Nashik police conduct seminar on emergency preparedness and coordination with NCC, NSS and others
Nashik: Amid ongoing tensions in the country, the city police on Saturday held a seminar on how different departments can work together in coordination to tackle emergencies.The session was conceptualised by Nashik commissioner of police (CP) Sandeep Karnik and held at the commissionerate along Gangapur Road on Saturday.Senior police commissionerate officers, representatives from different branches of the police and police stations, cadets of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) and National Service Scheme (NSS), as well as officials of disaster management, civil defence, fire brigade, Home Guard, health and other departments were present at the seminar.Addressing the gathering, DCP (Crime) Prashant Bacchav said, "In such times, people should not believe in rumours spreading on social media.
" He also guided attendees on how to handle emergency situations, the possibility of cyberattacks, and preventive measures against these, such as not downloading posts from unidentified sources and people.DCP (HQ) Chandrakant Khandvi said, "Cadets of the NCC and NSS can be deployed as volunteers during emergencies. These cadets can be provided training through video conferencing. Furthermore, joint mock drills of cadets can be organised with the civil defence, fire brigade, and disaster management teams. Cadets can be given identity cards and certificates and they can be assigned work as required in emergency situations." Questions from NCC and NSS cadets were duly addressed during the seminar. Assistant commissioner of police Sandeep Mitke later proposed a vote of thanks to end the session.
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