ORIENTATION CUM COORDINATION

CONFERENCE
MOCK EXERCISE
CHEMICAL(INDUSTRIAL) DISASTER
BELLARY DISTRICT
ON
26TH MAY 2009

PREVIEW

Need For Mock Exercise.

Objectives.
Scope.
Stakeholders.
Steps.
Exercise Organizing Committee.
Emergency Support Function.
Plan of Action to develop Emergency Response

Mechanism.
Requirement for Conduct of Mock Exercise.
Banners.

NEED FOR MOCK EXERCISE

1.
2.

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4.

5.

To Inculcate Culture of Preparedness.

To examine the DM Plan and SOPs of JSW Steel
Limited, Bellary .
To evaluate the resource status of JSW Steel
Limited, concerned Departments of Bellary
District and other stakeholders.
To co-ordinate the activities of various agencies for
optimum utilization of resources.
To use the feed back to identify the gaps and
improve the plans and resource capabilities to face
actual disasters.

OBJECTIVES
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

To Review Disaster Management plan of Bellary District of

Karnataka State.
To rehearse the Off-Site Emergency Response Plans of
Bellary District.
Practise Standard Operating Procedures of on-site
Emergency Response Plans of JSW Steel Limited.
Practice coordination among the various departments and
other stake holders at district level to mitigate chemical
disasters.
Inculcate espirit-de-corps and team building among publicprivate stake holders at various levels while working
together to face any Disaster.

SCOPE
The scope of the Mock Exercise is
restricted to activities in JSW Steel
Limited when faced with a chemical
(industrial) disaster and assistance
rendered by the district administration
of Bellary & Karnataka State Govt for
off-site emergencies .

Stake holders Karnataka State

Govt
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

6.

Secretary, Revenue & DM.

Secretary, Health/DG Health Services.
DG Police/IG (Law & Order)
DG Fire & Emergency Services..
Director & Jt Director of Factories &
Boilers.
State Pollution Control Board.

Stake holders Bellary District

1.

2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Deputy Commissioner/ District Magistrate of

Bellary district.
SSP/SP.
District Medical Officer.
District Fire Officer.
Karnataka Electricity Supply Corporation.
Water Supply Department.
District Supply Officer.

Stake Holders Bellary District

8. CEO/Vice President Operations/Vice

President Safety & Services/HOD of other

departments JSW Steel Limited.
9. Public Works Department.
10. Local NGOs
11. Civil Defence
12. Home Guards
13. 145 Bn CRPF (NDRF) ex Talegaon, Pune.
14. State/District Public Relation Officers.
15. Any Other identified stakeholder.

STEPS
Step -1
Orientation-cum-Coordination Confrence.

Explaining the Aim & Objectives of mock exercise.

Scope of Exercise.
Identification of Industrial Unit/s for Mock Exercise.
Finalizing date for Table Top & Mock Exercise.
Participants.
Media Coverage.
Delineating the conduct of TTE & ME.
Nominating State and District Nodal Officers.

Step -2

Table Top Exercise

Precursor to Mock Exercise
The Scenario of a chemical disaster is depicted and
immediate actions by JSW Steel Limited are
discussed (On-Site Plan).
Thereafter on declaration of off-site emergency,
responses of the DC Bellary and other
stake
holders, like SSP, District Medical Officer, Fire
Services ,NGOs, Civil Defence , HomeGuards, RTO
,Red Cross, Public Relations, NDRF,Army/PMF etc ,
are solicited.
Details of Coordination and Safety are discussed
and finalized.
Observers are detailed for each participating stakeholder by the State DM Deptt/Director of Factories
from other
districts/industries.
Formats for Observers & stake-holders are given.
The gaps are identified and remedial measures are
taken before the mock exercise

Step -3
Mock Exercises

Observers are briefed by the Senior Specialist NDMA(TCD)

before the Mock Exercise.

Self assessment formats are given to all stakeholders before

the exercise.
Scenarios formulated by NDMA/DMI & discussed during the
Table Top exercise are again painted by the observers, in a
sequential manner (starting with on-site & culminating in offsite emergency/ies.
Resources are mobilized and actions are taken on ground by
the industry (JSW) and the concerned District authorities.
ICP is established by district administration for command,
control and coordination for optimized utilization of efforts
First Aid Post or Mobile PHC is established near the incident;
Hospital surge capacity is created for injured persons.
Temporary Relief Camp is established by local administration,
if required.

At the end of Exercise, press briefing by senior most official.

Debriefing, in which observers & stake-holders give their

observations & lessons learnt from the Exercise, which will be
consolidated & sent to Chief Secy & CEO of JSW Steel Ltd.

Step 4
Submission of final Report
Reports will also sent by all stake
holders &
observers to the DC Bellary,
who would send a consolidated report
to State DM Secretary.
JSW Steel Ltd will also make a 30 min
film covering all steps, max step 3.
Final Report along with film are sent to
NDMA through the State Secretary DM.
NDMA shares the lessons learnt with
Chief Secy, Secy DM & CEO JSW .

Exercise Organizing Committee

Overall Guidance
1. Lt Gen (Dr) JR Bhardwaj, Hon'ble Member, NDMA
2. Chief Secretary Karnataka.
Conduct
3. Sh GS Narayanswami, Secretary Revenue & DM.
4. Sh B Shivappa, Deputy Commissioner, Bellary.
5. Brig (Dr) BK Khanna, Senior Specialist, NDMA, Overall
Coordinator
6. Sh H Srinivasaiah, Director of Factories & Boilers.
7. Sh Srinivas, Jt Director of Factories & Boilers.
8. Dr Rakesh Dubey, Director, DMI Bhopal.
9. Sh KK Pradeep, State Disaster Management Authority.
10. Sh Thotad Yogeshwara, Associate VP, JSW Steel Ltd.

EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNCTIONS

No

Emergency
Support Function

Nodal Officer

Support Agencies

1.

Search & Rescue, Fire

Fighting

JSW Fire
Services/
District Fire
Services

Police Deptt, CD & HG Teams

2.

Evacuation

DC and JSW
Steel Ltd

Police Deptt, Fire Deptt, CD & HG

3.

Law & Order

SSP

CD & HG

4.

Medical Response &

Trauma Counseling.

District
Jindal Hospital & Hospitals in District,
Medical Officer both Govt & Private , Red Cross, NGOs

5.

Communication

Distt Telecom
Officer

BSNL, Private Telecom

Service Providers, Mobile
Phone Operators.

6.

Relief.
A.
Food
B.
Shelter

District Revenue
Deptt.

NGOs, Corporate Sector,

Community, Municipal Corporation

7.

Equipment Support, Debris

and Road Clearance &
Sanitation.

DC/ Municipal
Corporation

PWD

8.

Water supply

Water Works
Deptt/JSW Steel

NGOs

9.

Electricity

State Electricity
Board

Service Providers.

10.

Transport.

RTO/JSW Steel

Municipal Corporation

11.

Help Lines.

Revenue Deptt/
Public Relation
Offr/JSW Steel

Deptt. of Information & Publicity,

AIR, Doordarshan, Private TV
Channels, UNI, Press, PTI, PIB.

SEQUENTIAL PLAN OF ACTION TO DEVELOP

EMERGENCY RESPONSE MECHANISM
Sl.No.
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4.
5.

6.

Action
Preparation and updation of District Disaster
Management Plan
Preparation and updation of Standard Operating
Procedures of Emergency Support Functions.
Awareness Generation Campaign for Communities
Living near the Mock Exercise Site/Elsewhere in District.
Meeting of ESF Nodal and Supporting Officers.
Preparation of Medical Action Plan
Preparation of Other Documents.
a.
Emergency Directory.
b. Sequence of action of mock exercise scenario

Responsibility
DC
Bellary
DC,JSW & all
Stakeholders
DC/PRO/JSW

DC& JSW levels

CMO & JSW Hosp.
DisttRevenue Deptt
NDMA Coordinator

REQUIREMENT & CONDUCT OF

MOCK EXERCISE
Sl.No. Outdoor Event
1.
Select area for District ICP and seating
arrangements for ESF.
2.
Check Communications (providing backups)
3.
Identify fire fighting equipment locations and check the
State of Preparedness against fire hazards
4.

5.

Responsibility
DC
Distt. Commn Offcer.
Distt. Fire Officer.

Identify the various medical facilities (public/private) and Distt Medical Officer
location for temporary hospital near accident site to treat
Immediate Injuries.
Identify area for temporary relief camp for victims.

Sl.No. Indoor Event

1.
Nominate technical experts from various departments like Oil Industry Safety Directorate,
Fire Services, District Health Services and Ministry
of Environment and Forest etc.

Distt Supply Officer

Responsibility
NDMA/DMI Bhopal

REQUIEMENT & CONDUCT OF MOCK

EXERCISE-Contd.
Sl.No. Indoor Event
2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Observers to evaluate the response of Emergency

Response Functions vis--vis their SOPs.
Evaluation formats to check attendance and
preparedness of departments. Formats under ICS
like unit log, medical plan, communication plan,
operations planning sheet.
Detailment of nodal officers. (Nodal Officers to be
advised to be present with their teams, equipment
and vehicles).
Emergency Directory, containing phone numbers
of all nodal officers, Distt .EOC and supporting
officers to be prepared.
Arrangements for distributing water and some
refreshments.

Responsibility
Secretary, DM/
CIF Karnataka
DC & JSW
Steel Ltd

DC Bellary
DC
Distt Supply Offr

BANNERS
TO BE PREPARED.
Responsibility DC, Bellary

Incident Command Post (Large Size)

Help Line and Information Dissemination.
Search & Rescue and Fire Fighting.
Medical & Trauma Counseling.
Relief, Food & Shelter
Equipment Support & Sanitation Provisions.
Water
Electricity
Public Relations
Communications
NGOs
Police Control Room (Law and Order)

DESK DISPLAYS
TO BE PREPARED.
Responsibility DC, Bellary
a.
b.
c.

Desk of Law and Order.

Desk of Food & Civil Supply.
Desk Equipment Support and Debris
Clearance and Electricity.
d. Fire and Police Control Room.
e. Desk of Relief Shelters and Help Line.
f. Desk of Water Supply.
g. Help Line & Information Dissemination.
h. Search & Rescue and Fire Fighting.

DECISIONS TO BE TAKEN
1. Date for Table Top - 27 May 09.
2. Date for Mock Exercise for JSW - 18 Jun 09.
3. Date for Mock Exercise for Jindal Vidya Mandir 17 Jun 09.
3. Nodal officer at State level & his/her Telephone Number.
4.Nodal officer at District level & his/her Telephone Number
5. JSW Nodal Officer and his mobile
6. Media Coverage during Mock Exercise
7. Making of 30 minute professional Documentary Film on
Mock Exercise by JSW Steel Ltd.
8. General Awareness Programme with regard of chemical
industries by holding of workshops/seminars/media
campaign.