of different departments have been
apprised of their duties for pre, during and post disaster periods.
The Circle Officers, B.D.Os, ULBs, Executive Engineers of Jal Nigam Department,
Executive Engineers of PWD Department, Executive Engineers of Irrigation Department,
Health Department, Police Department, A H &Veterinary Department, District Supply officer,
Civil Defence Department etc. have been requested to take all precautionary and preparatory
measures and to remain alert to face the challenge of any disaster. The other government
officials have also been apprised of their roles and responsibilities to be played during predisaster arrangement and during/post-disaster management. Every possible kind of
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combating the severe natural calamities that may occur anytime.
Administrative set – up Set­up at District Level District Magistrate Add. District Magistrate
Sub-Divisional
(3)
Magistrates
Tahsildar/ BDOs Line departments and Others
Add.Tahsildar RWAs
Police
Communities Land Matters (Revenue) Rural Areas Villages Fire patwari
s
Civil Defence Education MCD Urban areas Village areas ‐
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Health etc
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HAZARDS AND VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS
History of incident/Disaster in Meerut region
1) Dated: 10th April 2006; Victoria Park fire incident. 64 Causalities.
2) In regard to earthquake most of the Uttar Pradesh lies in the Gangetic Plain.
3) 10th October 1956; Bulandshar District (Uttar Pradesh), 6.2 (IMD). No fatalities were
reported. The shock was also strongly felt at Delhi, where there was some minor
damage.
4) 15 July 1720; the last major earthquake in the New Delhi region. Heavy damage in
the city.
5) 10 Oct 1956; Bulandshar District (Uttar Pradesh),6.2 (IMD) One of the most powerful
earthquakes in Uttar Pradesh struck the districts of western Uttar Pradesh at 21:01
IST. The massive shock was centred near jehangirpur in Bulandshar District. No
fatalities were reported. The shock was also strongly felt at Delhi, where there was
minor damage.
6) 15 September 1966; South of Moradabad, (Moradabad-Rampur Districts), 5.8
7) 29th March 1999; Near Gopeshwar (Chamoli District), Mw 6.5 (HRV) at 19:05, 115
people killed in the Gharwal region. The quake was felt very strongly in Uttar
Pradesh, Chandigarh, Delhi and Haryana. In Haryana, one person was killed in the
city of Ambala and 2 at Nakodar in the neighboring state of Punjab. Minor damage to
buildings in New Delhi, most significantly in Patparganj. Minor damage also reported
from Chandigarh.
8) 18 October 2007; Gautambudhnagar, Uttar Pradesh, M 3.6 at 11:24 AM, A mild
earthquake struck the district of Gautambudhnagar in western Uttar Pradesh. Caused
minor damage in the epicentral region.
3.1 Overview:
Disasters occur with unfailing regularity and pose a serious threat to all aspects of
development, more so in the developing world. Nearly 90% of the natural disasters and 95%
of the disaster related deaths occur in developing countries. It is estimated that by 2025, 80%
of the world’s population will live in developing countries, and up to 60% of them will be highly
vulnerable to floods, severe storms and earthquakes. The trend in losses due to disasters is
alarming. Worldwide losses from disasters during the 1990’s are almost three times greater
than those recorded from 1981 to 1989. In a world in which things seem sure to get worse,
there is an increasing incentive to make sure they don’t.
3.2 Definitions:
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the basic structure and normal functioning of a society (community). It is an event or a series
of events which gives rise to casualties and /or damage or loss of property, infrastructure,
essential services or means of livelihood on a scale that is beyond the normal capacity of the
affected communities to cope with unaided.
3.2.2 HazardsHazards are defined as “Phenomena that pose a threat to people, structures or
economic assets and which may cause a disaster. They could be either manmade or naturally
occurring in our environment.”
3.2.3 VulnerabilityIt is defined as “the extent to which a community, structure, service and geographic
area is likely to be damaged or disrupted by the impact of particular hazard, on account of
their nature, construction and proximity to hazardous terrain or a disaster prone area”. The
degree of vulnerability depends on the condition of human settlements and their
infrastructure, the way in which public policy and administration is engaged in disaster
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to deal with them.
3.3 Types of Vulnerability3.3.1 Physical vulnerability:
It relates to the physical location of people and elements at risk, buildings,
infrastructure etc and their proximity to the hazard.
3.3.2 Socio- economic Vulnerability:
This relates to the degree to which a population is affected by the calamity in relation
to the prevailing social and economic conditions. The impact of a disaster is determined by,
the event; it’s effects on people and their environment, as well as the consequential effect on
human activities within a given society.
3.4 RiskRisk is a measure of the expected losses due to a hazard event of a particular
magnitude occurring in a given area over a specific time period. Risk is a function of the
probability of particular occurrences and the losses each would cause.
Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR Page 25 Meerut District Disaster Management Plan 2015­16 3.5 RISK AND VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS Like other districts of the state, Meerut is also highly prone to multi‐hazards like earthquakes, fire incidents, LPG blasts, flood, industrial hazard, riots and in the recent past building collapses etc. 3.6 Vulnerable Settlements There are several urban slums, unauthorized colonies and resettlement colonies and Urban & Rural Villages. All these are considered as highly vulnerable settlements due to their highly congested & unplanned nature and their access to infrastructure. The locations include old fortified structures, slopes, nallahs, low‐lying areas (with tendency to flood during heavy rains,) under high tension wires, along highways, along railway lines, within industrial zones, pavements, along water mains, along open drainage. Urban and rural villages are well merged within a cluster of well laid out posh colonies and are interdependent on each other thereby increasing the property value within these villages. This increase in the value has brought a major change in the lifestyle of the original villagers. These villages also act as commercial centers providing unauthorized commercial space for the service industry. Apart from the above mentioned settlements huge number of Residential, Non residential, authorized and unauthorized commercial, Government owned buildings which have been constructed without any know‐how of earthquake engineering technology with the help of local contractors and masons are highly vulnerable to Earthquake Damages. Such buildings will suffer heavy damages in case of an earthquake of high intensity and will also be responsible for the loss of a large population. So far, we have been discussing only the structural elements; even within the structures several non‐structural elements can prove to be fatal in case of an earthquake. For instance, in most houses, use of glass is very common and also fashionable these days. This glass can Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR Page 26 Meerut District Disaster Management Plan 2015­16 lead to the loss of life. Other heavy stuff like cupboards etc. can also lead to heavy damages even in houses with strong structural elements. 3.7 Industrial & Chemical Accidents There are several industries involved either in the manufacturing and processing of hazardous goods or in their storage. Many of these go‐downs are in the proximity of residential areas or other storages, thereby increasing the risk of fires and chemical explosions in residential as well as industrial estates. District consists of industrial hazardous units (MAH): 1. Nipro glass factory, village fitkari Mawana Road, Meerut 2. Daurala sugar works chemical plant, Dauralla, Meerut (In above two, more than 10 tonnes of chlorine gas is stored and used) 3. Paswada chemical, Mohiuddinpur 4. Dauralla Organics, Dauralla (In third & fourth, more than 15 tonne of L.P.G. is stored and used) 5. Three oils depots viz. i) BPCL, KesharGanj (ii) HPCL, Vedvyaspuri, (iii) IOC, Vedvyaspuri As per Factories Act 1948 and those units registered under regulations 1950 are only been under the purview of the office of Assistant Director, Factories, Meerut. Apart from the factories units like shops, Godowns, petrol pump, organizations are not under the Assistant Director, Factories, Meerut. As per the Manufacture Storage and Import of Hazards Chemicals Rules District Meerut Off‐site Emergency plan has been prepared under the chairmanship of District Magistrate. 3.8 Capacity
Capacity is the resources of individuals, households and communities to cope with a
threat or resist the impact of a hazard.
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The High Power Committee of Govt. of India has classified the hazards as follows:
1.Floods and Drainage Management
2.Cyclones
3.Tornadoes & Hurricanes
4.Hailstorm
5.Cloud burst
1. Water and Climate Related
6.Snow Avalanches
7.Heat & Cold Waves
8.Thunder & Lightning
9.Sea Erosion
10.Droughts
11.Earthquakes
12.Landslides & Mudflows
2. Geologically Related
13.Dam Bursts & Dam Failures
14.Mine Fires
15.Chemical and Industrial Disasters
3. Chemical, Industrial
16.Nuclear Disasters
and Nuclear Related
17.Road, Rail and other Transportation accidents including
Waterways
18.Mine Flooding
19.Major Building Collapse
20.Serial Bomb Blasts/Riot
21.Festival related Disasters
4. Accident Related
22.Urban Fires
23.Oil Spill
24.Village Fires
25.Boat Capsizing
26.Forest Fires
27.Electrical Disasters & Fires
28.Biological Disasters & Epidemics
29.Food Poisoning
5. Biologically related
30.Cattle Epidemics
31.Pest Attacks
4.1 Hazards Specific Proneness in Meerut:
On view of the disaster history of Meerut Natural disasters likely in the area are:
•
Earthquake •
Fire •
Industrial •
Epidemics •
Flood 4.2 Earthquake:
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High Risk Zone –IV where a maximum intensity of XIII can be expected.
4.3 Fire:
From the past experience it is seen that most of the fire takes place in Meerut city is
because of short circuit. In the months of summer due to rise in atmospheric temperature and
climate remain very dry, hence the probability of fire is more often taking place.
4.4 Industrial Hazard:
With rapid urbanization, many industries have sprung up in and around the city. The
main industrial pockets in Meerut city are located at Partapur. Oil depots of the Indian Oil
Corporation are located at Partapur and near City Station.
4.5 List of Water logging villages: Fathepur Prem, Haripur, Sujatpur, Maanpur, Rathoda Kala, Shirejepur, Hadipur Gavadhi, Parsapur hansapur, Dabhkheri, Bhagupur, Kishanpur Khadar, Rushtampur Bhikund, Phahadpur kutub, Dhudhli Khadar, Dhupedi Chao, JalalapurJora, Khri Kalan, Kishorpur, Mamipur, Bhadva, Bhadvi, Bhajampur, Chamrod, Khanpur Gharhi, Mirjapur, Sikanderpur, Kankankheda, Latifpur. 4.6 Rainfall data of District Meerut in M.M.: Month/Year Tehsil Meerut
Tehsil Mawana Tehsil Sardhana Total August/2011 231 398
86
715 July/2011 203.5 276
120
599.5 June/2011 132 191
52
375 Year‐2010 August/2010 302 242
142
686 July/2010 393 418.6
174
985.6 June/2010 27 8
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36 a) The Metrological Department situated at Choudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR Page 30 Meerut District Disaster Management Plan 2015­16 b) The Haridwar and Bijnour barrage of ganga river also provides early warning before releasing water. 4.7 Probability Period / Seasonality of Disasters:
Type of Hazards
Time of occurrence
Potential Impact
Anytime
Loss of Life, Livestock and Infrastructure
Earthquake
Fire Accidents
Anytime
Human Loss and property damage
Epidemics
Anytime
Loss to human life
4.8 Disaster Management:
Disaster Management can be defined as the body of policy and administrative
decisions and operational activities, which pertain to various stages (pre-disaster, disaster
occurrence & post-disaster) of disaster at all levels.
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There are three key stages of activity that are taken up with in disaster management. They
are:1.
Before the disaster strikes (pre disaster)
Activities taken up to reduce human and property losses caused by the hazard and to
ensure that these losses are also minimized when the disaster strikes. Risk reduction
activities are taken up during this stage and they are termed prevention, mitigation and
preparedness activities.
2.
During the disaster (disaster occurrence)
Activities taken to ensure that the needs and provisions of the victims are met and the
sufferings are minimized. Activities taken up at this stage include emergency response
activities.
3.
After a disaster (post disaster)
Activities taken to achieve early recovery and does not expose the earlier vulnerable
conditions. Activities taken up at this stage are called as response and recovery activities.
Prevention:
Measures to eliminate or reduce the incidence or severity of emergencies/disasters
Mitigation:
It involves long-term measures to reduce the effects of disaster causing phenomena.
Preparedness:
Measures to ensure that, communities and services are capable of coping with the
effect of disasters.
Response:
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that the effects are minimized.
Recovery:
Measures that support emergency and help the affected communities in the
reconstruction of the physical infrastructure, re-construction of economic and emotional wellbeing.
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List of Multi Accidental Hazard Units of Meerut:-
S.No. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
Name and Address of the Unit Win Medicare Pvt. Ltd. Jyoti Industries, Udyogpuram Ashoka Handloom Factory Unit‐II, gesupur datawli, Garh Road Pashupati Textiles Prints Pvt. Ltd. Garh Road Ashoka Handloom Factory P. Ltd. Shyamnagar Shilpi Handfeb Pvt. Ltd. Garh Road
R.K. Print House Ajanta Handtex Garh Road, Meerut Anupam Processors, Partapur U.P. Dyeing & Printing Works, Nauchandi Ground Kanti Syenthetics Pvt. Ltd. Kunda, Indl. Area
Olympic Zippers Pvt. Ltd. Partapur Olympic Fastner Pvt. Ltd. Ind. Area, Partapur 14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
Shakun Handloom Pvt. Ltd. Gangol Road
Rachit Prints, Udyogpuram H.M. Polytex, Shayam Nagar, Pilokhari Road Rama Tex Pvt. Ltd. Rithani, Delhi Road Arshi Textiles, Hapur Road
Meerut Agro Chemical Industries Ltd. Ind. Area, Partapur 20. Apco Dye Chemical pvt. Ltd. Meerut‐Mawana Road 21. Apco Chem pvt. Ltd. Meerut‐Mawana Road 22. Deepika Exports Pvt. Ltd. Parikshit Garh Road 23. Agro care, Udyogpuram 24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
Saru Smelting Pvt. Ltd. Sarunagar, kankarkhera Shrda Exports, Rithani, Delhi Road Shri. Vasu Automobiles Ltd. Rithani
Dayal fertilizers pvt. Ltd. Delhi Road, Partapur Modi Mundi Pharma Ltd. Modipuram Avant Garde Carpets Ltd. (Sharda Exports) Gangol Road, Partapur 30. Perk Pharma Ltd. Ind Area, Partapur
31. Maci Organics Ltd. Ind. Area, Partapur 32.
33.
34.
35.
