National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), in collaboration with PDMA Balochistan, show-cases a substantial commitment to disaster prepar-edness by organizing a pioneering SimEx on floods and earthquake emergencies in Quetta from No-vember 15 to 17, 2023. Balochistan Caretaker Min-ister for Home and Tribal Affairs, Muhammad Zubair Jamali inaugurated the Simulation Exercises and appreciated the efforts of NDMA for a proac-tive approach to deal with disasters and emergen-cies.
As part of a proactive approach, the NDMA has initiated a series of Simulation Exercises at national and provincial level. The purpose of conducting multi-hazard mock exercises was to enhance the preparedness and response capabilities of Balochis-tan’s disaster management agencies to deal with emergency like situation. He emphasized the need for effective coordination and cooperation among all agencies involved in disaster management and relief activities.
Zubair Jamali lauded the efforts of NDMA for con-ducting mock drills and exercises on disasters and emergency situation in Balochistan. Jamali men-tioned that NDMA has played a proactive role in enhancing the national preparedness and response structure for any disaster. Seven syndicates partici-pated in the mock exercise in Quetta, including representatives from Provincial Disaster Manage-ment Authority Balochistan, District Disaster Man-agement Authorities, and NGOs
The syndicates conducted mock drills on prepared-ness and response based on various scenarios such as cyclones, forest fires, floods, and earthquakes. The National Emergencies Operations Center (NEOC), a digital hub of proactive modelling is capable of gathering, fusing and interpolating cli-mate intelligence, social data, geo hazard mappings software to project IT-driven trajectories for disas-ters and emergency modelling for inciting national preparedness.—APP
