Kohima - The Nagaland Emergency Preparedness Exercise (NEPEx), a mega mock drill simulating an earthquake measuring 8.4 magnitude on the Richter Scale, was carried out across the state on Wednesday. The exercise was conducted to generate awareness among the communities and different agencies on how to establish mechanism for effective response to any disaster, particularly with Nagaland being a state that is vulnerable to different natural calamities including earthquakes as it lies on the Seismic Zone V.
The mock drill began with an emergency siren sounding from the Police Headquarters (PHQ) in the state capital and all the district headquarters simultaneously, and recorded a real time disaster response across the eleven districts. The State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) and District Emergency Operation Centres (DEOCs) were activated during the exercise.
Following the two-hour long NEPEx, a debriefing session was held at the SEOC in Kohima, wherein the departmental heads under different sections including Operations, Logistics, Response, Medical, Planning etc. reported the action taken as well as their observations.
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