Mawana Sugar Works, Mawana Ashoka Pigment Pvt. Ltd. Kunda Anand Tissues Ltd. Fitkari Paramount Pesticides Pvt. Ltd. Mohkampur
36. Prakash Metal Industries, Mohkampur
Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR Products manufactured (in MTA) Pharmaceutical
Bed Sheets, 1000 mt/day Yarn Dyeing Dyeing & Printing, & Bleaching 1000mt/day Bed Sheets, 1000 mt/day Bed Sheets, 700 mt/day Bed Sheets 2000 mt/day Bed Sheets 1200 mt/day Bed Sheets 1000 mt/day Dyeing & Bleaching 1500 mt/day Dyeing & Bleaching 1500 mt/day
Polyester Yarn Dying Polyster yarn Dying & Weaving Polyster Yarn Dying & Weaving Bed Sheets
Bed Sheets 2000 mt/day Yarn Dying Dyeing & Bleaching Bed Sheets
Formulation of pesticides fungi sits & Insecticides Sulpher Black 1000kg/day Turkish Blue‐600 Kg/day Deep Black‐800 Kg/day Sodium Thaio Sulphate‐100 Kg/day Pickling Etching Planting Formulation of pesticides Fungicides & Insecticides Wire & Alloys Thinner & D.G. Set oil‐250 Lt./day Washing & Reparing of four wheels
Micro& Macro Nutrient ZnSo4,FeSo4 Tablets‐5 mt. tons/Year Die & Yarn 4000Kg/day Formulation of Drugs Formulation of Pesticides Fungicides & Insecticides Sugar; 350 ton sulpher Ultra Marrien Blue Craft Paper Formulation of Liquid & Solid Pesticides
100 Kg/day Lead Battery Processing Page 34 Meerut District Disaster Management Plan 2015­16 37. Nelco India, Sports Complex Sports Goods Zinc plastic closed 38. Stonex Organics & Chemical Pvt. Ltd. NBA & Jaileen‐100 mt/day (each) Mohkampur Ind. Area 39. Sanjeevni Organics Pvt. Ltd. Achronda, Partapur Ethail Acitate & Dethail Fats‐250 Kg/day, (each) 40. Modern Process House, Mohkampur Dyeing & Bleaching 41. U.P. State sugar Corpn Ltd. Unit‐ Mohiuddinpur Sugar
42. U.P. State Sugar Corpn Ltd. Unit‐ Sakauti Tanda Sugar; 120 ton sulpher 43. Daurala Organics Ltd. Daurala Different types of Chemicals 44. Daurala Sugar Works, Unit‐Chemical, Daurala
Different types of Chemicals‐550 ton sulpher 45. Daurala Sugar Works, Unit‐Sugar, Daurala
Sugar 16904 Mt. ton/month 46. Mauriti Nandan Steels Pvt. Ltd. Sivaya M.S. Ingots‐40 Mt. ton/day 47. Sardhana Pares Ltd. Sardhana Semi craft paper‐18 Mt. ton/day 48. Goel Dye Chem, Mohkampur Ind. Area Dai Stuff‐50 Kg./day 49. Pecific Orgochem, Ind. Area, Dheerkhera
S S P‐100 Mt. ton/day 50. Reidel India Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. Ind. Area, 250 Mt. ton/month Pesticides Formulation Dheerkhra & Macro Nutrient 51. Jayco Chemical India, Ind. Area, Dheerkhera Liquid 2 Mt. ton/day, Dust‐10 Mt. Ton/day Granules‐5 Mt. T./day 52. Shree Ram Agro Chemicals, Ind. Area, Liquid 1Kl/day, Dust‐10 ton/day Granules‐
Dheerkhera 2 T/day 53. Green Care Chemical, Ind. Area, Dheerkhera Liquid 1 Kl/day, Dust‐10 Ton/day Granules‐1T/day 54. Golden Agro Chemical, Ind. Area, Dheerkhera Liquid 1 Kl/day, Granules‐2800 kg./day 55. Bajaj Hindustan Ltd. Sugar Unit, Kinauni Sugar apex‐700 ton/day 56. Amvec Agrisciences, Ind. Area, Dheerkhera Pesticide Formulation 57. Raj Kumar Textiles, meerut
Bed Sheets‐800 Mt./day 58. Shiva Fastners, Meerut Polyester Yarn Dyeing & Weaving 100 Kg/day 59. Paswara Chemicals Ltd. Mohiuddinpur, Meerut White Oils 60. Modi Tyre Co. Modipuram, Meerut Truck tyre‐95000/month; 400 ton sulpher 61. Mateswari Pesticides, Partapur, Meerut
Formulation of pesticides 62. Dollar Sales Corporation, Sardhana Road, Tannery Meerut 63. New India Pesticides, Sardhana Road, Meerut Formulation of Pesticides 64. Trans Yamuna Fertilizers, Dheerkhera, Meerut Formulation of Pesticides 65. Shimac Organics, Dheerkhera, Meerut Formulation of Pesticides 66. Shri. Biharilal Kargha Dog, Garh Road, Meerut
Dyeing & printing 67. Maheswari Wire Pvt. Ltd., Mohakampur, Electroplasting Meerut 68. Naglamal Sugar Complex, Meerut Sugar 69. Bhrigu Alloys & Steels Pvt. Ltd., Meerut MS Ingots 70. Bharat Agro Molecules, Udyogpuram, Meerut Ferous Sulphate 71. Raj Sneh Auto India Pvt. Ltd. 210, Mohakampur, Automobile Workshop 40 Vehicle/day
Delhi Road, Meerut 72. Jamila Ismail & Sons, Fitkari, Mawana Road, Wet blue, leather 2T/day Meerut 73. Tirupati Balaji Fertilizer Ind., Udyogpuram, Zinc Sulphate 5T/day Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR Page 35 Meerut District Disaster Management Plan 2015­16 Meerut 74. Shri. Jai Balaji Ispat (P) Ltd. Sardhana, Meerut 75. Paswara Impex (P) Ltd., Udoyogpuram, Meerut
76. Allen Petrochemicals Pvt. Ltd., D‐22‐26, Udyogpuram, Partapur, Meerut 77. Allen Oil Corporation, Ind. Area, Partapur 78. Ideal Laminates, Gangol Road, Meerut 79. M/S India Oil Corporation Ltd., Meerut Terminal 80. Nipro Glass Factory 81. BPCL, KesharGanj 82. HPCL, Vedvyaspuri Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR M.S. Ingots‐50 Mt./day White Oils
Industrial Thinner/Solvents Wate Oil Refining Mica Sheets‐800 sheets/day Ved Vyas Puri, P.O. Industrial Estate, Partapur, Meerut Village Fitkari, Mawana Road, Meerut
KesharGanj, Meerut Vedvyaspuri, Meerut Page 36 Meerut District Disaster Management Plan 2015­16 Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR Page 37 Meerut District Disaster Management Plan 2015­16 District Disaster Management Authority As per Gazette notification, 10th December 2008, District Disaster Management Authority has been framed with following members:‐ No
Designation/Department
Membership
1
District Magistrate
Chairperson
2
Chairman, Zila Panchayat
Co- Chairperson
3
Add’l District Magistrate (Finance/Revenue)
Member
4
Superintendent of Police
Member
5
Chief Medical Officer
Member
6
Supt. Engineer/Asstt. Engineer, Provincial Division, PWD. Meerut
(Prantiya Khand, lok nirman vibhag)
Member
7
Supt. Engineer, Drainage Department-1, Irrigation Department
(Drainage khand-1, Sichai vibhag)
Member
5.1
Disaster Management Committee at District:
The District Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) came into currency because
of the frequent occurrence of disasters in the city. The primary aim of the committee is to
have proper coordination among all the line departments. The District Magistrate is the
Chairman of the DDMC and the district level response is coordinated under his guidance. The
District Disaster Management Committee exists to assist the ADM (F/R):
ƒ
Reviewing the threats of disaster
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Analyzing the vulnerability of the district to such disasters
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Evaluating the preparedness and
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Considering suggestions for the improvement of the District Disaster Management Plan
5.2
Responsibilities of the Committee
¾
To educate the public on different hazards and what protective steps should be taken
¾
To make arrangements for emergency action
¾
To effect evacuation from ward community when necessary
¾
Rescue and Rehabilitation
¾
Post Earthquake/Flood /Fire action/ other calamity and review
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carry out regular activities for disaster management.
5.3
District Disaster Management Committee- Meerut
Designation of the Personnel
District Magistrate
D.I.G., Meerut
Chairman
Co-Chairman
Chief Development Officer
Member
Local M.P/ M.L.A.
Member
Mayor, Municipal Corporation
Member
Deputy Controller, Civil Defence
Member
Commandant, Home Guard
Member
CFO, Fire Services
Member
Nagar Ayukt, M.C.
Member
Chief Executive Officer, M.D.A.
Member
Chief Medical Officer
Member
District Transport Officer, Meerut
Member
Superintendent Engineer, Jal Nigam
Member
Superintendent Engineer, P.W.D. (Building)
Member
Superintendent Engineer, P.W.D. (Roads)
Member
Addl. Chief/Superintendent Engineer, UPSEB
Member
Group Commander, NCC
Member
Dist. Youth Coordinator, N.Y.K.S.
Member
Youth Officer, N.S.S.
Member
Bharat Scout & Guides
Member
BSNL
Member
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Member
NGOs like Lions Club, Rotary Club,
Member
Town & Country Planning
Member
Department
Principal of all colleges under Meerut city
Member
ADM Finance
Member Secretary
This Committee will function as the main decision making cum advisory body.
This body will be at the apex of all initiatives for disaster reduction in the district.
The areas of concern for the Committee will be:(1) Create awareness among Government functionaries, technical institutions, NGOs,
CBOs, and Communities about disaster and possible preventive actions.
(2) Capacity building for certification by Government functionaries and professionals
(engineers and architects)
(3) Development and Institutionalizing of disaster preparedness and strengthening
response plans by practicing these through mock drills
(4) Development of a regulatory framework (techno-legal regime) to promote safe
construction and systems to ensure compliance.
(5) Networking knowledge on best practices and tools for effective earthquake risk
management, including creation of information systems containing inventory of
resources for emergency operations.
5.4
Working Group No - I (Non-technical )
Designation of the Personnel
Nagar Ayukt
Chairman
ADM (F/R)
Member Secretary
Additional S.P
Member
Sub Area Commandent
Member
Chief Fire Officer
Member
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Member
Loins, Rotary Club
Member
C.M.O
Member
Nominated persons from
Member
Development Authority
District Supply Officer
Member
President IMA
Member
District coordinator
Member
The broad objectives of this executive group includes:(1) Creating awareness among Government functionaries, technical institutions, NGOs,
CBOs, and Communities about earthquake vulnerability and possible preventive actions.
For this, planning and implementation of awareness campaign strategies through
workshops/seminars/meetings/consultations/development of IEC materials/ local methods
of awareness generation programmes.
(2) Development of city and ward level earthquake preparedness and response plans and
practicing through periodic mock drills.
(3) Capacity building of various stakeholders for vulnerability reduction.
(4) Regular Consultations with various agencies such as urban local bodies, NGOs,
practicing engineers, architects, real estate developers, builders and contractors etc.
(5) Developing the response structure from ward to city level, formation of City and Ward
level Disaster management teams (DMTs) and specialized training of Disaster
management teams (DMTs) at ward and city levels along with preparedness (mock)drills
at city and ward levels.
(6) Coordination and linkages.
5.5
Working Group No – II (Technical)
Designation of the Personnel
V.C, M.D.A.
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Chairman
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Member Secretary
Town Planner Town & Country Planning
Member
Chief Engineer, Nagar Nigam
Member
Town Planner, Nagar Nigam
Member
Superintendent Engineer, P.W.D. (Building)
Member
Superintendent Engineer, P.W.D. (Roads)
Member
Superintendent Engineer, P.W.D. P.H.E.
Member
Addl. Chief/Superintendent Engineer, UPSEB
Member
Superintendent Engineer, Water Resources
Member
Representative of Architects Association
Member
Representative of Engineers Association
Member
The broad objectives of this executive working group in terms of the
guidelines of the District Disaster management Committee and Govt directives includes:(1) Development of the regulatory framework (techno-legal regime) to promote safe
construction and systems to ensure compliance.
(2) Capacity building for certification by Govt functionaries and professionals
(3) Orientation of techno-legal human and material aspects and capacity building of for
Urban Earthquake vulnerability reduction.
(4) Creating framework for compulsory certification system for engineers and architects
to set standard levels of competence among all practitioners.
(5) Capacity building of practicing/serving engineers and architects as also students of
engineering and architecture for awareness generation, mitigation measures and
development of earthquake preparedness plans.
(6) Steps to integrate disaster management features with development plans of the city.
(7) Interact and act on the suggestions of the State Hazard safety cell and District
Hazard safety cell as per Govt directives and rules.
5.6 Emergency Operations Centre: Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR Page 42 Meerut District Disaster Management Plan 2015­16 A District Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) is proposed with desk arrangements for specific activities during a disaster. The EOC will be linked to State Emergency Operation Centre. To avoid chaos and confusion, there will be very few people in the District Emergency Operations Centre. Therefore, the non‐government agencies although they have a role in the rescue and relief operations will not be represented in the District Emergency Operations Centre. However, to ensure the utilization of the manpower and material resources of these agencies, the Plan advocates to constitute a Sub‐Group comprising of representatives of only non‐government agencies, which will be responsible for distribution of relief materials obtained from external source, and also to support the government's requirement of additional manpower and material. During disaster, the district should increase and activate the EOC beyond the routine staff. During such periods, the officer present in the EOC should be capable of activating the EOC to its full resource level on receiving the warning or information of a disaster. During this stage, most of the communication links of EOC should be made fully operational. During disaster, District Magistrate will have to direct the operations at the affected site; to coordinate at the district headquarter and to interact with the State Government to meet the conflicting demands at the time of disaster is the responsibility of the District Magistrate and his/her team. The EOC will perform the following functions: •
Collection and compilation of information from the affected area; •
Documentation of information flow; •
Decision making regarding resource management; •
Allocation of task to different resource organizations; •
Supply of information to State Government. 5.6.1 Desk Arrangements It will be practically difficult for the District Magistrate and his team members to be present round the clock in the EOC. Thus, it is proposed that the EOC should have senior representative in the capacity of Desk Officers from the following key resource agencies: •
Search, Rescue & Evacuation desk; •
Logistics & Welfare desk; •
Medical desk; •
Infrastructure desk; The EOC will also have the necessary support staff to assist the senior representatives designated as Desk Officers in the EOC. The Desk Officers will maintain a constant contact Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR Page 43 Meerut District Disaster Management Plan 2015­16 with the DDMC members and the other district heads, to ensure quick decision‐making. They will also be responsible for allocating task to concerned staff, resource management and information flow. 5.7 Activities of District Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) 5.7.1 Normal time activities District Magistrate will appoint an Administrative Officer as Officer‐in‐charge of EOC. He/she will be responsible for the effective functioning of the EOC. His/her responsibilities during the normal times will include: •
Ensure all warning and communication systems, instruments are in working condition; •
Information collection on a routine basis from the district departments on the vulnerability of areas to disasters; •
Liaison with DDMC; •
Develop status reports of preparedness and mitigation activities in the district; •
Ensure appropriate implementation of District Disaster Management Plan •
Maintenance of data bank with regular updating; •
Receiving and dissemination of information from disaster helpline‐1077. •
Ensure Evaluation & updating of District Disaster Management Plan. However, EOC would keep an account of the amendments and accordingly review its response strategy. The Officer‐in‐Charge of EOC will be responsible for activating the trigger mechanism in the event of receipt of a warning or occurrence of a disaster. 5.7.2 Emergency time activities On the basis of message received from the forecasting agencies, warning has to be issued for the general public and the departments, which play a vital role during emergencies. Issue of correct and timely warning would be one of the prime responsibilities of EOC during emergency times. For effective dissemination of warning, EOC should have a well‐planned line of communication. The District Magistrate would be the authoritative body to issue warning. The formulation of warning message should consider the target group for which it is issued. For the warning message to be effective it should be clear, consistent and timely, so that appropriate response time is given to the concerned agencies. The warning or occurrence of a disaster will also be communicated to:‐ •
State Relief Commissioner; •
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The officials of central government located within the district; •
Members of DDMC •
MPs, MLAs, Mayor, President Zilla Panchayat, from the district or affected area; •
Local units of Defence Services; 5.7.3 Desk Arrangements The occurrence of disaster would essentially bring into force the following: The EOC will be on alert stage and can be expanded to include desk arrangements with responsibilities for specific tasks; The District Magistrate will spell out the priorities and policy guidelines, co‐ordinate services of various department and agencies including national and international aid agencies, and central government agencies. The EOC, in its expanded from, will continue to operate as long as the need for emergency relief operations continue till the long‐term plans for rehabilitation are finalized; For managing long‐term rehabilitation programs, the responsibilities will be that of the respective line department. As already mentioned, the department sub‐committee would be responsible for long‐term recovery work. This will enable the EOC to attend to other disaster situation, if required. The desk arrangements provide for division of tasks, information gathering and record keeping and accountability of the desk officer to District Magistrate. Each desk has two Desk Officers assigned, who would be on duty on rotation. The capacity of various desks to coordinate amongst themselves and with the units to be coordinated will ultimately decide the quality of response. All communication received and sent will be recorded in the "In and Out Messages Register". Reports and information will be collected and processed according to the formats. 5.7.4 Post‐emergency activities After an emergency, the main responsibilities of the EOC would be: Evaluation of relief and rehabilitation activities in order to assess the nature of state intervention and support, suitability of the organizational structure, institutional arrangements, adequacy of Operating Procedures, monitoring mechanisms, information tools, equipment and communication system. Post‐emergency impact studies for long term preventive and mitigation efforts to be taken. 5.7.5 Facilities available with EOC The facilities and amenities available with EOC would include well‐designed control room and workstations, wireless communication, hotlines, and intercoms. The EOC, as a data Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR Page 45 Meerut District Disaster Management Plan 2015­16 bank, will maintain various district action plans and maps. Provision of a vehicle with wireless communication should be made for the EOC during normal times. Over a period of time, the EOC will need to be equipped with the following: •
Map of the district indicating the following information: •
Vulnerable areas, •
Identified shelters, •
Communication link system; •
Inventory of manpower resources, particularly address and telephone numbers of key contact persons; •
Inventory of material resources; •
List of experts; •
Important phone numbers, which are frequently required,: These will be displayed at appropriate places so that they can be referred to easily, while other phone numbers, names and addresses etc., will be displayed on the computer to facilitate easy retrieval and cross‐referencing. •
In addition, the following facilities would be available in the EOC: •
Telephones; •
Fax; •
Intercom units for contact within the Collectorate; •
One PC with modem and printer; •
Mechanical typewriter; •
Photocopying machine. 5.7.6 The police wireless system should continue to be in contact with the EOC. In every district, the police will have a well‐established wireless communication system. Therefore, it is proposed that under any emergency the communication resources available with the police should be depended upon. During disaster, EOC would be connected to: •
Divisional Commissioner; •
Site Operations Centre. 5.7.7 Transport Facility Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR Page 46 Meerut District Disaster Management Plan 2015­16 A Gypsy/Jeep with wireless communication would be assigned to the EOC during normal times. Additional vehicles will be requisitioned as per the requirements during an emergency. 5.7.8 Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) Staffing The staff for the EOC will be classified into the following three types: •
Regular staff, •
Staff‐on‐call, and •
Staff on disaster duty. The regular staff should be posted permanently in the EOC, who would be responsible for manning the Communication Room round the clock; Staff‐on‐call would be available for immediate duty in case of an emergency. Two officers of the rank of Deputy Collectors can make up the Staff‐on‐call during a disaster; these officers would always be available "on call". The staff on disaster duty would be required to shoulder additional responsibility in the case of a disaster. This additional staff would be of the nature of a reserve and may be drawn from the various departments. During normal time, this staff will not be called on to perform any duty in the EOC. This staff would be responsible for managing the desk arrangements. Each concerned department should nominate one officer for EOC. The departmental officers nominated as "Desk Officers" from the concerned line departments and other agencies will be available in the EOC during the disaster period. All the important revenue officials in the district should be trained in the working of the EOC. The nodal officers of other line departments would also be familiar with the functions of EOC. 5.8 Incident Site Operation Centre (SOC) An Incident Site Operation Centre (SOC) is also proposed as a complimentary unit to EOC, which will operate close to the disaster site and will be linked directly with the District Emergency Operations Centre. The concerned SDM will be the nodal officer from the district administration at this Centre. The District Magistrate will also appoint an administrative officer to monitor and co‐ordinate the activities of SOC as soon as possible. All information would be conveyed to the Collector from the SDM through the administrative officer appointed at SOC. The SDM unit of the respective vital departments would be responsible to execute activities at disaster site, however the tasks would be controlled and coordinated from EOC through nodal desk officers. In the event of a serious disaster, the District Magistrate will have sole right to appoint senior officers of any State Government Department, posted in the district as ‘Field Relief Managers’ for monitoring and coordinating the relief operations in the affected area. 5.9 Incident Command System Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR Page 47 Meerut District Disaster Management Plan 2015­16 The District Magistrate is the official commander for activating the command system, control and coordinates the resources required at the site of disaster. The Incident Command System or the IC system as it is known commonly is an emergency management tool that will be in place consisting of procedures to be followed by the personnel, and SOP’s for activation of facilities, equipments and communication in the state EOC. ICS function is based upon the District Magistrate order for planning, directing, organizing, coordinating, communicating, and delegating roles and responsibilities to the state and district emergency managers. 5.9.1 ICS can function and involve: Principal Secretary/Relief Commissioner ‐State EOC and District Magistrate‐ District EOC Onsite Incident Management Teams
State EOC
The IMT will
mobilize
expertise and
resources from
one or more
ESFs
Dist. EOC
ESF 1
ESF1
ESF1
ESF1
ESF1
ESF1
ESF 12
Onsite
EOC
Each subdivision of the
city will have an IMT
with membership from
all ESFs that gets
activated in an
emergency.
