Evacuation drills conducted for awareness on lightning cases
Prayagraj: Officials of the district fire department on Friday claimed to have carried out a series of mock and
evacuation drills
to create awareness in case of
lightning incidents
in the district. The awareness campaign was launched under
Lightning Safety Awareness
Week to focus on education, risk assessment, and mitigation strategies to reduce lightning-related mishaps in high-rise buildings and hospitals in city, and fields in rural areas.
The weeklong campaign will end on Sunday.Chief Fire Officer (Prayagraj) RK Pandey told TOI, "Under the lightning safety awareness campaign, teams of the fire department interacted with citizens in the city as well as farmers in rural pockets, and apprised them of the measures to be taken during lightning cases.
" He added, "The awareness campaign was organised at all fire stations of the district, including Civil Line, Naini, High Court, Meja, Bara, Koraon, Handia, Phulpur, Soraon, as well as Fire Units Police Station Jhunsi, Karchana, and Dhoomanganj."The CFO, meanwhile, said fire station officers held a series of chaupals among villagers, interacted with them, and apprised them of the preventive measures in case of lightning. Teams also interacted with farmers in Meja, Bara, Koraon, Handia, Phulpur, Soraon, and Karchana tehsils. In city areas, the residents of high-rise buildings were advised to install lightning conductors in the buildings, along with proper earthing for protection.
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