Disaster Management Centre, HIPA collaboration with Himachal Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority and District Administration Mandi a three days Basic and Intermediate training Programme on “Incident Response System” from 21st to 23rd January, 2019 at Mandi.  The main objective behind this programme was to follow the    Guidelines on the Incident Response System (IRS)  issued by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)for effective, efficient and comprehensive management of disasters in the State of Himachal Pradesh and pre-designate the officers to perform various duties as well as train them in their respective roles and responsibilities. 

The programme was attended by 49 participants representing different State level Government Departments of the District and IRT Team of District Mandi.   Col. P. K. Pathak (Retd.), former Consultant, NIDM, New Delhi imparted information on all the Modules of Basic and Intermediate Course of Incident Response System.  All the participants showed keen interest and attention in all the sessions and participated actively in group work and discussions.  The Chief Guest for closing session was Shri Raj Krishan Thakur, AC to Deputy Commissioner Mandi, who addressed the participants and distributed the participations.