IM: ADM
Logistics
Incident Management Team
FRTs/QRTs
Planning
Helpdesk /
Information
dissemination
DISASTER
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Functions of IC system:
Have integrated communication flow during emergency
management of incident scene, and be reported through integrated and coordinated
command plan
Facilitate procedure and protocols to be followed by ESF departments with State and
National Government.
have a communication system in place for procedure to receive, record,
acknowledge incoming and out going communication of any form during emergency
Adopt a comprehensive resource management with the use of limited resources
available by consolidating available resources - relief material with ESF agencies
required during emergency
monitoring functional areas during the post- disaster phase
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Role of Incident Commander
District Magistrate is the over all in-charge during the event
ADM’s of the districts contributes to the command system
Supporting personal for IC system to be operational
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•
•
•
•
Information officer
Operation
Planning
Logistics
Finance
i)
Operation section
•
All activities which are directed towards reduction of hazard, establishing situation
control and restoration of normal operations
Area of operations : Staging
Geographical area of operation
Functional area of operation
Site area of operation
Planning section
Collection, evaluation, dissemination and use of information about the development of
the incident and the status of resources
Responsible for creating action plan
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ii) Planning section
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Resource
Situation
Documentation
De-mobilisation
Specialist
iii) Logistic Section
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Provide all support needed
Orders all resources from off-incident locations
Provides facilities, transportation, supplies, equipment maintenance, fueling feeding,
communications, and medical services.
Service Branch: Communication, Medical Food Units.
Support Branch: Supply Unit ,
iv) Finance Unit
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•
Responsible for tracking all incident cost and evaluating all financial consideration of
the incident
Time Unit
Procurement Unit
Compensation / Cilium Unit
Cost Unit
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Linkage with Development plan
Disaster Management and Development
The District Development Committee of district Meerut shall take special initiatives to
interrelate the development plan of the district with disaster management. And the district has
to take up disaster management activities in the district with foresight and long time
sustainable development goals.
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Construction of various installations and government and public buildings etc shall be
done on a long-term basis. It has to be given special emphasizing to various
community centers, storage facility, drinking water facility etc in such strategic places
where it could be utilized by the relief camps at the time of disaster.
The policy makers of district shall have a greater role in linking disaster management
with developmental efforts. They shall lobby and act as catalyst in the Legislative
Assemblies and Parliaments for creation of more legislations regarding disaster
management.
The policy makers of the district shall try to incorporate their political campaigns and
public meeting to make the public aware of disaster management and train their
territorial task forces to respond in emergency situations.
The policy makers shall allocate a portion of their MPLAD, MLA, fund as well as
Councilors allocations towards disaster management initiatives. This will encourage
the public to take up disaster management with due importance.
District Development Committee shall discuss the progress and developments of
disaster management activities in the district in its routine meetings and the activities
will also be monitored.
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The Emergency Support Functions (ESFs) are various identified response teams,
which will assess their strength before any emergency and accordingly will prepare their
Standard Operational Procedures to mitigate any disaster. Their well preparedness will help
to reduce the damage of any disaster/emergency. These Emergency Support Functions
(ESFs) will be identified as per the certain need felt during any disaster such as ESF-Warning
(Communication), ESF-Road Debris Clearance, ESF-Relief etc. Hence The Emergency
Support Functions (E
ESFs) provide vital response functions.
For an effective operational system of the ESFs the following points are to be ensured:
•
Individual ESFs must prepare their Standard Operational Procedures (SOP) and Plan
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These plans would be integrated to form the District Response Plan
•
Time to time each ESF will practice their simulation exercise (Mock Drill) to
understand their lacunas.
•
They have to update their response system regularly.
To act as a bridge to support an information base among the Emergency Operation
Centres of State, District and Onsite level, there is to be one District Emergency Operation
Centre (DEOC) and is to be operational to collect information from grass root level, district
level as well as from State level.
The list of 9 identified Emergency Support Functions, its Team Leaders and the
supporting agency is briefed in the following table:
ESF
ESF1
Function
Coordination
Team Leader
District
Magistrate
ESF2
Communication
SSP
ESF3
Debris
Clearance
Municipal
Commissioner
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DIG/S.S.P.; ADM (F/R); ADM (City); Special
Officer, Nagar Nigam; Special Officer, MDA;
District Fire Officer; Chief Medical Officer;
District Supply Officer; City Magistrate
(Nazarat); RTO; Youth coordinator, NYKS;
Executive Engineer, PWD (Provincial Division);
District Information Officer, Chief VeDist AH& V
Officer, Civil Defence, Home Guards and all
other relevant departments.
Ham Radio Operator Clubs, Existing Wireless
Operators (Police, Fire, Revenue), Telecom
Dept., Mobile Operators, FM Radio, Signals
Regiment- Army, IMD, CWC, Doordarshan,
Radio.
Nagar Nigam, Forest Officer; PWD (Roads); NH
Division; UPSEB; NCC; Zilla Sainik Board;
Nearest Army Cant.
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Information
Dissemination
VC -MDA
ESF5
Emergency
Medical
Response
CMO/CMS
Health
Civil Hospital, Nagar Nigam, Blood Bank; Indian
Red Cross Society; Nursing Homes; NSS;
Rotary Club; Lions Club; Ambulance Services;
Medicine Stockiest.
ESF6
Evacuation
(Search &
Rescue)
Chief Fire
Officer
Fire Service; Police officers cum Dog Handler;
Civil Defence; Home Guards; Health; NCC;
NYKS; NSS; Zilla Sainik Board; Nearest Army
Cantt.
ESF7
Relief
ADM (F/R)
District Supply office; Food Corporation of India;
Jal Nigam; Local Civil Supplies.
ESF8
ElectricityWater
Transport
ADM (City)
DM office; Police (Traffic); Transport Deptt;
IWT; UPSEB; Public Health Engineering; Water
Resource; PWD (Roads); NH Division.
ESF9
Law and Order
ADM ( City)
SDM; Addl. S.P.; Home Guards; Other Paramilitary agencies.
6.2
NGO, Emergency operation centre, Media,
NSS, Scout & Guide, Education Department
Organisation Setup of the ESF at District Level
District Magistrate
Incident Command
System
Disaster Management
Team
Heads of Primary Agencies
of all ESFs
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Primary Agencies
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Fire Services
Telephone
Department of Revenue
Police Service
District Health
Department
Jal Board
Department of food and
civil supply
Municipal Corporation
Power/ Electricity
Department
Transport Department
These are the agencies
coordinates under various ESFs
as per their secondary functions
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Quick Response
Teams: Field
workers at the
time of any
emergency and
works according
to their ESF
functions. They
are members of
primary and
secondary
agencies
Secondary Agencies
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Responsibilities and Functions of ESF Branches
Responsibilities and functions of different Government departments are elaborately discussed
below.
ESF – 1:
Coordination
Team Leader
: District Magistrate
Participating Agencies
: S.S.P.; ADM (F/R); ADM (Law & Order); Nagar Nigam;
Special Officer, MDA; District Fire Officer; Joint Director,
Health; District Supply Officer; City Magistrate (Nazarat);
DTO; Youth Co-coordinator, NYKS; Supdt. Engg, PWD
(Building); DIPRO, Dist AH& V Officer, Civil Defence, Home
Guards and other relevant departments.
In anticipation of any disaster, the district administration has taken various
precautionary measures. Functioning of the Control Room, Closure of past breaches in river
and canal embankments and guarding of weak points, rain recording and submission of
rainfall report, communication of Gauge reading, functioning of flood/cyclone zones,
deployment of power/country boats, installation of temporary VHF stations, arrangement for
keeping telephone and telegraph lines in order, storage of food stuff, arrangement for keeping
drainage clear, agricultural/health/veterinary measures, selection of flood/cyclone shelters,
etc. have been properly planned. The government officials of different departments have been
apprised of their duties for pre, during and post disaster periods.
The Circle Officers, B.D.Os, ULBs, Executive Engineers of Water Resource
Department, Executive Engineers of PWD Department, Executive Engineers of PHE,
Executive Engineers of Irrigation Department, Health, Police, A H &Veterinary, Deputy
Director of Supply etc. have been requested to take all precautionary and preparatory
measures and to remain alert to face the challenge of any disaster. The other government
officials have also been apprised of their roles and responsibilities to be played during predisaster arrangement and during/post-disaster management. Every possible kind of
cooperation from all the line departments has been sought by the district administration in
combating the severe natural calamities that may occur anytime.
ESF – 2:
Communications
Team Leader
: Senior S.P., Meerut city
Participating Agencies
: Ham Radio Operator Clubs, Existing Wireless Operators
(Police, Fire, Revenue), Telecom Dept., Mobile Operators,
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Radio,
Signals
Regiment-
Army,
IMD,
CWC,
Doordarshan, Radio.
Departmental Plans: The Department of Information and Public Relations in coordination with the Department of Telecommunication (Government of India) will develop an emergency Communications Plan to support the functional concept with the assistance of Secondary Supporting Agencies. Deputy Commissioners, Sub- Divisional Officers and all Supporting Agencies will adapt their
existing emergency plans in order that essential functions relating to Communications can be
implemented in the event of telecommunications disruption.
The Exigencies:
It is possible that telephone service will be disrupted very badly in a major earthquake
for a period of time. Not all components of the telephone system will be equally affected, but
initially the failure of land- based components will cause a general failure of the total system’s
reliability. As the telephone system is gradually brought back into service in accordance with
the priorities given to it, it may allow limited use by the competent authorities within a matter
of hours after the earthquake.
As this is not a dependable or even predictable situation, this plan must require the capability
to carry out emergency response independent of the commercial telephone system. While the
use of existing radio systems is an obvious solution, the simultaneous breakdown in delivery
of electric power distribution may limit those capabilities as well. Other simple means of
communication, such as handwritten memo delivered by courier, and verbal communication
through personal liaison, will also be necessary.
Scope: This function is limited to the emergency communications requirements only. As such,
the restoration of public sector communication could be carried out as a part of the
Department of Telecommunication’s emergency functions during disaster.
Immediate Tasks:
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Collection of initial reports of damage.
•
Status of the affected regions in respect of establishing communication with rest of
the State/Country.
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Status of the key officials in the area.
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The main focus of the activities is to coordinate life saving activities concurrent with
re- establishing control of the disaster affected area.
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Establish radio communication with the State Emergency Operation Centre, District
Emergency Operation Centre as well as Relief Centres.
•
Appoint a Nodal Officer, Communications.
•
Renew and update precautionary measures and review with the staff the precaution
to be taken to protect the equipment.
Initial Action:
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Identify operational telecommunication facilities within the affected area.
•
Identify telecommunication facilities that need to be transported to the affected site to
establish the emergency operational services.
•
Identify the actual and planned action of private telecommunication companies
towards reconstruction of their facilities.
•
Establish temporary communication facility through mobile exchange on priority for
use by District Officials, Officers in the transit, relief camp, NGOs.
•
Establish a temporary communication facility for use by the public.
•
Carry out an assessment of overall damage for the following:
i) Overhead route damage, ii) Cable damage, iii) Specific equipment damage.
Task during sustained Phase: Establish emergency communications in order of
priority to the functions and locations most in need of them for the mitigation of lifethreatening situations and the relief of human suffering. Provide a communications
advisory function and internal communications organization. Monitor and control,
where possible, the re- establishment of telephone services.
ESF – 3
Debris clearances
Team Leader
: Municipal Commissioner
Participating Agencies
: Nagar Nigam; MDA; PWD (Road & Building); Electricity
Board; Public Health Engineering Dept.; Water Resource
The Exigencies:
The damage to structures in an earthquake will require additional resources to be directed to
the Operational Area. While most engineering and construction work which needs to be done
will have a responsible government agency (Municipalities, DRDA, HOUSEFED, Housing
Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR Page 56 Meerut District Disaster Management Plan 2015­16 Board, etc.) which can arrange its own requirements, the need for provincial response
covered by this plan is the prioritization of effort to the areas that need it most.
Scope:
The function comprises the gathering of requests for Government assistance, collation and
prioritization, and assignment of resources to tasks. In addition to heavy equipment
requirements, which may be the most obvious ones, qualified personnel to inspect damage
and to supervise engineering works will also be needed. Construction and demolition
materials will also be coordinated by this emergency response function. This function should
not be mistakenly considered as meeting the requirements of recovery phase construction
and engineering tasks.
Immediate Tasks:
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All technical Officers shall be notified for immediate response function;
•
Make provisions for resources to meet life saving operational requirements;
•
Inspect all roads, bridges including underwater inspection of foundations and piers;
•
Inspect all buildings and structures of the State Government by a competent Officer
and identify structures which are endangered by the impending disaster;
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Helping District Magistrates in identifying locations for setting up transit and relief
camps, feeding centers and quality of construction materials;
•
Keep ready the earth moving equipment, cranes, farm tractor (requisitioned) with
chain, cables and buffer stock of fuel;
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Adequate road signs should be installed to guide assist the relief work;
•
Establish priority list of roads which will be opened first which should include roads to
hospital and main trunk roads.
•
Construct temporary roads to serve as access to temporary transit to relief camps
and medical facilities to disaster victims;
•
Technical damage assessment of potentially life- threatening situations (dams, dykes,
etc.)
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Demolition, shoring, route clearance of debris, etc.
Tasks during sustained Phase:
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Continuing on to generate cleanup and debris removal;
•
Emergency repairs to prevent further damage, and assistance to other emergency
response functions requiring construction and engineering support.
This function will probably continue beyond the response stage into recovery operations and
will be involved in detailed recovery planning during the response.
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Information dissemination
Team Leader
: VC MDA
Participating Agencies: District Sport Officer; Inspector of School; Media (Print/ AudioVisual), NSS, NYKS, Scouts & Guides
All levels of government and the news media have a responsibility to provide emergency
information to the public that is accurate, timely and consistent. Just when public and media
demands for information are at their highest following an earthquake, the probability is that
most media in the area will not be operational due to power failures. Nevertheless, media will
be present to gather information for later local dissemination, and for media outside the
disaster area. The media represent the major resource to inform the public about the disaster
situation, and some radio broadcast media have long been oriented to their role. Then follows
that the utilization of the media for the benefit of on-going relief, rehabilitation and restoration
activities is essential, and a high level of priority should be set to restore an adequate radio
broadcast capability.
Scope: This Emergency Function in this respect is primarily concerned with creating an
effective means of informing the public in the disaster operational area concerning efforts and
actions expected of them to reduce risks to life and safety. Secondarily, the presentation of a
sole point of release for Government information to the media in general is required to prevent
confusion on the part of the public, and to make best use of public information/media affairs
staff.
The emergency functions include, the determination of surviving broadcast media, and
provision of assistance to district authority by delivering their emergency announcements and
pre- arranged State Government’s announcements. Government media relations activities
would likely be conducted on behalf of the District Level Coordination Committee (Public
Information Cell).
In a major disaster, a Public Information center will be established as an integral part of the
District Coordination Committee (Public Information Cell) and perform public information and
media relations activities and assist in arrangement of tours of the Operational Area by the
government officials and media persons.
Immediate Tasks:
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Assist in the determination of damage to media public information capabilities;
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Pass prepared and updated public information announcements to the operational
media from the District Emergency Operation Centre (DEOC).
Tasks during sustained Phase:
Establish the requisite level of emergency public information capabilities; establish the
necessary media relations capabilities for release of government information to the general
public through the national/international media; control media personnel access through a
system of accreditation and access control, in conjunction with the Law and Order function; as
capabilities are available, assist media personnel to prepare and send their material from the
Operational Area; arrange for official government and media tours of the Operational Area
subject to availability of resources; assist district/sub- divisional authorities with their own
requirements when requested.
ESF – 5 :
Emergency Medical Response
Team Leader
: CMO, Meerut
Participating Agencies
: Nagar Nigam, Blood Bank, Indian Red Cross Society;
Nursing Homes; NSS; Rotary Club; Lions Club; Ambulance
Services; Medicine Stockiest
The exigencies:
A severe earthquake is characterized by its effects on the health care delivery system
perhaps more than any other way. Not only are there likely to be many injured persons, the
types of injury experienced by persons rescued after being trapped under the rubble may
require urgent hospital care. At the same time, the facilities required by the health care
system are subject to damage, which can incapacitate the system and require the evacuation
of their existing patients. Disrupted roads interfere with ambulance movement, requiring some
dependence upon on-scene paramedical treatment and first aid until removal to places where
medical facilities are possible. The decentralized local operation of health services may not
suffice in the event of a major disaster.
The function includes:
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All state and district level health services responsibilities shall be mobilized to provide
emergency medical treatment to the injured; sustained hospital care to the seriously
injured or seriously ill;
•
Continue care at an appropriate level to patients in hospital and out-patients at the
time of the earthquake response;
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Evacuation of the sick and injured to a location where care can be provided; as well
as sustained emergency care until evacuation can be carried out with medical or
paramedical supervision;
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State level coordination of delivery of medical supplies, blood and blood products;
operation of ambulance services;
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Prevention of epidemic through education of the general population;
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Carrying out of health inspections of food and water supplies;
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Initiation of vaccination programs under epidemic conditions. Radiological and
toxicological services could be in increased demand and require an expanded
response;
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There will also be a need to provide initial establishing of death, and the temporary
safe storage of human remains in support of coroner operations.
A major earthquake would require a much greater degree of control of resources within the
Operational Area and would necessitate the establishment of a health services coordination
center at the State Capital. The Health Department is to identify some safe locations to use as
first aid centers and to shift the patients whenever needed. In each ward the general public
should be trained up for first aid assistance and dispensary should maintain a rotating reserve
stock of blood, saline, bandage, cotton, benzene, dettol and life saving drugs/injections.
Immediate task:
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Appoint one person as Nodal Health Officer for the district.
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Ensure that the personnel working within the district come under the direct control of
the District Nodal Health Officer.
