Natural disaster control and rescue rehearsal

The natural disaster control and rescue rehearsal is scheduled to take place in Van Ninh District, Khanh Hoa Province on August 30-31. All the preparation has basically completed.

 

Officials, staff and soldiers of Van Ninh District Military Staff Committee and Van Thanh Commune militia are speeding up the final construction of structures such as houses, piers and aquaculture farms for the rehearsal. Major Nguyen Van Truong, Assiatant of Air Defense Assistant, Van Ninh District Military Staff Committee says many things have to be done to prepare for the big-scale rehearsal. Despite the hot weather, the cadres and soldiers have made great effort to fulfill their assigned tasks on schedule in accordance with standards. The preparation work in the rehearsal location has basically been completed. 

 

The rehearsal is joined by military forces, border police, marine security guards together with the participation of 300 residents, 200 militia and 40 ships, over 80CV. The rehearsal includes 2 phases, including mechanism operation rehearsal, evacuation, home protection, boat mooring, search and rescue at sea and first aid.

 

 

 

According to Lieutenant colonel Nguyen Dang Quang, Deputy Commander, Chief of Van Ninh District Military Staff Committee, the preparation has been basically completed. The Military Department and the District Economic Bureau have given consultancy to the District Party Committee to set up a rehearsal board and the District People's Committee has established the content board and assigned specific tasks to the Steering Committee members.

 

During the rehearsal, local departments, agencies and localities have mastered the order of actions needed to be taken in each situation to ensure the smooth operation of the maneuvers as well as the safety of humans, facilities and weapons. The District Rehearsal Steering Committee has organized a training workshop on flood and storm control search and rescue. Relevant departments, agencies and organizations of the district have been guided by Khanh Hoa Military Headquarters to draft legal documents; take preparation steps and back-up plans; thereby, take the initiative in preparing sufficient legal documents, human force and other means to ensure an absolutely safe and effective rehearsal.

 

Nguyen Dang Quang says it is a good decision to choose Van Thanh Commune to host the rehearsal as this place was the most severely devastated in the Typhoon Damrey in 2017. One of the reasons for the great damage is the lack of vigilance. Therefore, the rehearsal will be an opportunity to improve the leadership, guidance and management capacity of the Party Committees, local authorities, border guards, marine police, departments, agencies and organizations in the district, helping to raise public awareness of natural disaster preparedness and response.

 

 

The Anh

Translated by N.T