Civic body readies own disaster response force on the lines of NDRF; 55 personnel in 1st batch
Four teams consisting of 200 security personnel of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will be trained on lines country's National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to make them able to rescue people during disasters like earthquake, flood, fire and building collapse in the city. They will be part of the BMC's own disaster force called City Disaster Response Force.
The training of first batch of 55 security personnel will start on February in Parel by NDRF's official from Talegaon under the supervision of Indian Army.
The BMC had already received nod to set-up its own city disaster response force on the lines of country's NDRF last year. The team will be set up with a initial strength of 200 security personnel.
The BMC will become the first civic body in the country to have own its own disaster response force on the line of NDRF. The civic body had started planning to set up its own disaster response force after building collapsed in Bhiwandi near Mumbai about two years ago. The civic body is expecting that four CDRF teams, after training, will be available for service during monsoon.
According to official from BMC's disaster management, the force will be able to rescue people during disasters like earthquake, flood and building collapse in the city. They will also be capable of giving first aid to injured during accident also.
In the last one year, around 200 personnel were recruited in the civic security department and they will be part CDRF. "During training, they will be trained to handle various type of disasters like chemical, flooding, building collapse among others," said the official.
The CDRF will be provided with latest equipment which will help them to rescue people during disaster. Some of the equipment are victim locater, portable breathing machine, airlifting bag, life detector machine, diving kit among others. In addition, all 200 CDRF personnel will get latest reflector jacket for increased visibility.
According to civic officials, at present, the city already has 3 teams of 45 NDRF officials in Andheri and it has to cater to the entire Mumbai Metropolitan Region and thus the need for a city-based team has been felt.
FIRST IN COUNTRY
- The BMC will become the first civic body in the country to have own its own disaster response force on the line of NDRF
- The civic body started planning to set up its own force after a building collapsed in Bhiwandi about two years ago
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