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Any other personnel once deployed for the purpose will directly come under the
control of the District Nodal Health Officer.
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Identify emergency patient holding facilities.
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To prepare and keep ready Mobile Hospitals and stock them with emergency
equipment that may be required after the disaster.
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Transfer patients who can be removed from hospitals to make room for the injured;
where necessary implement a system of staging causality collection, treatment, and
evacuation to places where facilities are available (probably outside the Operational
Area).
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Arrange delivery of emergency medical supplies; arrange for temporary suitable
storage of the dead until taken over by the coroner.
All effort should be made to keep the health care receiving centers and out- patient service
centers free from panicky; prevent disease outbreak or spread; attend to mental health
requirements; expand local public health services as necessary, particularly the supply of
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ceased to function; carry out sanitary inspections.
ESF – 6:
Evacuation (Search & Rescue)
Team Leader
: Chief Fire Officer
Participating Agencies
: Magistrate; Municipal Office (Nagar Nigam); PWD (Roads &
Buildings) Fire Service; Police officers cum Dog Handler;
Civil Defence; Home Guards; Health; NCC; NYK; NSS; Zilla
Sainik Board; Nearest Army Cant
The Exigencies:
In the urban environment, the collapse of buildings may include rescue situations well
beyond the capabilities of fire- fighters to resolve (possibly many of them at the same time).
These situations are characterized by the extensive rubble, which can make it unclear if a
rescue is needed. In some rescue situations heavy objects must be moved or cut to extricate
trapped persons; perhaps tunneling techniques may be needed; and in other situations further
collapse could occur if an unskilled rescue attempt is made. Often there are circumstances
where other specialized skills should be applied, such as on- scene medical care beyond first
aid treatment.
While an ad hoc rescue might be put together for many such earthquake scenarios,
the lack of a coordinated specialized search and heavy rescue capability in urban areas may
turn out to be a contributor to the loss of life in major earthquakes. A level of permanent
organizational integrity should exist to allow training and exercising of the techniques and
skills required, and to permit the functionaries in other branches to orient their skills in concert
with those of the Search and Heavy Rescue function in urban areas. The possible total
preoccupation of fire- fighters with fire suppression at the critical time for rescue also suggests
that a capability to coordinate the total organized rescue effort would be desirable, utilizing
other manpower sources that possess basic rescue skills similar to those of the fire- fighter.
Organizational requirement:
This plan conceptualizes a Search and Heavy Rescue Team, which would meet the needs
outlined above.
Immediate Tasks:
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Locate and remove injured people who are trapped in the wreckage of damaged
buildings and other structures;
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To ascertain the safety of damaged buildings and structures;
•
To provide on- site medical treatment; and to remove the dead.
•
Assist in removal of the dead from collapsed structures
Task during sustained Phase.
The Search and Heavy Rescue Team should be organized in such a way that at least
one trained personnel remains in command of the team followed by his/her assistants. Apart
from this, there should be a district coordinating team with specialists/ experts like one
surgeon, one structural engineer, one logistic person, search dogs and laborers, etc.
Heavy Rescue Group: This component includes one or more sections, each one of which
could be assigned responsibility for search and rescue tasks for a particular site. Skills include
basic rescue techniques including improvisation of rescue equipment, tunneling, cutting,
shoring, hoisting with mechanical equipment, searching in confined areas, operation in
hazardous environments, and providing paramedic treatment to patients in emergency
situations. Each section should comprise about five to seven persons and hold some light
specialized equipment, including a vehicle.
Heavy Equipment Group This component holds heavy equipment and heavy equipment
operators, or maintains an inventory of where they can be obtained, and trains equipment
operators in the application of their skills to heavy rescue situations. Personnel of this group
would be assigned to a Heavy Rescue Group for carrying out critical operations and then
shall be re-allocated. For these purpose personnel from army, railways, Oil India, and
refineries may be included in this group as they have good numbers of bulldozers and cranes,
etc.
Auxiliary Rescue Group This component includes numbers of volunteers, search and rescue
personnel whose skills can be used in less demanding tasks than those of the Heavy Rescue
Group.
The exact size, composition and duties of the team are subject to further developments
depending on the acquisition of skill and modern methodologies.
ESF – 7:
Relief
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: ADM (F/R)
Participating Agencies
: District Supply Officer; Food Corporation of India; Chamber
of Commerce; Local Civil Supplies.
The Exigencies:
This emergency function involves emergency provisions of temporary shelter,
emergency mass feeding and bulk distribution of coordinated relief supplies for victims of
disaster. A severe earthquake in the district will leave a large number of people in need of
shelter and feeding; family members may be separated from one another and there will be an
overwhelming demand for information about survivors’ where- about and condition from both
within and outside the State. Many people will require immediate emotional support and crisis
counseling. Although primary responsibility for provision of Emergency Social Services (ESS)
rests with District Administration and Municipalities, a severe earthquake will cut across
municipal and district boundaries and demand for ESS will exceed most district and municipal
resources.
Damage may be unevenly spread across the affected region, with some communities
experiencing a high need for services and few operational resources and others having few
evacuees and more resources than required for their residents.
Immediate Tasks:
•
Establish mobilization center at the different points like railway station, airport, bus
station for movement of relief supplies;
•
Inform all suppliers of relief materials within 2-3 hours of the occurrence of the
disaster to keep ready the required supply;
•
Arrange for transportation of the relief supplies;
•
Provide assistance in establishing local offices, relief camps, etc., by providing
beddings, furniture, etc.
Scope: Emergency Social Services includes feeding, clothing, shelter, reception, registration
and inquiry, and personal services provided to evacuees, victims, and response workers. The
services are defined as follows:
i.
Personal Services- Counseling of victims and response workers, welcoming the
evacuees at entrance to relief centers in order to screen for need and to give
information, and supervision and support of groups of dependent individuals including
children separated from their parents, elderly, and the handicapped.
ii.
Registration and Inquiry- Registering individuals and families involved in the disaster,
answering inquiries from relatives and friends concerning victims’ whereabouts,
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on the whereabouts and numbers of evacuees.
iii.
Clothing- Emergency clothing, blankets, toiletry articles, baby supplies, and other
related goods necessary to protect health and safety.
iv.
Shelter- Temporary housing or sleeping space for individuals and families forced to
leave their dwellings.
v.
Feeding- Provision of meals, hot beverages and snacks to protect health, to maintain
strength of response personnel, and to reassure victims.
Immediate Tasks
•
Help the Collector in opening staff reception centers in all affected areas and alert the
response workers and the public about the location of these centers;
•
Mobilize feeding units to provide support to response workers on location;
•
Coordinate supporting, debriefing, counseling, and related services for responders
and victims;
•
Inventory of the available habitable shelter supply;
•
Begin registering all persons involved in the earthquake.
Task during sustained Phase:
Continue basic emergency social services to all evacuees, victims and others
requiring help; continue the registering process and respond to enquiries from around the
world; initiate public information services on emotional responses to disasters; transform
reception centers into multi-service centers; lay basis for outreach, self- help, and educational
programs.
ESF – 8:
Electricity and Water Transport
Team Leader
: ADM (City)
Participating Agencies
: DM office; Police (Traffic); Transport Deptt; UPSEB; Public
Health Engineering; Water Resource; PWD (Roads); NH
Division
Primary Functions:
• Ensure smooth transportation links at all levels and to all nodal and support agencies.
• Assess damage to power supply infrastructure for assistance from other states.
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• Restore major electricity failure anticipated during disasters due to falling of cables/poles.
• Facilitate restoration of electricity distribution systems at most affected sites on priority to
help in Search and Rescue operations.
• Provide electricity in lifeline buildings.
• Procurement of clean drinking water.
• Transportation of water with minimum wastage.
• Ensure quick restoration of drainage system.
• Sewer pipes to be kept separate from drinking water facilities.
ESF – 9:
Law and Order:
Team Leader
: ADM (City)
Participating Agencies
: SDM; Addl. S.P.; Home Guards; Other Para-military
agencies.
The Exigencies:
The Law and Order function encompasses a broad range of routine policing activities.
Certain of these activities are made more difficult by earthquake damage and the general
disaster scenario can cause a great increased workload for police forces. The response
function has as its primary goal the maintenance of law and order activities, and, if necessary
the restoration of law and order should there be breakdown within the normally law- abiding
community.
SCOPE:
The Law and Order function in an earthquake hit area is particularly concerned with
the preservation of life and the protection of property, traffic control problems, the detection,
investigation and prevention of criminal activity, Light and Heavy Rescue, Communications,
and Damage Assessment emergency response functions.
Police forces have integral internal radio communications and can be relied upon as an
immediate available backup communication system, locally within police departments, and
also within districts and sub- divisions.
The possibility exists that an earthquake may cause a breach of physical security at prison or
reforms centers and lead to the possibility of an internal riot or escape.
Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR Page 65 Meerut District Disaster Management Plan 2015­16 The disruption of transportation routes will inhibit police from performing many required tasks,
and is a critical problem to be dealt with by the police forces themselves on behalf of the total
response effort.
Immediate Tasks:
•
Carry out any necessary actions to save lives and prevent injury or damage to
property;
•
Carry out route damage assessment to permit identification of usable emergency
routes;
•
Assess and report other damage within capabilities;
•
Maintain a control over traffic with priority to emergency services;
•
Assist with the movement of emergency traffic;
•
Assist in investigation of causes of deaths, security of body staging areas,
identification of bodies;
•
Assist in the dissemination of emergency notifications;
•
Assist in the manning of coordination centers and the provision of immediate radio
communication to them, if necessary.
Sustained Phase:
Maintain emergency functions and restore normalcy as quickly as possible; provide
personnel to protect abandoned and damaged properties and areas, which may attract the
curious and criminal elements and augment prison staffs as needed to maintain a peaceful
situation.
6.5 SOP for Community Task Forces (Civil Defence, Red Cross, NYKS, NCC, NSS etc)
Task Force
Group
Search
Rescue
and
Primary
Secondary
To trace and locate people who are
physically trapped and distressed,
people in the buildings and houses
etc.
Administering primary health care to
rescued victims
To move out these people to the
safe locations identified in advance
and to organize further care
Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR Assisting the sanitation group in
carcass disposal and the cremation
of dead bodies
Coordination with the evacuation
team to shift rescued persons to safe
shelters in case of recurring heavy
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First Aid
Health
and
To provide primary health care to the
ill or injured until more advanced
care is provided and the patient is
transported to a hospital
Assisting the sanitation team to
inoculate against water borne and
other diseases
Assisting the communication team to
disseminate
precautionary
information on post-disaster health
hazards and remedies
Water
Restoring and maintaining the water
supply and minimum quality and
quantity parameters
Assisting the sanitation team in
ensure that there is enough water
stored in buckets at latrines and for
bathing
Assisting the sanitation team in
deciding the location for the
construction of latrines away from
ground water sources
Assisting the shelter group to ensure
that there is sufficient water stored in
the water tank in the safe shelter
Sanitation
Relief
Coordination
To ensure that the minimum basic
facilities such as temporary toilets
and common bathing units are
constructed near the relief camp,
that these facilities and the
surroundings
are
kept
clean,
garbage disposed, dead bodies
cremated and that normal drainage
systems function smoothly
Assisting the shelter team to ensure
that water spouts and water
harvesting tanks at the safe shelter
are clean and functional
To establishing contact with the
District Control Room and organizing
the distribution of assistance in
terms of food, water, medicines and
so on, in a fair and equitable manner
Co-ordinating with the shelter group
in the distribution of material for the
construction of temporary shelters
Assisting the relief group to ensure
that containers for storing water are
clean, narrow necked and covered
Assisting the shelter group to ensure
that the safe shelter is well stocked
in terms of dry food, water and so on
in order to cater for the needs of
evacuees after a cyclone or flood
warning has been issued
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and
communication
Evacuation and
Shelter
Management
To ensure that: (a) the warning of
the impending disaster reaches
every single household, thereby
allowing people to take timely action
to protect their lives and property (b)
accurate information is provided
regularly as events unfold (c)
information flows quickly and reliably
upwards to District level and
downwards from District level to
Community/Neighbourhood/Village
level.
Assisting the relief group in
disseminating information about the
quantity and type of ration to be
distributed for each distribution cycle
To construct/identify maintain and
make repairs to the flood shelter, to
evacuate people on receipt of a
warning and to make all the
necessary
arrangements
to
accommodate evacuees during a
flood.
Assisting
the
communities
accessing compensation
Assisting the sanitation group in
raising awareness about water borne
diseases and vaccination programs
in
Assisting the relief group in stocking
up dry food, medicines, water and
temporary shelter materials
Assisting the sanitation group in the
construction of latrines, soak pits
and drainage channels
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Inventories and Evaluation of Resource Analysis:
Analysis and assessment of the resources and opportunities form the stepping-stone in the
preparatory stage. Authentic assessments can make the planner aware of their capacity and
weakness, so that they can equip themselves with all the required items and materials well in
advance. The resources necessary for disaster preparedness, during and after disasters are
listed below:
7.1.1
Burn & Surgery Department in Meerut
No.
Name of Hospital
No. of Burn ward
No. of beds
1
P.L. Sharma, District Hospital
1
4
2
Medical College
1
4
3
Subharti medical college
7.1.2
•
•
•
•
7.1.3
•
•
•
7.1.4
•
•
•
•
•
•
7.1.5
Other Institution
Subharti medical college Ayurvedic College Homeopathic College Veterinary Medical Unit Central Govt. Health Facility
Base Army Hospital Railway Hospital ESI Hospital Nursing Home
Bhupal Singh Perk Hospital, Chaurasia Nursing Home, Dayanand Nursing Home, Shikhar Nursing Home, St. Looks Hospital, Sushila Jaswant Rai Hosp., Begum Bridge Chhippi Tank Begum Bridge Rani Mill, Delhi Road W.K.Road Opp. Mawana Stand BLOOD BANK
Name Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR Address Telephone Page 70 Meerut District Disaster Management Plan 2015­16 Lok Priya Bl. Bk. Samrat Palace, Garh Road 2760084 P.L.Sharma Hospital Ahmad Road 2522433 S.V.B.P. Hosp., Medical College Garh Road 2763657 Shri Path. Lab. & Bl.Bk., D‐325 Shastri Nagar 2760963 Dr. G.K. Tyagi Path. Lab., Opp. Medical College 2760942 Dr. Vinay Bharat Path. Lab. New Market 2642850 B.Bdg. Rd. 2529594 Kamla Nehru Bl.Bk (M.Prakash Path Lab) 7.2
SL.
List of Emergency Support Functionaries, Meerut
Designation
S.T. D.
Office
Mobile
Collector & District Magistrate
Address
Administration
Collectorate, Meeurt
0121
2664133,
2642232
9454417566
Chief Development Officer
ADM (Administration)
ADM (F/R))
ADM (City)
City Magistrate
Joint Magistrate/SDM, Meerut
SDM, Mawana
SDM, Sardhana
Upper City Magistrate(Sadar)
Upper City Magistrate(Civil Line)
Upper City Magistrate(Brahmpuri)
Tehsildhar, Meerut
Tehsildhar (judicial), Meerut
Nayab Tehsildhar (First), Meerut
Nayab Tehsildhar (Second), Meerut
Nayab Tehsildhar (Third), Meerut
Nayab Tehsildhar (Fourth), Meerut
Nayab Tehsildhar (Fifth), Meerut
Nayab Tehsildhar (Sixth), Meerut
Tehsildhar, Sardhana
Tehsildhar (judicial), Sardhana
Nayab Tehsildhar
Nayab Tehsildhar, Sarurpur
Nayab Tehsildhar Sardhana
Tehsildhar, Mawana
Tehsildhar (judicial), Mawana
Nayab Tehsildhar Mawana
Nayab Tehsildhar, Hastinapur
Nayab Tehsildhar, Falavada
Nayab Tehsildhar, Parikshitgarh
Nayab Tehsildhar, Kitour
Nayab Tehsildhar, (Land Accuisition)
Bandobast Adhikari Chakbandi
Dy. Controller, Chakbandi
Nayab Tehsildhar, (Land Accuisition)
Project Support Associate-URR, GoI-
Collectorate,
Collectorate,
Collectorate
Collectorate
Collectorate
Collectorate
Mawana
Sardhana
Collectorate
Civil Line, Meerut
Brahmpuri, Meerut
Tehsil, Meerut
Tehsil, Meerut
Tehsil, Meerut
Tehsil, Meerut
Tehsil, Meerut
Tehsil, Meerut
Tehsil, Meerut
Tehsil, Meerut
Tehsil, Sardhana
Tehsil, Sardhana
Tehsil, Sardhana
Tehsil, Sardhana
Tehsil, Sardhana
Tehsil, Mawana
Tehsil, Mawana
Tehsil, Mawana
Tehsil, Mawana
Tehsil, Mawana
Tehsil, Mawana
Tehsil, Mawana
Collectorate
Collectorate
Collectorate
Collectorate
Collectorate
0121
0121
0121
0121
0121
0121
01233
01237
0121
0121
0121
0121
0121
0121
0121
0121
0121
0121
0121
01237
01237
01237
01237
01237
01233
01233
01233
01233
01233
01233
01233
0121
0121
0121
0121
0121
2663605
2662993
2662390
2664611
2664603
2664259
274242
236084
9454416685
9454416681
9837062114
9454416682
9454416684
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236043
274242
9454416686
9454416687
9454416688
9454416689
9454416712
9454416692
9454416695
9454416698
9454416699
9454416700
9454416701
9454416702
9454416703
9454416694
9454416697
9454416711
9454416710
9454416709
9454416693
9454416696
9454416704
9454416705
9454416706
9454416707
9454416708
9412890775
9837359482
9871417968
8979781209
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IG
Police Department-100,2660546(Control room)
Meerut
0121
2666866
DIG
Meerut
0121
S.P. Traffic
Meerut
0121
S.P. (City)
Meerut
0121
2664588,
2664634
8954889
105
2650833
S.P. (Rural)
Meerut
0121
2666637
Fire-101 (Control room), 227073 (Nagar Nigam)
Meerut
0121
2643631
Chief Fire Officer
Fire Station Officer, Police Line
Fire Station Officer, Ghanta Ghar
Fire Station Officer, Partapur
Meerut
Meerut
Meerut
0121
0121
0121
2643600
2421017
2440450,
Fire Station Officer, Mawana
Mawana
01233
271411
Nagar Aayukt, Nagar Nigam
Municipal Corporation (PBX 2522543)
Meerut
0121
Upper Nagar Aayukt, Nagar Nigam
Meerut
0121
Chief Engineer, Municipal Corporation
Meerut
0121
Health Department Hospital Ambulance- 102
P.L. Sharma Hospital,
0121
Meerut
Superintendent in Charge
P.L. Sharma Hospital,
0121
Meerut
Addl. CMO
P.L. Sharma Hospital,
0121
Meerut
Control room, Nodal
0121
Medical Superintendent, Police
Officer, Police Hospital
Hospital
Senior Consultant
0121
44th Vahini P.A.C. Hospital
Control Room,
Health Officer
0121
CMO office, Meerut
CMO
Public Works Department (PWD, Meerut)
Supt. Engineer/Asstt. Engineer,
Meerut
0121
Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR 9454400214,
2655162
9454400297
9454401913
9454401099,
8954889103,
9412706065
9454401098(
CUG),
9968038245,
8650501718
9412512899,
9454418345
9454418747
9454418751,
9454418750,
9411022555
9454418749,
9454418748,
9358099151
2515133,
2660045
(Kothi)
2522543,
2522210
2642157,
2522234
9412477222,
9412309466
2662433
9450734242,
9005509650
9219666923
2420814
9473943165,
9997360904
9412175475
9412551843
9412551167
2423298
9412204020(
8.00am
to2.00pm),
9412781231(
2.00pm to
8.00pm),
9451986659(
8.00pm to
8.00am)
9897057973
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(Prantiya Khand, Lok Nirman Vibhag)
Executive Engineer
Meerut
Drainage Department-1, Irrigation
Supt. Engineer, Drainage Department- Meerut
1, Irrigation Department (Drainage
khand-1, Sichai vibhag)
Executive Engineer
Meerut
0121
Meerut Development Authority
Vice Chairman, MDA
Meerut
Secretary, MDA
Meerut
Chief Engineer, MDA
Meerut
Town Planner
Meerut
District Panchayati Raj
Chairman, Zila Panchayat
Meerut
DPRO
Meerut
Industries/ Oil Corporation
Asst. Director Factories
Labour Deptt.
