MOCKDRILL

SUBMITTED TO:

Ms. Neena Vir Singh

AP,NINE,PGIMER

SUBMITTED BY:

Deepshiekha

M.Sc. Nursing 1st yr

Table of content

 Definition
 Purposes of conducting Mockdrills
 Essential elements of a Mockdrill
 Designing the Mockdrill
 Conducting the Mockdrill
 Evaluating the Mockdrill
 Conclusion
Mockdrill

 Mock Drill is a complete demonstration of how to react

whenever a disaster occurs.
 Mockdrill is the rehearsal of standard operating
procedures to be followed in case of any emergency like
fire outbreak, natural calamities like earthquake,
tsunami, cyclones, floods etc.
Purposes:
• To review Disaster Management Plans
• To highlight the roles and responsibilities of various Stakeholders
• To enhance coordination among Emergency Support Functions of
various stakeholders.
• To identify the gaps in resources, manpower, communications and
in any other field.
Contd..

• To retain skills among the workers systematically so

that they perform quickly.
• To improve the overall performance of the
organization.
• To prepare workers for higher jobs by developing
advanced skills in them.
Essential elements of drill:

Adequately trained team

Well-defined process for drill conduction

Definite criteria for evaluation

Qualified evaluators
 Mockdrill

Drill Drill Drill

designing conduction evaluation
Drill Designing

 Scope
 Statement of Purpose
 Objectives
 Scenario narrative
 Drill Activity
 Termination
Scope
 Hazard
For example: fire outbreak.
 Geographic area
For example: Patel Market in sector 15
Scope
 Agencies and personnel
For example: fire department, police department and emergency
department of PGIMER
 Operating Procedures
For example: internal SOPs of each department related to response
time or action.
Statement of Purpose

It is a statement to communicate the scope of the

exercise to the entities participating in the mock
drill.
For example: A Mockdrill to assess the efficacy of SOPs in
case of fire outbreak in Patel Market, sector 15.
Objectives

 General objectives

for example: the shopkeepers and customers will

respond and recover from fire outbreak
 Functional or specific objectives

for example: fire brigade will reach the spot within

15 min.
Scenario narrative
describes the events leading up to the time the exercise
begins and continues till termination.
For example:
4:30 p.m. The gas stove in Punjabi Dhaba blasts injuring
one cook and two assistants who were inside the
kitchen. The hotel is on fire. The Patel Market complex is
on fire. The market has 50 shops.
Scenario narrative
4:40p.m.The local Fire Department (FD) dispatch
receives numerous calls about the fire
The local Police Department was notified
4:55p.m.The Local FD set ups a triage area for the
injured and contacts the Emergency Department at
PGIMER for patient destination and hospital bed
availability
Scenario narrative

5:00 p.m. The crowd on the street grows quickly as

uninjured personnel and the walking wounded begin
evacuating from the two intact sides of the market
5:10 p.m. The local FD and PD complete their search
5:15 p.m. The first victims begin arriving at the ED
Drill Activity

planned in such a way that it should provide

sufficient scope to test the pre-identified Standard
Operating Procedures (SOPs)
Termination
States the event(s) that indicate when the drill should
be concluded
For example:
 6:10 p.m. The ED is notified that all victims have
been transported from the disaster site.
 6:30 p.m. Exercise terminated.
Drill conduction

Pre-drill Drill Drill

Briefing Initiation Activity
Drill evaluation

 Evaluation Team
 Elements for Evaluation
 Critiquing Mock drills
 Mock Drill Evaluation Report
Conclusion

A mock drill provides virtually the only

means, short of an actual incident, of
measuring the state of readiness and of
testing the effectiveness of emergency
response Plan.