ORIENTATION CUM COORDINATION CONFERENCE MOCK EXERCISE CHEMICAL(INDUSTRIAL) DISASTER – BELLARY DISTRICT ON 26 TH 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.To Inculcate Culture of Preparedness. 2.To examine the DM Plan and SOPs of JSW Steel Limited, Bellary. 3.To evaluate the resource status of JSW Steel Limited, concerned Departments of Bellary District and other stakeholders. 4.To co-ordinate the activities of various agencies for optimum utilization of resources. 5.To use the feed back to identify the gaps and improve the plans and resource capabilities to face actual disasters.

OBJECTIVES OBJECTIVES 1.To Review Disaster Management plan of Bellary District of Karnataka State. 2.To rehearse the “Off-Site” Emergency Response Plans of Bellary District. 3.Practise Standard Operating Procedures of “on-site” Emergency Response Plans of JSW Steel Limited. 4.Practice coordination among the various departments and other stake holders at district level to mitigate chemical disasters. 5.Inculcate espirit-de-corps and team building among public- private stake holders at various levels while working together to face any Disaster.

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. SCOPE

Stake holders – Karnataka State Govt 1.Secretary, Revenue & DM. 2.Secretary, Health/DG Health Services. 3.DG Police/IG (Law & Order) 4.DG Fire & Emergency Services.. 5.Director & Jt Director of Factories & Boilers. 6.State Pollution Control Board.

Stake holders – Bellary District 1.Deputy Commissioner/ District Magistrate of Bellary district. 2.SSP/SP. 3.District Medical Officer. 4.District Fire Officer. 5.Karnataka Electricity Supply Corporation. 6.Water Supply Department. 7.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 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. Explaining the Aim & Objectives of mock exercise. Scope of Exercise. Scope of Exercise. Identification of Industrial Unit/s for Mock Exercise. Identification of Industrial Unit/s for Mock Exercise. Finalizing date for Table Top & Mock Exercise. Finalizing date for Table Top & Mock Exercise. Participants. Participants. Media Coverage. Media Coverage. Delineating the conduct of TTE & ME. Delineating the conduct of TTE & ME. Nominating State and District Nodal Officers. 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 stake- holder 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 ‘off- site’ 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 NoEmergency 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 DC and JSW Steel Ltd Police Deptt, Fire Deptt, CD & HG 3. Law & Order SSP CD & HG 4. Medical Response & Trauma Counseling. District Medical Officer Jindal Hospital & Hospitals in District, both Govt & Private, Red Cross, NGOs 5.Communication Distt Telecom Distt TelecomOfficer 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. Sanitation. DC/ Municipal CorporationPWD 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. ActionResponsibility 1.Preparation and updation of District Disaster DC Management Plan Bellary 2.Preparation and updation of Standard Operating DC,JSW & all Procedures of Emergency Support Functions. Stakeholders 3.Awareness Generation Campaign for Communities DC/PRO/JSW Living near the Mock Exercise Site/Elsewhere in District. 4.Meeting of ESF Nodal and Supporting Officers.DC& JSW levels 5.Preparation of Medical Action PlanCMO & JSW Hosp. 6.Preparation of Other Documents. a.Emergency Directory. DisttRevenue Deptt b.Sequence of action of mock exercise scenario NDMA Coordinator

REQUIREMENT & CONDUCT OF MOCK EXERCISE Sl.No. Outdoor EventResponsibility 1.Select area for District ICP and seating DC arrangements for ESF. 2.Check Communications (providing backups) Distt. Commn Offcer. 3.Identify fire fighting equipment locations and check the State of Preparedness against fire hazards Distt. Fire Officer. State of Preparedness against fire hazards Distt. Fire Officer. 4.Identify the various medical facilities (public/private) and Distt Medical Officer location for temporary hospital near accident site to treat location for temporary hospital near accident site to treat Immediate Injuries. Immediate Injuries. 5.Identify area for temporary relief camp for victims. Distt Supply Officer Sl.No. Indoor Event Responsibility 1.Nominate technical experts from various depart- ments like Oil Industry Safety Directorate, NDMA/DMI Bhopal Fire Services, District Health Services and Ministry of Environment and Forest etc. of Environment and Forest etc.

REQUIEMENT & CONDUCT OF MOCK EXERCISE - Contd. Sl.No. Indoor Event Responsibility 2.Observers to evaluate the response of Emergency Secretary, DM/ Response Functions vis-à-vis their SOPs. CIF Karnataka 3.Evaluation formats to check attendance and DC & JSW preparedness of departments. Formats under ICS Steel Ltd like unit log, medical plan, communication plan, operations planning sheet. 4.Detailment of nodal officers. (Nodal Officers to be advised to be present with their teams, equipment advised to be present with their teams, equipment and vehicles). DC Bellary and vehicles). DC Bellary 5.Emergency Directory, containing phone numbers of all nodal officers, Distt.EOC and supporting DC officers to be prepared. 6.Arrangements for distributing water and some Distt Supply Offr refreshments.

BANNERS TO BE PREPARED. Responsibility DC, Bellary Incident Command Post (Large Size) Incident Command Post (Large Size) Help Line and Information Dissemination. Help Line and Information Dissemination. Search & Rescue and Fire Fighting. Search & Rescue and Fire Fighting. Medical & Trauma Counseling. Medical & Trauma Counseling. Relief, Food & Shelter Relief, Food & Shelter Equipment Support & Sanitation Provisions. Equipment Support & Sanitation Provisions. Water Water Electricity Electricity Public Relations Public Relations Communications Communications NGOs NGOs Police Control Room (Law and Order) Police Control Room (Law and Order)

DESK DISPLAYS TO BE PREPARED. Responsibility DC, Bellary a. Desk of Law and Order. a. Desk of Law and Order. b. Desk of Food & Civil Supply. c. Desk Equipment Support and Debris Clearance and Electricity. 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 Date for Mock Exercise for JSW - 18 Jun Date for Mock Exercise for Jindal Vidya Mandir – 17 Jun 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.