Sr. Terminal Manager, IOC Ltd.
Terminal
Vice President
0121
2652186,
2644280
(Asstt.
Engineer9012656539)
9897057973,
9412889432
0121
2644254
9811481131
0121
0121
0121
0121
2641910
2662290
2640905
2656611
9927494000
9415043227
9412751604
9411912711
0121
0121
2665711
2665711
9412782323
9889375535
0121
Vedvyas Puri, P.O.
0121
Industrial Estate, Partapur
Mawana Sugar Works,
01233
Meerut
Sr. Vice Pesident, Daurala Sugar
F-8, Deluxe Colony,
01237
Works
Daurala
Social Welfare Department
Joint Director, Social Welfare
Meerut
0121
Chief Veteniary Medical Officer
CVMO
Meerut
0121
44th Vahini P.A.C. Meerut/6th Vahini/108, Battallian
Senanayak, 44th Vahini, P.A.C.
Meerut
0121
9958314639(
JPsaini,Steno
),
9456451342(
BN Bajpai,
Sr. Asst.)
2441056,
2441328
275212,
275233
230096,9
8,99,100
2671285
9999404621
2666221
9412864976
2708850
9454418823,
9454400412
9415908730
6th Vahini, P.A.C., Meerut
0121
2610626
108, Battallian, Dutt
0121
2441063
Karyala,
Railway Station
Suprintendent
Cantt. Railway Station
0121
Suprintendent
City Railway Station
0121
UPSRTC (Meerut) Bus Service
Regional Manager
Meerut Bus Stand, Meerut 0121
Astt. Regional Manager
Soharab Gate Bus Stand
0121
Asst. Divisional Transportation Officer
Meerut
0121
Headquarters, Meerut Sub Area, Meerut Cantt
Col GS
Meerut Sub Area
0121
ADM Comdt
Meerut Sub Area
0121
Jal Nigam
Executive Engineer
Water Corporation, Meerut 0121
2664833
Rural Engineering Services
Executive Engineer
RES, Meerut
0121
2664337
Pascimanchal Vidyut vitran Nigam Lt. BSES, Meerut (Electricity Supply)
Superintendent Engineer
Meerut
0121
Dy. Sena Nayak
Commandent
Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR 230131(fax)
9837237015
9760531931
9358177111
9456260345
9897896512
9897896514
9897380112
9412201900
9412756033
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Executive Engineer
Ghantaghar, Meerut
University Rd, Meerut
Publicity
District Information Officer, Publicity
Meerut
District food & supply department
District Supply Officer
Meerut
Incharge, District food distribution
Meerut
officer
Control room, Staff, DSO office
Meerut
Meteorological Office, Meerut
0121
0121
2420799
2601021
9412749184
9412749270
0121
2701412
9453005423
Incharge
CCS University Campus
0121
Dy. Controller, Civil Defence
Civil Defence
Meerut
0121
0121
0121
9919311580
9045527911
0121
9997672452
2765676,
2773193
2664016(o),
2649583
9456654670
9839934648
Asstt. Dy. Controller
Chief Warden
Divisional Warden
Meerut
0121
Meerut
0121
Meerut
0121
Home Guard
Commandant
Home Guard,
0121
2643983,2666625
Meerut
Red Cross
Chairman
Red Cross
01232
250882, 250884
0121
Secretary/Addl. District Leprosy Officer Secretary, Red
Cross, P.L.
Sharma
Hospital, Meerut
DIoS (Distt. Inspector of School (For shelter place/ awareness)
DIoS
Meerut
0121
2663513
Associate DIoS
Meerut
0121
Basic Shiksa Adhikari
Meerut
0121
BSNL Doorsanchar (Communication)2641122 (Telefax)
General Manager
Meerut
National Highway Authority of India (NHAI)
Meerut
0121
2576903
Regional Office, U.P. Pollution Control Board
2577676
Regional Officer, Meerut
Pocket-T, C-3/2, 0121
Pallavpuram,
Phase-2,
Modipuram
Project Director
9917102776
9412202938
9412083903
9411987088
9837042109
9412200333
9410077710
9927485538
9412247807
0121
9415317157
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)
NDRF (HQ)-011-26105912 8th Bn. NDRF HQ- 01202311105
Designation
Address
Mobile/Phone
Assistant Commandant
NDRF 8th Battalion,
09968610017
Greater Noida
Inspector
NDRF
09458669801
No.
1
2
7.3
LIST OF POLICE STATIONS
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6
6
0
0
4
4
Meerut District Disaster Management Plan 2015­16 D.I.G.
2642550
I.G.
2763664
S.S.P.
2660548
A.S.P
2660545
S.P. (City)
2640547
S.P. (Rural)
2660445
C.O.Kotwali
2516800
C.O.Police Line
2641401
C.O.Railway Road
2516251
C.O.Sadar
2510742
Flying Squad
2660546
Mahila Police Station
2645892
Police Control Room
100
Police Control Room City
2660546,100
Police Control Room Rural
2648623
Police Line
2640153
Police Station Rly. Road
2510526
Police Station Brahampuri
2522800
Police Station Civil Lines
2662593
Police Station Daurala
2588033
Police Station Delhi Gate
2516530
Police Station Grp
2526308
Police Station Kankerkhera
2555585
Police Station Kotwali
2516800
Police Station Lalkurti
2642610
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2516131
Police Station Medical College
2763907
Police Station Nauchandi
2762450
Police Station Partapur
2513050
Police Station Police Lines
2640153
Police Station Railway Road
2510526
Police Station Sadar
2512728
Police Station T.P.Nagar
2510250
Wireless Control Room
2648623
7.3.1
ELECTRIC SUPPLY
Sub Station Name
Telephone No.
Baccha Park
224624
Begum Bridge
2660342
Bhola
2513956
Bombay Bazar
2661514
Civil Lines
2640412
Delhi Gate
227271
Ghanta Ghar
227656
Jagriti Vihar/Tejgarhi
2760294
Lisari Gate
225676
M.E.S.
2640143
M.H.Road
2512137
Maliyana
2510351
Modipuram
2570926
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2762095
Partapur
2510251
Railway Road
2510992
Ram Leela Ground
227260
Roorkee Road
2640143
7.3.2
Fire Station
Meerut city is covered by 4 (four) fire stations namely at Police line, Ghanta Ghar, and
Partapur, Mawana. All these Fire Stations are equipped with fire fighting equipments and fire
appliances to meet any emergency.The Officers & men of these Fire Service Stations are
technically qualified and undergone the training from National Fire Service College Nagpur
and Fire Institute Unnao district (Sub-officers, Firemen and Driver).
Setting up of Search and Rescue team for immediate response to disaster –
Operational groups have been formed for considering of a Search and Rescue Team–
TEAM COMMANDER
: C.F.O. Meerut Region
Ph. No.
0121-2643631,
Mobile:
9454418345, 9412512899
A)
Police line Area:
1.
Fire Station Officer, Police Line, Meerut
Ph. No. 101/ 2643600, Mobile: 9454418747, 9454418746,
97119132391
2.
Fire second officer-1, Lift Fireman-02,
Fire operator-13, fireman-40
Resources: Water Tender (Big)-03, Water Houser-01, Water Tender (Small)-03, Portable
pump-09, Bularo camper-01, Jeep toing vehicle-02, Tata Sumo-01
Ghata Ghar Area:
1.
Fire Station Officer, Ph. No 0121-2421017
Fire second officer-1, Lift Fireman-02, Fire operator-02, Fireman-12
Resources: Water Tender-01
B)
Partapur Area :
1.
Fire Station Officer, Partapur
Ph. No 0121- (O)2440450,9454418751, Mobile: 9454418750, 9411022555
Fire second officer-0, Lift Fireman-02, Fire operator-03, Fireman-11
Resources: Water Tender-01, Jeep toing vehicle-01, portable pump-01
C)
Mawana Area:
1.
Fire Station Officer, Police,
Meerut Ph. No. 01233-271411, Mobile: 9454418749, 9454418748, 9358099151
Fire second officer-0, Lift Fireman-02, Fire operator-02, fireman-11
Resources: Water Tender-01, Portable pump-01, Bularo camper-01
D)
7.4
Trained Manpower
List of trained Disaster Management volunteers of Civil Defence
A
No.
1.
Division: Shastri Nagar
FIRST AID TEAM
Name (Sh/Smt.)
Sh. Harpreet Singh
Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR (01to 05/03/2015)
Mobile no.
9412630556
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Sh. Sushil Kumar
Sh. Vijmender kr. Gaur
Md. Hanif Ansari
Sh. Anupam Gupta
Sh. Laxman Singh
Sh.Deepak Taneja
Sh. Rajeev Gupta
Kr. Rachaleha
Smt. Paminder Kaur
Sh. Davender Garg
Sh. Nadia Ali
Sh.Shailender Soni
Md. Salim Ansari
Sh. Naresh Kumar
Nashir Ali
Kr. Priti Gupta
Kr. Gita
Mehrajudin
Md. Danish
SEARCH & RESCUE TEAM
Md. Ashraf
Smt. Renu Kaushik
Jalaludin
Sh. Rahul Dev
Sh. Shasi Kant Pathak
Sh. Anil Kr. Sharma
Sh. Galender Kr. Sharma
Sh. Amit Kant Rastogi
Sh. Vinit Kr. Sagar
Sh. Sudarshan Garg
Farjana Sayeba
Sh. Sanjay Sharma
Sh. Yashvir Singh
Sh. Atul Sahani
Sh.Subham Gaur
Sh. R.K. Rajput
Sh. Akhilesh Kr. Gaur
Sh. Bhagchandra Singh Rawat
Sh. Jagmohan
Sh. Mayank
FIRE SERVICE TEAM
Sh. Sohan Pal Verma
Sh. Minakshi Sharma
Sh. Tejendra Singh
Sh. Fahim Ahmed
Sh.Jitendra Madan
Sh. Puneet Mohan Verma
Sh. Shish Pal
Sh.Vijendra Singh
Sh. Gopal Krishna
Sh.Ravi Kumar
Sh.Anuj Kr. Sharma
Sh. Kavinder
Sh. Atul Rastogi
Sh. Arvind Rastogi
Sh. Neeraj Kr. Verma
Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR 9927207874
9917422919
9368349219
9897306346
9219502091
9760669789
9045553777
7417965595
7417242502
9457033945
9045935397
8899501205
9358708068
9675416701
9557767255
9410604738
9917367138
9917657592
9761093205
9897610844
9917088769
9027037156
9639504542
9456499635
9368109146
9412208122
9410230608
9837528025
9359979074
9897607604
9837285386
9358291585
9917422919
9412204117
9761086695
9259013388
9761133886
9258589062
9837292672
9412515240
9997081551
8881525148
9837777846
9837355171
9411557036
9410816807
9411026542
9917637138
9027069227
9837571379
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2.
Sh. Piyush Batra
Sh. Manoj Kumar
Sh. Ashok Ragav
Sh. Avesh Ahmed
Sh. Manesh Kr. Baliyan
MASTER TRAINER
Sh. Vinod kr. Madan
Sh. Akram
Division: Shatabdi Nagar
FIRST AID TEAM
Name (Sh/Smt.)
Smt. Poonam Singhal
Smt. Suman
Sh. Arihant Jain
Smt. Sarita Garg
Sh. Iqbal Beg
Smt. Poonam Asthana
Sh. Sangita Jha
Sh. Ajay Bansal
Sh. Ajara Abaas
Sh. Sayed Mahmood Ali
Sh. Ajay Gupta
Sh. Pravin Kumar
Sh. Punit Bansal
Sh. Ashvani Kumar
Md. Irshad
Sh. Sunder Lal
Sh. Basarat Ali
Ejajul Hak
Sh. Sunil Kr. Gupta
Sh. Irshad Ali
SEARCH & RESCUE TEAM
Sh. Deepak Kr. Garg
Md. Yunus
Sh. Yash Bansal
Sh.Sunil Kr. Sharma
Sh. Manoj Kr.
Sh.Piyush Bansal
Sh. Brijesh Kumar Saini
Sh. Maksud Alam
Sh. Punkaj Mangal
Sh. Gaurav Bhatnagar
Sh. Sudhir Kumar
Sh. Deepak Kumar
Md. Yusuf
Sh. Nitin Agarwal
Sh. Ejajudin Saifi
Sh.Shiv kr. Sharma
Sh.Ram Kr.
Sh. Prince Verma
Sh. Avnish Goyal
Sh. Rajesh Verma
FIRE SERVICE TEAM
Aas Mohammed
Sufi Ajijudin
Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR 9719401725
9219131451
9411444781
9319946547
9927152484
9837891332
8410380334
(14 to 19/02/2015)
Mobile no.
9927151752
9837581284
9412094320
9412631352
9897728622
9927195391
9319801851
9690039085
9259756881
9358406174
9808776892
9368120158
9760921111
9634122932
9997867736
9927693697
9997213699
9358385607
9319612179
9259345799
9412631352
9045945475
9058312755
9997207088
9837803170
9412405879
9758582893
9368690356
9412209966
9818746252
9359715223
9412579020
9359768675
9873144882
9319916283
9719028613
9897044996
9548593966
9897145656
9927861739
7520233100
9358543412
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Kapil Sagar
Md. Fez Ahmed
Md. Anif
Sh. Vinod Kumar
Sh. Vishnu Avtar Shastri
Sh. Mulchand
Md. Furfan
Sh. Mukesh Sharma
Gulam Mohiudin
Sh. Kishan Kr. Garg
Sh. Vijay Kr. Singh
Sh. Umesh Datt Sharma
Gufran Alvi
Md. Tasleem Safi
Md. Sartaj
Alim Khan
Irfan Ali
Md. Yusuf
MASTER TRAINER
Sanjeev Kr. Sharma
Tanshirul Islam
9286263120
9897529480
9319213150
9837932950
9837282099
9319610519
9319213150
9897081910
9837247954
9358435352
9719168971
9808122274
9358405834
9760323734
9927478888
9760775110
9358726123
9997474547
Division- Civil Line
FIRST AID TEAM
Name (Sh/Smt.)
Chander Bhan Singh
Smt. Sadhana Sharma
Kr. Soni
Sudhir Chandra
Rajiv Kuvr Rastogi
Smt. Gurdeep Kaur
Anil Kr. Sharma
Suni Kr. Lodhi
Bijender Jain
Smt. Sunita batra
Ashok Singh Tomar
Smt. Bina Singh
Bir Singh
Punkaj Tyagi
Shailender Kr.
Anurag Jain
Lakhiram Joshi
Sunil Rai
Saurabh Jain
Arving Kr.
SEARCH & RESCUE TEAM
Ashok Tyagi
Satish Kr. Patel
Mohit Jain
Vijay Pratap Singh
Shubah Singh
Sunil Verma
Rajkumar Rastogi
Prem Singh
Prabhat Kr.
Sher Ali
(7 to 11/March/2015)
Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR 9837515060
9319710908
Mobile no.
9411067301
9358082943
9359664416
9411446100
9319547264
9319449084
2765629, 9837316822
9358065859
9997067373
9456229325
9410035670
2670496
9897772419
9758781101
9359158996
9897703205
9760616572
9761150047
9319379706
9410891911
9756996773
9219590286
9927073468
9045544416
9917466056
9412285415
9837236136
9690812048
9897243088
9837351748
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No.
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20.
Yogesh Kr. Gupta
Rakesh Kr. Patel
Lalit Gaud
Kr. Priyanka Jindal
Rakesh Mohan Gupta
Krishan Gopal Bansal
Deepak Kumar
Rakesh Kumar Tomar
Lalit Stifen
Pramod Kr. Gupta
FIRE SERVICE TEAM
Anil Kr.
