Himachal Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority, Shimla in association with National Disaster Management Authority, New Delhi organized a State level Mega Mock Drill on 11th July, 2019 in the State of Himachal Pradesh. During this Mock Drill lack of coordination among various agencies and an absence of role clarity amongst various officers as well as stakeholders have been observed.   

Himachal Pradesh Institute of Public Administration Fairlawn, Shimla in collaboration with Himachal Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority, Shimla organized three days training programme on Incident Response System and Customised NDEM Version 3.0 Geo-Portal for Himachal Pradesh from 5th to 7th August, 2019. The main objective behind first two days  programme was to sensitize the participating officers  about the Guidelines on the Incident Response System (IRS)  issued by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)for effective, efficient and comprehensive management of disasters  and pre-designate the officers to perform various duties as well as train them in their respective roles and responsibilities. The main  objective of the last day’s sessions were to enhance the knowledge and skills of the trainees in developing of decision support system  (DSS) tools for addressing disaster/emergency management and establishing  computer infrastructure to facilitate network connectivity, data ingest, validation, GIS databases organization, data dissemination and services hosting.

The target group for the said training programme were SDMs, Tehsildars and representatives from different line departments such as HPPWD, I & PH, Industries, Fire, Police, Home Guards, Food & Civil Supplies, Economics & Statisticals, Indian Metrological, Rural Development. This programme was attended by 25 Officers of above categories representing various Districts of the State.