Question: In which of the following States the first mock exercise on forest fire is organized by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on April 20th, 2017?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Uttarakhand
(c) Tamilnadu
(d) Odisha
Answer- (b)
Related facts:
- On April 20th, 2017, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) conducted a first-of-its-kind State-level mock exercise on forest fire in State of Uttarakhand.
- This exercise was aimed at assessing the efficacy of integrating the preparedness and response mechanisms of the forest department.
- NDMA expert Major General V.K. Datta (Retd.) led the exercise.
- The exercise tells that how to stop the fire and to rescue the affected people, animals by using various techniques and equipment.
- During the fire in the forest, information was received from the practice about what to do and what should not be done between the locals.
- The mock exercise was part of a three-day event which began with a Co-ordination Conference on April 18, 2017
- The exercises were conducted in coordination with various agencies, such as fire, forest, Army, health, police, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and civil defense.
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