Ashok Kr.
Kr. Rajani Puni
Pravin Kr.
Chander Kishor Kasyap
Gafran Alam
Ravinder Singh Yadav
Navin Kr.
Chaterbhuj
Smt. Mamta Sishodiya
Khajan Singh
Smt. Shashi Saxena
Vivek Saxena
Babar Khan
Ajay Kr. Gupta
Vikash Agarwal
O.N. Saini
Vikash Johari
Rajeev Mehroba
Harpreet Singh
Division: Kanker Khera
FIRST AID TEAM
Name (Sh/Smt.)
Sarvasri Rajaram Giri
Amit Kr. Singh
Devender Kr.
Abhishek Shingal
Chirag Agarwal
Annad Swarup
Praveen Lodhi
Sanjay Goswami
Brijvir Shastri
Geeta Verma
Anil Goswmi
Rupesh Kr. Sagar
Babita Saini
Ashok Kumar
Rakesh Kr.
Surender Kr.
Anid Kr.
Pankaj Sonkar
Rupesh Kr.
Jasvir Singh
SEARCH & RESCUE TEAM
Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR 9837528405
9319448055
2649084
9368275399
9457213319
9837617219
9639180617
9897530177
9719002291
9837079926
9411822226
9971322592
9837673318
9837216016
9319904616
9359970164
9897023187
9897985395
9319309253
9259283245
9719678976
9045862140
9358434147
8923852066
9837082598
9837784666
9897015557
9358402420
9456261504
9412204440
(4 to8/03/2015)
Mobile no.
9412703481
9027745142
9719606247
9027083807
7417931923
9927526314
9639933082
9219630249
9758333484
9358005734
9319678410
9368352172
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No.
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Jaspal Singh
Vinod Arora
Devender Gupta
Girish Sahani
Rahul Kr.
Arjun Kr.
Neeraj Kr.
Jogender Kr.
Mohit Kr.
Govind Pandey
Amit Garg
Satish Chander Gupta
Satya Prakash
Abhinav Mittal
Anurag Sahni
Smt. Meera Singh
Poonam Goyal
Anurag
Amit Sahani
Girish Thapar
FIRE SERVICE TEAM
Sahensar Pal
Sachin Mittal
Bhagwat Prasad
Jasvir Singh
Kapil Sonkar
Nitin Mittal
Mohan Singh
Sunil Sonkar
Krishn kr. Arora
Dusyant Kr.
Zaheer Ahmed
Saheeudin
Pradeep Gupta
Sunil Mittal
Krishan Mohan Singh
Shyamlal
Sandesh Singhal
Anuj Kr. Garg
Vijender Sharma
Pradeep Kr.
MASTER TRAINER
Smt. Archana
Sh. Rakesh Kumar
Division: Town Hall
FIRST AID TEAM
Name (Sh/Smt.)
Ashumali Vashist
Husain Fathma
Aditya Sharda
Manmohan Aggarwal
Rajesh Lodhi
Tarik Hafij
Smt. Poonam Garg
Prasi Kr. Sharma
Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR 9897402161
9259098739
9719025162
9837794669
9045006299
9760522052
9760195437
9897872926
9219774764
9027676605
9837189610
9319616575
9412207898
9359092950
9897506776
9219769617
9528934570
7417435604
9897765897
9528458606
9857515591
9837847760
9897100273
9897639637
7895369592
9760454309
9634852692
8923099922
9760124614
7669178777
8958887786
9897023969
9927117108
9410008007
9808741995
9837651765
9259783217
9758049969
9557684701
9927156925
(14 to 19/03/2015)
Mobile no.
9027226080
9358530429
9761112323,9719242662
9412365972
9897543478
9837415177
9897072782
7417315099
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Sabeer Nawaj
Smt. Nagma
Smt. Priti Prajapati
Amit Verma
Shan Mohammed
Shiv Kr.
Dr. Zafar Husain Kadari
Ku. Nighat Parveen
Smt. Seema
Vaibhav Sharma
Manoj Bansal
Atul Gupta
SEARCH & RESCUE TEAM
Bharat vir Saini
Om Sharma
Aswani Goyal
Kaji Suhel
Md. Aajam
Yash Bhardwaj
Rasheed Soni
Manoj Johari
Jafar Raja Zaidi
Bhagat Singh Verma
Rashid Ansari
Javed Ansar
Pankaj Goyal
Adeep Kumar
Sabhav Jain
Safdar Abbas
Aavid Islam
Akil Ahmed
Atik Alvi
Sirajuddin
FIRE SERVICE TEAM
Radheshyam Premi
Dr. Khalid Ahmed
Salim Ahmed
Rajender Prasad Goyal
Sachin Gupta
Riyajuddin
Khajan Singh
Bali Mohammed
Kishor Kr.
Shailender Shrivastav
Md. Tahir
Nafis Ahmed
Md. Jaheed
Harshit Gupta
Md. Imran
Brijesh Gupta
Sanjay Kr. Goyal
Dr. Chand Prakash Kaushik
Harish Chand
Shidharth Goyal
9897892510
9917226043
9997575901
9897001269
9837066315
9719440044
9359930285
9897577575
9027210264
9359528597
9358164386
9837069703
9319323277
9319317526
9760004068
9259075775
9412704979, 2529479
9412537802
9412200455
9837384737,9897218935
9358683692
9319025377
9837134758
9358433983
9897892510
9319946342
9319612994
9359153927
9456087678
9319274711
9499617069
9897273658
9358342139
9412529781
9897463979
9319724876
9358793900
8937535911
9412702576
9897564038
9412702576
Division: T.P. Nagar
Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR 9319351538
8006959089
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FIRST AID TEAM
Name (Sh/Smt.)
Sushil Kr.
Raju
Smt. Urmila Chadda
Smt. Rani Yadav
Vinit Gupta
Smt. Anju Saini
Smt. Vinita
Smt. Kamla
Smt. Ekta
Sheetal
Prabharani
Savita
Mamta Devi
Asha Bhatiya
Shashi
Raj Kumar
Rajni Kanta
Pinki
Nisha Chouhan
Radha
SEARCH & RESCUE TEAM
Dr. Dinesh Chander
Pramod Kr. Gupta
Raj Kr.
Lokesh Bansal
Varun Gupta
Suresh Kr.
Sanjay Kr. Sharma
Manoj Kr.
Anil Kr.
Mukesh Kr.
Manoj kr. Gupta
Rajkumar Sharma
Dulichand Verma
Krishan Pal Singh
Kuldeep Sain
Akshay Sharma
Nitin Kansal
Yogender Kr.
Pradeep Garg
Gaurav Ahuja
FIRE SERVICE TEAM
Narender Sain
Rakesh Gupta
Bharat Singh Saini
Virender Mittal
Veer Singh
Mahesh Chander Sharma
Hemant Kr.
Rohit
Ashok Kr.
Shubash Pal
Sandeep Gautam
Rakesh Kr.
Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR Mobile no.
9917768812
9917009542
9837680086
9760284873
9997794730
9837424254
7417880233
9837424254
9557254784
8445529432
9927829307
9286395664
9761345073
9837026911
960774099
9219248920
8979444432
9897091337
9719032678
9837390652
9837447085
9808064695
9837390652
9759048655
7417246038
9456829164
9358346959
9837392708
9837888142
9927286784
9917422859
9368008934
9690229672,9927181037
9897022291
9557255677
9286402070
9897906006
9927181037
9412202404
9456055645
9897205241
9927964180
9756714048
9756666064
9634130098
9634926208
9719408500
26545827
9411619232
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Deepak Tyagi
Anil Kr.
Jitender Bharti
Satish Kr. Tomar
Pradeep Kr.
Satender Kr.
Jogender Singh
Rakesh Singh
Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR 9456204478
9837388324
9837056635
9690061359
9219194040
8909871969
9897473020
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Equipments under Meerut Municipal Area at different Line department
A detail of resources available with different line departments is listed at IDRN website (India Disaster Resource Network). Apart from that in assistance of GoI‐UNDP assisted project following equipments were supplied to district:‐ Equipment P.A.C. Civil Deptt. 150 Disaster th
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Life Jacket 20 5
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Rope Ladder 10 2
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Folding Stretcher 10 5
20
150
Dragon search light 2 1
3
150
PA Mega Phone 2 1
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150
Life Buoy & 30 meter rope 2 1
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150
Portable fire extinguisher 5 5
5
150
Collapse Ladder 3 2
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Briefing Apparatus 0 0
23
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Red Blanket 0 0
4
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CrowBar
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20
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Jari Cans(20Lt) 0 0
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900
First Aid boxes 0 0
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150
Safety Helmets 0 0
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Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR Page 93 Meerut District Disaster Management Plan 2015­16 Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR Page 94 Meerut District Disaster Management Plan 2015­16 Introduction: Disasters cause sudden disruption to the normal life of a society and cause
damages to property and lives to such an extent that normal social and economic
mechanisms available to the society all get disturbed. People and officials are both caught
unaware and in the circumstances lose their sense of initiative and direction. Consequently,
relief work is hampered and unnecessarily delayed.
In such cases, the existence of a disaster preparedness plan can be extremely useful. The
distraught officials then have at their hand, a complete set of instructions which they can
follow and also issue directions to their subordinates and the affected people. This has the
effect of not only speeding up the rescue and relief operations, but also boosting the morale
of victims.
The response plan is of two kinds: 1- Short-term Plan and 2-Long-term Plan.
8.1 Short-term Plan
Short-term plans are action based and aimed at restoring normalcy in the shortest possible
time.
One of the foremost requirements of any plan would be to define the area where it would be
applicable and the agencies that would be responsible for its implementation and
coordination. Once the boundaries are defined, the following inputs would be required;
1. The amount of resource material required to be mobilized as relief may be based on
the statistics of the intensity and spread of various disasters in the area in the past
disaster records.
2. Certain areas are prone to disaster and each time relief is provided, a number of
short-comings come to light; these become lessons to serve as inputs for future
planning of relief and rescue exercises.
3. Short-term plans should be based on the declared vulnerability of the area to
particular types of disasters. Forecasts on future disasters should be usefully
interpreted in action plans on exercises which would be most required.
4. Short-term plans should incorporate suggestions and capabilities of all departments
concerned of the district/state, non-government organizations and community based
organizations. Therefore plans may be prepared by setting up committees at
appropriate level to incorporate their inputs.
After Disaster:
8.1.2 Rescue Operations
After disaster immediately, the District Magistrate would act as the focal point for control and
co-ordination of all activities. His/her responsibilities have been identified as follow:
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Get in touch with the local Army/ Navy/ Air Force units for assistance in rescue,
evacuation and relief;
He/she will have the authority to requisition resources, materials and equipment from
all the Departments/Organizations of the government and also from the private
sector;
He/she will have the power to direct the industry to activate their onsite and offsite
disaster management plans;
He/she will set up ‘Site Operations Centre’ (SOC) in the affected area with desk
arrangements;
He/she will authorize the establishment of transit and/or relief camps, feeding centers
and cattle camps;
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He/she will send ‘Preliminary Information Report’ and ‘Action Taken Report’ to the
State Relief Commissioner and Divisional Commissioner;
He/she will authorize immediate evacuation, whenever necessary.
Traditionally, the concerned SDM office and local police station, both are the main
government agencies below the district level, which initiate trigger mechanism for emergency
operations in the event of major accidents / disaster threats. In view of limited availability of
resources for disaster management, below the district level, the DDMP has not proposed any
administrative structure for co-ordinated operation during emergency. In the event of less
serious disaster threat/accident, the SDM office or police station would continue to initiate
trigger mechanism and provide an emergency response with the help of locally available
resources. The DDMC on receipt of information, from any of the two agencies, would take
appropriate decision to augment local resources and give appropriate instructions to the
concerned response agencies.
8.1.3 Relief Operations
After the rescue phase is over, the district administration shall provide immediate relief
assistance either in cash or in kind to the victims of the disaster. The office of District
Magistrate is responsible for providing relief to the victims of either natural or human-made
disasters like earthquake, fire, flood, riots, terrorist attack etc in the district.
8.1.4 Rehabilitation
In short term response rehabilitation is the final step. The incident command system shall be
deactivated as the rehabilitation phase is over. Thereafter, the normal administration shall
take up the remaining reconstruction works in the disaster affected areas. These activities
shall be performed by the working group for relief and rehabilitation under the direction of the
DDMC.
8.2 Long-term Plan
The situation may not always warrant long-term plans, but such plans should have the ability
to build a culture of disaster mitigation and be aimed at reducing vulnerability of the area. As
such any long-term plan should incorporate policy directives on preparedness as well as post
disaster reconstruction and rehabilitation phases (the later as a follow up of the short-term
contingency plans).
1. The foremost requirement for the preparation of a long-term plan is establishing its need in
an area. Need may be established on the basis of the vulnerability of the area and the
resource tradeoff between the cost of its implementation and other competing needs for
overall development. In this context the long-term disaster mitigation plan or rehabilitation
plan as part of overall development plan becomes significant.
2. In case of rehabilitation plan, the level of damage that has taken place in the community
decides whether long-term intervention is required or not. The strategies of the rehabilitation
would depend considerably on the damage assessment report.
3. A detailed survey of the community, which studies its needs and expectations in detail and
seeks out their traditions and customs which they would like to preserve, has to be carried
out. This would serve as an input in deciding an intervention strategy that is acceptable to the
community.
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satisfying basic needs-shelter, economic and social of the community. Reducing disaster
vulnerability should be a means to achieve the objective and not an end in itself.
5. Long-term plans are resource intensive; many of the interventions decided therein should
be based on resources available. In many cases, where the need for rehabilitation through
relocation is established the same may not be implemented due to non-availability of land.
6. Long-term plans may be implemented successfully only through partnerships with NGOs
and community participation. The involvement of these bodies should be solicited at the
outset itself while deciding the interventions required.
8.2.1 Role of District Administration/ District Magistrate
The District Magistrate will be the focal point at the district level for directing, supervising and
monitoring relief measures for disasters and for the preparation of district level plans.
The District Magistrate will exercise coordinating and supervisory powers over functionaries of
all the departments at the district level. During actual operations for disaster mitigation or
relief, the powers of all Collectors/ DCs are considerably enhanced, generally, by standing
instructions or orders on the subject, or by specific Governments order, if so required.
Sometimes, the administrative culture of the concerned state permits, although informally, the
Collector/DC to exercise higher powers in emergency situations and the decisions are later
ratified by the competent authority.
The District Magistrate will maintain close liaison with the state, central government
authorities in the district, namely army, air force and ministry of water resources etc, who
supplement the effort of the district administration in the rescue and the relief operations. The
District Magistrate will also coordinate all voluntary efforts by mobilizing the non-government
organizations capable of working in such situations.
Duties at the time of disaster
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Maintenance of law and order; prevention of trespassing, looting, keeping roads clear
from sightseeing persons so that free movement of rescue vehicles is assured, etc.
Evacuation of people
Recovery of dead bodies and their disposal
Medical care for the injured
Supply of food and water and restoration of water supply lines
Temporary shelters like tents, metal sheds
Restoring lines of communications and information
Restoring transport routes
Quick assessment of damage and demarcation of damaged areas according to grade
of damage
Cordoning off of severely damaged structures that are liable to collapse during
aftershocks
Temporary shoring of certain precariously standing buildings to avoid collapse and
damage to other adjoining buildings
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Women’s actual responsibility in domestic (in terms of household subsistence, health,
and child care) and production and economic activity beyond the subsistence level
are taken into account in determining the consultation process.
Women representatives are included at all level of planning, decision-making,
implementation, and evaluation.
The particular constraints faced by households maintained by women are taken
explicitly into account in designing and implementing relief programs.
Special attention is provided to unaccompanied women, lone parents and widows.
Issue of legal, sexual and physical protection are properly identified and addressed.
8.2.2 Action Plan for Police
Response Activation:
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The Nodal Officer from Police will activate the Quick Response Teams
The Quick Response Teams will be deployed at the onsite EOCs
As per the information from IMTs, adequate officers will be sent to site.
Actions to be taken:
The primary areas of Police responsibility may be summarized as follows:
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The saving of life in conjunction with other emergency services
Co-ordination of the emergency services and other organizations
Traffic and crowd control
The investigation of the incident in conjunction with other investigating bodies where
applicable.
The collation and dissemination of causality information
Identification of victims
The restoration of normalcy at the earliest opportunity
Access and Crowd Control
Whenever a disaster takes place, the police should immediately cordon off the area and
prevent people from thronging the scene. Past experience has shown that a large number of
people try to reach the scene of occurrence out of sheer curiosity or with the intention of
extending their assistance to the affected persons. It becomes then necessary that police
establish an outer cordon around the site of the disaster to control access to the disaster site,
if practical. Stricter access control shall be enforced by the police and it should be ensured
that no unwarranted persons gain entry to the scene of disaster. An easily located
“Rendezvous point”, away from, but within easy reach of the incident, should be immediately
selected and manned by Police to receive and direct emergency service vehicles and
personnel.
Immediate traffic arrangements shall be made to divert the traffic away from the
scene of disaster. The motorists shall be suitably notified about the traffic diversion through
the P.A. system, Radio, TV as well as by the traffic policemen present on the spot. The area
should also be kept clear of all the traffic so as to ensure that the vehicles of emergency
services face no hindrance to reach the site. The obstruction of way to site of disaster may
delay the arrival of fire brigades, ambulances and other vehicles as well as the staff and is
likely to affect the rescue and relief operations.
Adequate arrangements are to be made by the police to prevent the crowd to reach the site of
disaster. Those who have already reached there should be asked to move away. Sometimes
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turns into a law and order problem. The police should deal with it effectively but tactfully. It
should be properly equipped to deal with such a situation.
Search, Rescue and evacuation
During the disaster, normally the police are the first to reach the spot. Till the arrival of other
emergency service personnel, it should reach the area and remove the casualties from the
site. It should also extend full co-operation to other services and the local authority in the
rescue and evacuation operations.
