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Saturday, September 29, 2007
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Disaster cover for D-day
29 Sep 2007, 0046 hrs IST ,TNN
BANGALORE: It's finally happening. On Saturday, when around 55,000 cricket fans throng the Chinnaswamy cricket stadium, Incident Command Post (ICP) will be ready to face any eventuality. A group involving 14 different civic and security departments in the disaster management team, will monitor the event from 9 am till the event winds up. The Bangalore urban district administration, under the guidance of the National Disaster Management Authority, has decided to set up this command post at the stadium. The team will act upon any kind of disaster at the premises instantly. The administration has a first to its credit with this. This is for the first time in the history of Indian cricket that a disaster management endeavour is being undertaken by a district administration, says deputy commissioner M A Sadiq. "Events attracting huge crowd may also attract any kind of disaster. It thus becomes important to undertake this exercise in order to prevent, manage and mitigate possible tragedies," the chief disaster controller said. Departments involved in this scheme are revenue, BBMP, police (law and order, traffic and control room), fire, bomb disposal and detection squad, department of health and family welfare, BWSSB, Bescom, department of information, department of medical education and Tejus Crisis and Trauma Foundation, an NGO. As a part of the emergency needs of the exercise, the district administration will ensure arrangement of 10 beds for first aid, 10 doctors to attend on the spot, 15 paramedical staff and 10 ambulances would be made available at the venue. In addition to this, about 200 beds will be reserved at 10 different hospitals across the city. Security meeting: The city police held a meeting on security with the KSCA office bearers. The spectators are allowed inside the stadium from 10.30 am and children below three years are not allowed. "Water bottles, boxes, bags and crackers are not allowed inside the stadium. Everybody will have to pass through metal detector and people who come with restricted baggage will be sent back, DCP (central) B N S Reddy said. |
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Friday, September 28, 2007
International Fire Safety Security & Disaster Manage...
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International Fire Safety Security & Disaster Manage...
September 28, 2007 (Friday) Bombay Exhibition Centre , Mumbai , MaharashtraInternational Fire Safety, Security & Disaster Management Expo ushers in a new era of safety, security and self-reliance. India is gradually becoming a super power and along with the positive v...
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Thursday, September 27, 2007
Micro Technologies deploys disaster management solution in Mumbai
Micro Technologies deploys disaster management solution in Mumbai
CHENNAI: Micro Technologies India Ltd plans to deploy a pilot project of Micro Disaster Management System (DMS), which works to prevent and reduce the loss, destruction and suffering in an event of social concern.
Mr Vijay Nahata, Municipal Commissioner, Navi Mumbai launched the product for the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation.
Micro DMS is a hardware and security system that uses sensors to control unmanned premises such as hospitals, residential complexes and small organisations.
In case of an intrusion, fire, gas leakage, drastic changes in temperature, power failure or any such emergency, the system transfers this information instantly via SMS to alert the officials concerned. - Our Bureau
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Conference on Disaster Management
Ministerial Conference on Disaster Management on Nov 7-8
New Delhi, Sep 18 : The Second Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Management would be held here on November 7 and 8, Home Minister Shivraj Patil said today.
In a high level meeting, Mr Patil reviewed the preparations for the meet in which many Asian countries including China, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Malaysia would participate.The countries of the region would take up serious measures to prevent disasters and provide timely relief and rehabilitation to the victims.
The first such conference was held in Beijing a few years back.
Meanwhile, India would have a Tsunami Warning System which would come into effect by end of 2007, sources said. This system that was indigenously prepared, would help India in advance warning of any tsunami striking the coastal states so that preventive measures could be taken beforehand to minimise any loss of life and property.
Earlier, an e-GoM was held on September 6 to review the status of relief and rehabilitation work undertaken in states of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands followong the Tsunami in 2004 which claimed thousands of lives and destroyed property worth crores of rupees.
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Sunday, September 9, 2007
Children need disaster preparation
Children need disaster preparation WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 7 (UPI) -- A U.S. family-science professor said talking in advance to children in a realistic -- but calm -- manner is the best way to prepare them for a disaster. "Give children enough information that they feel empowered to know what to do in an emergency," Judith Myers-Walls, of Purdue University, said in a statement. "Don't rely on one big talk but instead look for teachable moments, because you will have to present these lessons repeatedly through the years." Myers-Walls said it is important to increase awareness but not feed fear. For example, tornado drills can be monthly basement picnics during which the family plays board games lit by flashlight. "That's not scary," said Meyer-Walls," and it fosters family togetherness, whether or not that family ever has to face that emergency." Meyer-Walls advised letting children know that: -- They can ask questions, even difficult or uncomfortable ones. -- Television brings helpful information in an emergency but also fear-inducing titillation. -- A disaster is highly unlikely to strike home but if it does, their parents will do everything they can to keep them safe.
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Reuters.com - Thousands flee homes as fresh floods hit Bangladesh
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Sun Sep 09 10:46:03 UTC 2007 DHAKA, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Large swathes of Bangladesh were underwater again on Sunday after heavy rains, adding to the misery of millions hit by flooding that has killed more than 830 people since late July. Weather officials said that nearly 20 of the country's 64 districts were flooded after three days of rain swelled major rivers flowing through India into Bangladesh. At least three people, including a child were drowned, raising the death toll to 833 from monsoon flooding since late July, officials said on Sunday. Heavy showers caused water logging in the Chittagong port city, disrupting traffic, local residents said. Hundreds of shanty homes were inundated along the country's Cox's Bazar coast as rain and winds set off a "moderate surge" in the Bay of Bengal, meteorology officials said. The rains have also triggered fresh floods in the Indian states of West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh, the officials said. Thousands of Bangladeshi families that returned to devastated homes after the previous flood had receded in most areas were forced to flee again, disaster management officials said. Witnesses in the northern Gaibandha district said many people had headed to highways and embankments for safety, while others had taken refuge on boats or on the roofs of houses. The floods covered vast areas in the country's northeast and southern areas, disrupting communications and, with rains continuing on Sunday, more areas were expected to be engulfed. The fresh floods inundated newly planted rice and other crops on more than a million hectares. "The previous floods washed away my house, cattles and crops ... but I had started to piece life together," Gaibandha villager Shahed Ali told reporters. "I managed to replant some seedlings but they have been destroyed again." Floods kill hundreds of people and wreck the lives of many more in Bangladesh every year, but this year's deluge has been the worst since 2004 when floods killed more than 3,000 people. The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) in Dhaka said worse could lie ahead because the annual monsoon was still very active in the Ganges, Meghna, and Brahmaputra river basins. "Experience shows that the floods of late August or September last longer," said FFWC head Saiful Hossain. The meteorological department forecast heavy to very heavy rain in various parts of the country over the next 24-48 hours. (Additional reporting by Nazimuddin Shyamol in Chittagong) | ||
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Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Microwave Popcorn Aroma May Have Triggered Consumer's Lung Problems
Microwave Popcorn Aroma May Have Triggered Consumer's Lung Problems
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