It is normally the police who recommend whether or not to evacuate and define the area to be
evacuated. Their recommendation should, however, take into account the advice from the fire
service on risks associated with fire, contamination and other hazards, from the ambulance
and local authorities.
Scene Control and Legal Action
It is vital that the scene and surrounding area of any major incident should be protected for:
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Protection and preservation of evidence
Protection of properties of the affected persons against theft, looting, etc. during the
disaster and its post impact period.
It must be accepted that large numbers of police officers will be required to achieve this aim
and therefore, the in charge of the district or Incident Commander should take early action for
the reinforcements.
VVIP/VIP Visits
Visits by VIP’s can lift the morale of those affected by the disaster as well as those who are
involved in the response. It has been seen that the Ministers, members of Parliament and
State legislatures, local councilors, leaders of various political parties, etc. visit the scene of a
disaster and the injured to mark public concern and see the disaster response. It may be
possible that the scale of a disaster may in addition prompt visits of the Prime Minister,
Governor, Chief Minister, etc. Sometimes their visit to the disaster site is likely to adversely
affect the rescue operations, particularly if casualties are still trapped. It should be ensured
that their visits do not interrupt rescue and life saving work and the police, as co-ordinator of
the disaster response, should explain the ground situation to them and try to avoid their visit,
if possible. However, in case the visit becomes impossible to avoid, it should fix up the timings
of visits. The additional need for their security would also cause a problem. The police and
the local services are, however, experienced at handling VIP visits and many of the usual
considerations will apply to their visit to a disaster site.
It would be desirable to restrict media coverage of such visits, in which case the police should
liaise with the government press officer to keep their number to minimum. It may also be
necessary for the police to brief the VVIP/VIP beforehand about the details of casualties,
damage and the nature of the disaster. It should, therefore, prepare a brief note for such
briefings.
Reception Centre
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have been affected, it is likely that many people will travel to the scene or to meeting points
such as travel terminals. If necessary a reception centre for friends and relatives should be
established by the police in consultation with the local authority and commercial, industrial or
other organizations concerned and staffed by the police, local authority and suitably prepared
voluntary organizations. The fullest possible information should be given to enquirers seeking
news of those affected in a disaster. Experience has shown that this is best done in a
controlled way with general enquiries being referred to a specific source. This helps to ensure
consistent and non-contradictory information being given out. Friends and relatives who may
be feeling intense anxiety, shock or grief, need to be treated with sympathy and
understanding. Access to the reception centre should be controlled to prevent those inside
from being disturbed by uninvited media representatives or onlookers.
Intimation regarding foreigners
If foreign nationals have been involved in the disaster, the police will in accordance with the
Vienna convention on Consular relations, inform the Consular authorities of the death or
injured to any of their nationals by quickest possible means.
8.2.3
Action Plan for Meerut Fire Service
Response Activation:
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The Nodal Officer of Delhi Fire Service will activate the Quick Response Teams
The Quick Response Teams will be deployed at the onsite EOCs
As per the information from IMTs, adequate officers may be sent to site.
Actions to be taken:
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At the site, QRTs should contact the local volunteers and local people to gather
information about vulnerable areas so that search and rescue operation can take place
through a proper channel in heavily dense areas, large buildings, community centers,
hotels, hospitals, public buildings and any other area having large gathering.
Locate the damaged and collapsed structures and rescue the population buried and
trapped in rubble.
The injured people should be taken out of damaged buildings etc with utmost care.
Special care should be given to women and children groups as they are expected to be
more affected and helpless incase of any emergency situation
Coordinate with the transportation ESF if a large number of medical professionals need to
be sent to the affected sites and/or a large number of victims need to be transported to
health facilities.
8.2.4
Action Plan for Civil Defence and Home Guards
Response Activation:
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The Nodal Officer will reach the EOC and activate the Quick Response Teams
The Quick Response Teams will be deployed at the onsite EOCs
As per the information from IMTs, adequate officers may be sent to site
Action to be taken:
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Support and coordinate with the Incident Command System for Law & order, Search and
rescue and Medial response and Trauma Counseling
Locate the damaged and collapsed structures and rescue the affected people
Special care to women and children groups as they are expected to be more affected and
helpless incase of any emergency situation.
Helping in First aid to the affected people alongwith the Medical team
8.2.5
Action Plan for Municipal Corporation
Response Activation:
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The Nodal Officer of MCD will activate the Quick Response Teams
The Quick Response Teams will be deployed at the onsite EOCs
As per the information from IMTs, adequate officers may be sent to site.
Action to be taken:
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MCD will bring debris of heavy RCC structures and put dummies beneath the debris. This
will facilitate demonstration of search and rescue operations. Soon after search and
rescue team leave the site, MCD will mobilize equipments for debris clearance.
MCD will assume main role in equipment support for debris and road clearance.
MCD will transport the equipments like JCB, concrete cutters required as per the need
The Supporting Agencies Nodal Officers will call for personnel to immediately start debris
clearance operation to enable movement to the affected site.
All supporting agencies will inspect the road/rail network and structures within the disaster
site and surrounding.
MCD will also ensure proper corpse disposal and post mortem by coordinating with ESF
on medical response
The QRTs will report the situation and the progress in response activities to the
respective EOCs
Undertake construction of temporary roads to serve as access to temporary transit and
relief camps and medical facilities for disaster victims
MCD should ensure the provision of medicine and other medical facilities required at the
disaster site and the hospital heal centers catering to disaster victims
MCD will coordinate, direct and integrate state level response to provide equipment
support, relief camps establishment, sanitation and health assistances
8.2.6 Action Plan for PWD
Response Activation:
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The Nodal Officer of PWD will activate the Quick Response Teams
The Quick Response Teams will be deployed at the onsite EOCs
As per the information from IMTs, adequate officers may be sent to site.
Action to be taken:
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PWD will bring debris of heavy RCC structures and put dummies beneath the debris. This
will facilitate demonstration of search and rescue operations. Soon after search and
rescue team leave the site, MCD will mobilize equipments for debris clearance.
PWD will assume main role in equipment support for debris and road clearance.
PWD will transport the equipments like JCB, concrete cutters required as per the need
The Supporting Agencies Nodal Officers will call for personnel to immediately start debris
clearance operation to enable movement to the affected site.
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All supporting agencies will inspect the road/rail network and structures within the disaster
site and surrounding.
PWD will also ensure proper corpse disposal and post mortem by coordinating with ESF
on medical response.
The QRTs will report the situation and the progress in response activities to the
respective EOCs.
Undertake construction of temporary roads to serve as access to temporary transit and
relief camps and medical facilities for disaster victims.
PWD should ensure the provision of medicine and other medical facilities required at the
disaster site and the hospital heal centers catering to disaster victims.
PWD will coordinate, direct and integrate state level response to provide equipment
support, relief camps establishment, and sanitation and health assistances.
Undertake repair of all paved and unpaved road surfaces including edge metaling,
patching and nay failure of surface and keep monitoring the condition.
Mobilizing different modes of transportation.
8.2.7
Action Plan for Jal Board
Response Activation:
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The Nodal Officer of Jal Board will activate the Quick Response Teams
The Quick Response Teams will be deployed at the onsite EOCs
As per the information from IMTs, adequate officers may be sent to site.
Action to be taken:
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Quick assessment of water line damage and contamination
Supply of water tankers to disaster affected communities
Deploy response teams to repair and restore water supply lines.
Quick assessment of water contamination levels and taking steps to restore clean
drinking water.
8.2.8
Action Plan for drainage and Flood Control Department
Response Activation:
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The Nodal Officer of Irrigation and Flood Control Department will activate the Quick
Response Teams
The Quick Response Teams will be deployed at the onsite EOCs
As per the information from IMTs, adequate officers may be sent to site.
Actions to be taken:
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QRTs will coordinate with team leader for water supply
QRTs will coordinate for providing Temporary Shelters
QRTs will coordinate in restoration of infrastructure
QRTs to report of situation and progress of action to the EOC
8.2.9
Action Plan for Food and Civil Supplies Department
Response Activation:
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The Nodal Officer will activate the Quick Response Teams
The Quick Response Teams will be deployed at the onsite EOCs
As per the information from IMTs, adequate officers may be sent to site.
Actions to be taken:
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Coordinating with ESFs related to transportation to ensure quality supply of relief
materials.
Continuing free kitchens for the affected people
QRTs to report to site relief camps
QRTs to manage the distribution of food items to affected victims.
QRTs to report on progress of action taken to EOC
8.2.10 Action Plan for Department of Transport
Response Activation:
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The Nodal Officer will activate the Quick Response Teams
The Quick Response Teams will be deployed at the onsite EOCs
As per the information from IMTs, adequate officers may be sent to site.
Actions to be taken:
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QRTs will help in Evacuation
QRTs will assist the nodal office in providing Temporary Shelters
Team leader communicates situation to support agencies and requests for detailed
information on the status of transportation infrastructure in the affected area.
8.2.11 Action Plan for Telephone operator
Response Activation:
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The Nodal Officer will reach at the EOC and activate the Quick Response Teams
The Quick Response Teams will be deployed at the site
As per the information from IMTs, adequate officers may be sent to site.
MTNL is primarily responsible for restoration of communication facilities
MTNL should ensure the smooth flow of information that can cater to the outreach in a
time-sensitive manner at state level in response efforts.
Action to be taken:
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Team Leader will dispatch emergency repair teams equipped with required tools, tents
and food.
Communicate situation to other support agencies i.e. private telephone operators
Work out a plan of action for private telecom companies and convene a meeting to
discuss and finalize the modalities
Establish telephone facilities for the public and information on this should be announced
through media.
Make available various types of equipment/material and services if required.
Inform district as well as state authorities on action taken.
8.2.12 Action Plan for HAM Radio Operators
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Inform the HAM clubs, individuals from other parts district/state
To activate their members to set up a HAM communication system as soon as possible.
Coordination mechanisms to be shared with critical authorities
Set up as alternative communication network till the main communication linkages
restored.
8.2.13 Action Plan for Health Services
Response Activation:
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Nodal officer will call nodal officers of supporting agencies
In coordination with the transportation ESF, it will ensure adequate number of medical
professionals and assistants to reach the sites with sufficient medicines and required
materials.
Ensure setting up of temporary information centers at hospitals with the help of ESF on
help lines and warning dissemination.
Action to be taken:
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To make ready all hospitals for managing large number of causalities and severely injured
victims.
Sufficient stock of required medicines, vaccines, plasters, drugs etc
Provide systemic approach to patient care.
Maintain patient tracking system to keep record of all patients treated
Deploy mobile hospitals as required
QRTs will report the situation and the progress on action taken by the team to the
respective EOCs
QRTs will ensure timely response to the needs of the affected victims
8.2.14 Action Plan for Ambulance
Response Activation:
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Nodal officer will activate QRTs
Helping in sending adequate number of medical professionals and assistants to reach the
sites with sufficient medicines and required materials.
Ensure setting up of temporary information centers at hospitals with the help of ESF on
help lines and warning dissemination.
Action to be taken:
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To provide ambulance service
To help in ready all hospitals for managing large number of causalities and severely
injured victims.
To help in arranging sufficient stock of required medicines, vaccines, plasters, drugs etc
Deploy mobile hospitals as required
QRTs will report the situation and the progress on action taken by the team to the
respective EOCs
QRTs will ensure timely response to the needs of the affected victims
Helping in arranging additional beds and additional bloods and medicines for the
casualties.
8.2.15 Action Plan for Red Cross Society/ St. John Ambulance Brigade
Response Activation:
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Nodal officer will activate QRTs
Helping in providing adequate number of medical professionals and assistants to reach
the sites with sufficient medicines and required materials.
Ensure setting up of temporary information centers at hospitals with the help of ESF on
help lines and warning dissemination.
Action to be taken:
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To provide ambulance service
Arranging First aid camps at the sites
To help in ready all hospitals for managing large number of causalities and severely
injured victims.
To help in arranging sufficient stock of required medicines, vaccines, plasters, drugs etc
Deploy mobile hospitals as required
QRTs will report the situation and the progress on action taken by the team to the
respective EOCs
QRTs will ensure timely response to the needs of the affected victims
8.2.16 Action plan for selected NGOs/ RWAs and NYKS
Emerging trends in managing natural disasters have highlighted the role of non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) as one of the most effective alternative means of achieving an efficient
communications link between the disaster management agencies and the effected
community. In typical disaster situation, they can be of help in preparedness, relief and
rescue, rehabilitation and reconstruction and also in monitoring and feedback.
The role of NGOs is a potential key element in disaster management. The NGOs operating at
grassroots level can provide a suitable alternative as they have an edge over governmental
agencies for invoking community involvement. This is chiefly because, the NGO sector has
strong linkages with the community base and can exhibit great flexibility in procedural matters
vis-à-vis the government.
Based on the identified types of NGOs and their capabilities, organised action of NGOs can
be very useful in following activities in different stages of disaster management.
Organized activities of NGOs/RWAs/NYKS/ at different stages of Disaster Management
Stage
Activity
Pre-Disaster
Awareness and information campaigns, Training of local
volunteers, Advocacy and planning
During Disaster
Immediate rescue and first-aid, including psychological aid,
supply of food, water, medicines and other immediate need
materials ensuring sanitation and hygiene damage
assessment
Post-Disaster
Technical and material aid in reconstruction assistance in
seeking financial aid monitoring
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Now is the time to formulate a safety plan for you and your family. If you wait until the
earth starts to shake, it may be too late. Consider the following safety measures:
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Always keep the following in a designated place: bottled drinking water, nonperishable food, first-aid kit, torch-light and battery-operated radio with extra batteries.
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Teach family members how to turn off electricity, gas, etc.
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Identify places in the house that can provide cover during an earthquake.
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It may be easier to make long distance calls during an earthquake. Identify an out-oftown relative or friend as your family’s emergency contact. If the family members get
separated after the earthquake and are not able to contact each other, they should
contact the designated relative/friend. The address and phone number of the contact
person/relative should be with all the family members.
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Safeguard your house
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Consider retrofitting your house with earthquake-safety measures \Reinforcing the
foundation and frame could make your house quake resistant. You may consult a
reputable contractor and follow building codes.
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Kutchha buildings can also be retrofitted and strengthened.
During quake:
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Earthquakes give no warning at all. Sometimes, a loud rumbling sound might signal
its arrival a few seconds ahead of time. Those few seconds could give you a chance
to move to a safer location. Here are some tips for keeping safe during a quake.
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Take cover. Go under a table or other sturdy furniture; kneel, sit, or stay close to the
floor. Hold on to furniture legs for balance. Be prepared to move if your cover moves.
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If no sturdy cover is nearby, kneel or sit close to the floor next to a structurally sound
interior wall. Place your hands on the floor for balance.
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Do not stand in doorways. Violent motion could cause doors to slam and cause
serious injuries. You may also be hit be flying objects.
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Move away from windows, mirrors, bookcases and other unsecured heavy objects.
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If you are in bed, stay there and cover yourself with pillows and blankets
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Do not run outside if you are inside. Never use the lift.
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If you are living in a kutcha house, the best thing to do is to move to an open area
where there are no trees, electric or telephone wires.
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Move into the open, away from buildings, streetlights, and utility wires. Once in the
open, stay there until the shaking stops.
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If your home is badly damaged, you will have to leave. Collect water, food, medicine,
other essential items and important documents before leaving.
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Avoid places where there are loose electrical wires and do not touch metal objects
that are in touch with the loose wires.
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Do not re-enter damaged buildings and stay away from badly damaged structures.
If in a moving vehicle:
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Move to a clear area away from buildings, trees, overpasses, or utility wires, stop,
and stay in the vehicle. Once the shaking has stopped, proceed with caution. Avoid
bridges or ramps that might have been damaged by the quake.
After the quake:
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Here are a few things to keep in mind after an earthquake. The caution you display in
the aftermath can be essential for your personal safety.
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Wear shoes/chappals to protect your feet from debris
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After the first tremor, be prepared for aftershocks. Though less intense, aftershocks
cause additional damages and may bring down weakened structures. Aftershocks
can occur in the first hours, days, weeks, or even months after the quake.
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Check for fire hazards and use torchlight’s instead of candles or lanterns.
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If the building you live in is in a good shape after the earthquake, stay inside and
listen for radio advises. If you are not certain about the damage to your building,
evacuate carefully. Do not touch downed power line.
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Help injured or trapped persons. Give first aid where appropriate. Do not move
seriously injured persons unless they are in immediate danger of further injury. In
such cases, call for help.
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Remember to help your neighbours who may require special assistance-infants, the
elderly, and people with disabilities.
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Listen to a battery-operated radio for the latest emergency information.
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Stay out of damaged buildings.
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Return home only when authorities say it is safe. Clean up spilled medicines,
bleaches or gasoline or other flammable liquids immediately. Leave the area if you
smell gas or fumes from other chemicals. Open closet and cupboard doors
cautiously.
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If you smell gas or hear hissing noise, open windows and quickly leave the building.
Turn off the switch on the top of the gas cylinder.
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Look for electrical system damages - if you see sparks, broken wires, or if you smell
burning of amber, turn off electricity at the main fuse box. If you have to step in water
to get to the fuse box, call an electrician first for advice.
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Check for sewage and water lines damage. If you suspect sewage lines are
damaged, avoid using the toilets. If water pipes are damaged, avoid using water from
the tap.
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Use the telephone only for emergency calls.
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In case family members are separated from one another during an earthquake (a real
possibility during the day when adults are at work and children are at school), develop
a plan for reuniting after the disaster. Ask an out of state / district relative or friend to
serve as the “family contact”. Make sure everyone in the family knows the name,
address, and phone number(s) of the contact person (s).
9.2
Flood:
Basic Safety Precaution to be taken:
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Listen to radio/ TV for the latest weather bulletins and flood warnings. Pass on the
information to the others.
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Make a family emergency kit which should include; a portable radio/ transistor, torch,
spare batteries, a first aid box along with essential medicines, ORS, dry food items,
drinking water, matchboxes, candles and other essential items.
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Keep hurricane lamp, ropes, rubber tubes, umbrella and bamboo stick in your house.
These could be useful.
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Keep your cash, jewellary, valuables, important documents etc. in a safe place.
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If there is a flood, move along with family members and cattle to safe areas like relief
camps, evacuation centres, elevated grounds where you can take shelter.
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Turn off power and gas connections before leaving your house.
During floods:
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Don’t enter into flood waters; it could be dangerous.
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Don’t allow children to play in or near flood waters.
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Stay away from sewerage line, gutters, drains, culverts etc.
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Be careful of snakes; snakebites are common during floods.
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Stay away from electric poles and fallen power-lines to avoid electrocution.
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Don’t use wet electrical appliances – get them checked before use.
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Eat freshly cooked and dry food. Always keep your food covered.
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Use boiled and filtered drinking water.
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Keep all drains, gutters near your house clean.
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Stagnation of water can breed vector/ water-borne diseases. In case of sickness seek
medical assistance.
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Use bleaching powder and lime to disinfect the surroundings.
9.3
Fire Hazard:
A)
High-Rise Fires:
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Calmly leave the apartment, closing the door behind you. Remember the keys!
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Pull the fire alarm near the closest exit, if available, or raise an alarm by warning
others.
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Leave the building by the stairs.
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Never take the elevator during fire
If the exit is blocked by smoke or fire:
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Leave the door closed but do not lock it.
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To keep the smoke out, put a wet towel in the space at the bottom of the door.
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Call the emergency fire service number and tell them your apartment number and let
them know you are trapped by smoke and fire. It is important that you listen and do
what they tell you.
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Stay calm and wait for someone to rescue you.
If there is a fire alarm in your building which goes off:
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Before you open the door, feel the door by using the back of our hand. If the door is
hot or warm, do not open the door.
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If the door is cool, open it just a little to check the hallway. If you see smoke in the
hallway, do not leave.
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If there is no smoke in the hallway, leave and close the door. Go directly to the stairs
to leave. Never use the elevator.
If smoke is in your apartment:
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Stay low to the floor under the smoke.
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Call the Fire Emergency Number which should be pasted near your telephone along
with police and other emergency services and let them know that you are trapped by
smoke.
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If you have a balcony and there is no fire below it, go out.
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If there is fire below, go out to the window. DO NOT OPEN THE WINDOW but stay
near the window.
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If there is no fire below, go to the window and open it. Stay near the open window.
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Hang a bed sheet, towel or blanket out of the window to let people know that you are
there and need help.
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Be calm and wait for someone to rescue you.
Kitchen Fires:
It is important to know what kind of stove or cooking oven you have in your home –
gas, electric, and kerosene or where firewood is used. The stove is the No. 1 cause of fire
hazards in your kitchen and can cause fires, which may destroy the entire house, especially in
rural areas where there are thatched roof or other inflammable materials like straw kept near
the kitchen. For electric and gas stoves ensure that the switch or the gas valve is switched
off/turned off immediately after the cooking is over. An electric burner remains hot and until it
cools off, it can be very dangerous. The oven using wood can be dangerous because burning
embers remain. When lighting the fire on a wooden fuel oven, keep a cover on the top while
lighting the oven so that sparks do not fly to the thatched roof. After the cooking is over,
ensure that the remaining fire is extinguished off by sprinkling water if no adult remains in the
kitchen after the cooking. Do not keep any inflammable article like kerosene near the kitchen
fire.
Important Do’s in the Kitchen:
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Do have an adult always present when cooking is going on the kitchen. Children
should not be allowed alone.
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Do keep hair tied back and do not wear synthetic clothes when you are cooking.
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Do make sure that the curtains on the window near the stove are tied back and will
not blow on to the flame or burner.
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Do check to make sure that the gas burner is turned off immediately if the fire is not
ignited and also switched off immediately after cooking.
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Do turn panhandles to the centre of the stove and put them out of touch of the
children in the house.
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Do ensure that the floor is always dry so that you do not slip and fall on the fire.
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Do keep matches out of the reach of children.
Important Don’ts:
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Don’t put towels, or dishrags near a stove burner.
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Don’t wear loose fitting clothes when you cook, and don’t reach across the top of the
stove when you are cooking.
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Don’t put things in the cabinets or shelves above the stove. Young children may try to
reach them and accidentally start the burners, start a fire, catch on fire.
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Don’t store spray cans or cans carrying inflammable items near the stove.
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Don’t let small children near an open oven door. They can be burnt by the heat or by
falling onto the door or into the oven.
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Don’t lean against the stove to keep warm.
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Don’t use towels as potholders. They may catch on fire.
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Don’t overload an electrical outlet with several appliances or extension cords. The
cords or plugs may overheat and cause a fire.
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Don’t use water to put out a grease fire. ONLY use baking soda, salt, or a tight lid.
Always keep a box of baking soda near the stove.
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Don’t use radios or other small appliances (mixers, blenders) near the sink.
COMMON TIPS:
Do keep the phone number of the Fire Service near the telephone and ensure that everyone
in the family knows the number.
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Do keep matches and lighters away from children.
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Do sleep with your bedroom closed to prevent the spread of fire.
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Do you know that you should never run if your clothes are on fire and that you
should “STOP – DROP - ROLL.”
9.4
Lightning and Thunderstorm:
Danger during thunderstorms
Lightning claims quite a few lives and injures many every year. Quite a large number of
injuries from the electric shock received while using fixed telephones during thunderstorms.
Take these precautions during thunderstorms:
Take action now
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Consult an electrician for advice on lightning conductors required for your house.
If caught outdoors
If you hear thunder 10 seconds after a lightning flash, it is only about three kilometres away.
The shorter the time, the closer the lightning, so find shelter urgently:
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Seek shelter in a hardtop (metal-bodied) vehicle or solid building but avoid small open
structures or fabric tents.
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Never take shelter under a small group of (or single) trees.
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If far from any shelter, crouch (low, feet together), preferably in a hollow. Remove
metal objects from head / body. Do not lie down flat but avoid being the highest
object.
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If your hair stands on end or you hear `buzzing’ from nearby rocks, fences, etc, move
immediately. At night, a blue glow may show if an object is about to be struck.
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Do not fly kites during thunderstorms.
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Do not handle fishing rods, umbrellas or metal rods, etc.
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Stay away from metal poles, fences, clotheslines etc.
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Do not ride bicycles or travel on open vehicles.
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If driving, slow down or park away from trees, power lines, stay inside metal-bodied
(hard top) vehicles or in a pucca building but do not touch any metal sections.
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If in water, leave the water immediately.
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If on a boat, go ashore to a shelter as soon as possible.
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Be sure the mast and stays of the boat are adequately secured.
If you are indoors
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Before the storm arrives, disconnect external aerial and power leads to radios and
television sets. Disconnect computer modems and power leads.
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Draw all curtains and keep clear of windows, electrical appliances, pipes and other
metal fixtures (e.g. do not use the bath, shower, hand basin or other electric
equipments)
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Avoid the use of fixed telephones. In emergencies, make calls brief, (do not touch any
metal, brick or concrete) and do not stand bare foot on concrete or tiled floors.
First Aid
Apply immediate heart massage and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to lightning victims until
medical help arrives. (You won’t receive a shock from the victim).
Lightning facts and myths
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When struck, people do not glow or fry to a crisp but the heart and breathing are often
affected.
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Only about 30% of people struck actually die, and the incidence of long-term disability
is low, particularly when appropriate first aid is applied promptly.
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If your clothes are wet, you are less likely to be seriously injured if struck, as most of
the charge will be conducted through the wet clothes rather than your body.
Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR Page 113 Meerut District Disaster Management Plan 2015­16 Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR Page 114 Meerut District Disaster Management Plan 2015­16 Over the years and especially after experiencing severe disasters, today there is a paradigm shift in the approach to disaster management; from a culture of relief and rehabilitation to that of preparedness and mitigation. Disaster management in the contemporary times focuses a lot on preparedness and mitigating measures‐ the idea being to reduce or lessen the vulnerabilities and therefore the impact of any calamity. The more the disaster preparedness, the lesser the vulnerabilities. In the district there shall be two types of approaches in disaster mitigation viz. structural mitigation and non‐structural mitigation. 10.1 Structural Mitigation Measures It is immensely important for the planning community to respond towards disaster management positively. The Master Plan should clearly come out with provisions prescribed in the amended legislations related to disaster management. Urban disaster management is intimately connected to the wholesome process of urban development and therefore needs a sincere incorporation in the development planning itself. The industrial relocation/location, unauthorized‐regularization issue, slumming, over densification and continuous influx of population are some of the open concerns and these besides being a planning challenge are a concern for disaster management. The district shall take steps for structural mitigation for disaster management. The departments that are associated with development of residential and commercial plots shall stick to the NOC norms. The Building Codes shall be strictly enforced in the district. Only seismically oriented engineers, contractors and masons shall be given certificates for multi storied constructions. Simultaneously retrofitting will also be promoted with expert advice. The two possible structural measures for disaster protection are •
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Retrofitting of the existing buildings and Construction with Earthquake Resistant technology. 10.2 Retrofitting For an existing building, retrofitting or seismic strengthening is the only solution to make it disaster resistant. In the district, all lifeline buildings such as major hospitals, Schools, Colleges, District Administration offices and other vital installations shall be retrofitted. For retrofitting, a panel of experts shall be approached for assessing the structure and to suggest the type of retrofitting required. 10.3 Earthquake Resistant Construction Promotion of Earthquake resistant construction mainly includes construction safety, quality control and proper inspection. Previously there were no specific guidelines on earthquake Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR Page 115 Meerut District Disaster Management Plan 2015­16 resistant constructions and seismic strengthening. Due to this very fact, most of the buildings till 1990s were built without any safety measures. But in the present scenario, there are building byelaws and guidelines to construct earthquake resistant structures. Civic bodies like Municipal Corporation, MDA and PWD in the district shall try to enforce these laws. In addition to these the following points have been found in the context: •
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Pockets with high rise buildings or ill‐designed high‐risk areas exist without specific consideration of earthquake resistance. Similarly, unplanned settlements with sub standard structures are also prone to heavy damage even in moderate shaking. So far as housing is concerned, vulnerability analysis has never been carried out and preliminary estimate of damages is not available for strengthening of structures under normal development improvement schemes All construction except load bearing buildings up to 3 storeys shall be carried out under the supervision of the Construction engineer on Record or Construction Management Agency on Record for various seismic zones. They shall be given a certificate based on the norms on completion of the construction. All the constructions for high‐rise buildings higher that seven storeys, public buildings, and the special structures shall be carried out under quality inspection programme prepared and implemented under the Quality Auditor on Record or Quality Auditor Agency on Record in Seismic Zones IV like Delhi. Illegal construction, encroachments, unapproved additions, alternations etc of residential buildings and conversion of residential building to commercial purpose etc shall be checked by the District Administration with strict measures. These unauthorized activities may lead to disasters in that particular area. 10.4 Non‐Structural Mitigation Measures The entire Meerut falls in earthquake Zone‐IV, which indicates it is at high risk to earthquake. In addition to this fire is also a major concern for the district. The non structural mitigation is basically framed in such a way that the whole population of the district will be sensitized on disaster management and their capacity shall be developed to cope up with hazardous situations. 10.5 Preparedness Methodology In the disaster management cycle, preparedness shall be the first step, instead of waiting for a disaster to occur and then manage it. This plan contains a series of measures for preparedness in schools, colleges, hospitals and communities. People of every part of the district will be guided to prepare themselves or to prepare their own coping mechanism. In Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR Page 116 Meerut District Disaster Management Plan 2015­16 this regard, the DDMC shall suggest the proper methodology for preparedness on regular basis and the district shall plan various activities. 10.6 Awareness generation program Disaster strikes everywhere and everyone irrespective of caste, creed or gender. It doesn’t differentiate the rich from the poor. The district administration has been trying to generate awareness at all levels in the district. A series of awareness programmes has been organized to reach out to the local residents and general public of the district and the programmes are continuing throughout the district. Awareness/sensitization programmes have been conducted at schools, colleges, communities etc. Basic information related to different kind of disasters is given in the form of Information, Education and Communication (IEC) materials. Different kinds of strategies are being evolved to address different audiences. Special efforts are being made to address the most vulnerable groups during disasters e.g. women, children, the disabled and the old. The district administration intends to reach as many people as possible and different methods are being adopted to spread awareness i.e. •
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Public meetings Distribution of reading materials/ pasting of posters Street plays Involvement of Electronic media Audio/video shows Banners and Public Hoardings Painting/ quiz competition especially in schools, rallies involving students Observing Disaster Management Week, Fortnight, Month etc. etc. The objectives of the programmes are – •
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To create awareness about disasters among the inmates of all institutions and residents of all communities in the district. To pave way for strict enforcement of building rules in construction department and by contractors. Preparation of Building evacuation plans and training the general public to save their lives at the time of earthquake, fire accidents or any other major disaster. To sensitize the district administration, other line department officials and other associated agencies. 10.7 Training and Capacity Building A number of training program shall be and are already being organized for specialized groups like, district DMTs, sub division and community level office bearers, school teachers and principals, architects, engineers, doctors, masons, etc. The professionals from all departments and sections shall be trained. Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR Page 117 Meerut District Disaster Management Plan 2015­16 All the volunteer based organizations (VBOs) like Civil Defence, NYKS, NSS, NCC etc in the district, which have thousands of volunteers working with them will also be sensitized and given training on disaster management. Besides, RWAs and NGOs in the district will also be given training on disaster management. All the VBOs, RWAs and NGOs shall also be encouraged and supported to organize awareness campaigns in their areas. These have been identified as organizations which can help percolate the idea deeper into the society. Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR Page 118 Meerut District Disaster Management Plan 2015­16 Complied By: Gaurav Verma, ADM FR Page 119 Meerut District Disaster Management Plan 2015­16 11.1 Preparation and updation of DDMP
The organizational structure suggested in DDMP will be based on following three concepts:
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Plans will work only in the case when present organizational structure is responsible
to its non-emergency duties i.e. if a job is done well everyday; it is best done by that
organization during emergency.
Crisis should be met at the lowest and most immediate level of government. Plans
call for local response supplemented if necessary, by the next higher jurisdiction.
Voluntary response and involvement of the private sector should be sought and
emphasized. The emergency management partnership is important to all phases of
natural and man-made disasters.
District Disaster Management Plan of the district shall be a public document. The DDMP is
the sum and substance of all the Horizontal and Vertical disaster management plans in the
district. Horizontal plans include plans prepared by line departments such as Police, Fire
Service, MMC, I & FC deptt, Civil Defence and other line departments and the Vertical plans
include Sub divisional plans, Community plans, School plans, Hospital plans etc at the lower
level and state disaster management plan and National disaster management plan at the
higher level.
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Preparation of the District Disaster Management Plan is the responsibility of the
District Disaster Management Committee of the district. The first draft plan is to be
discussed in the DDMC and later the Chairperson of the DDMC shall rectify it.
The same procedure is to be followed in the updation of the plan document. The
District Disaster Management Plan is to be updated yearly by the District Disaster
Management Committee. In order to update the document, all vertical and horizontal
plans shall be collected and incorporated to the District Disaster Management Plan
(DDMP).
After each updation of the District Disaster Management Plan (DDMP), a version
number shall be given serially. Copy of the updated document shall be circulated to
each stakeholder of disaster management in the district.
11.2 Regular Updation of District Disaster Management Plan (DDMP)
Besides the above procedure of updation of the DDMP, a regular data collection system shall
be set up at the district Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) and the data will be verified and
uploaded by the EOC in-charge under the supervision of Chairperson, DDMC.
11.3 Post Disaster Evaluation Mechanism
Disasters are always unexpected. Each disaster causes huge loss of human lives and
property. And every disaster repeats after a particular interval. Also lessons learnt from a
particular disaster will help to plan for another potential hazard.
The DDMC Chairman shall make special arrangements to collect data on a particular disaster
irrespective of size and vulnerability. This post disaster evaluation mechanism shall be set up
with qualified professions, experts and researchers and the collected data shall be thoroughly
crosschecked and documented in the EOC for further reference. This document shall be
made with proper attention keeping in view the relief and rehabilitation measures.
11.4 Co-ordination with various agencies
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supported by local authority, but many agencies can become involved. The emergency
services have to maintain a state of readiness so that they can provide a rapid response and
alert local authorities and other services as soon as possible. All organizations that need to
respond quickly to a disaster should have arrangements which can be activated at short
notice. These arrangements should be clearly established and promulgated.
Although involvement of different emergency services like Police, Fire Brigade and
Hospital services is inevitable, some other Public Utility Services, such as local bodies,
Railways, Air lines, etc., have to be involved also in most cases for dealing with the situation
effectively. All such agencies are very different organizations, with different hierarchies and
chains of command and responsibility, all taking different languages with different areas of
expertise and priorities. If rescue and recovery work is to be effective, all these different
agencies have to work together in a co-ordinated way. All these agencies, therefore, have to
be aware of each other’s areas of responsibility and systems of working. Comprehensive
discussion and agreement among these agencies in the planning stage and communication
of the decisions down the chain of command to the lowest functionary of each agency and
their training is, therefore, of utmost importance so that they know as to who is responsible for
that and are aware of their roles and responsibility and can appreciate the need for MultiService Involvement in such a situation.
11.5 Conclusion
The different departments of the district government are assigned various activities. The
Departmental Manuals of these departments lay down the responsibilities of different officers,
including responsibilities for preventing disasters and for initiating appropriate response
activities in the event of a disaster. However, this plan is not restricted to the responsibilities
prescribed in the respective departmental manuals. It makes an effort to provide an
institutional mechanism for a quick and co-ordinated response. The officers of different
resource organizations are expected to initiate action on their own in the event of a disaster or
a threat of a disaster. But, they are certainly expected to keep the District Magistrate and
EOC informed of the action being taken by them and act promptly as per the directions from
the higher authority.
In a disaster situation, a quick rescue and relief mission is essential. However, the ensuing
damage can be minimized to a considerable extent if adequate preparedness levels are
achieved. Indeed, it has been noticed in the past, that as and when attention has been paid to
adequate preparedness measures, the loss to life and property has been considerably
reduced.
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