Disaster Management Training Workshop
On 22nd & 23rd January, 2013, a Disaster Management Training workshop was organized by N.S.S. unit of Thakur Polytechnic College. The workshop was conducted by the staff of MCGM, 25 N.S.S. volunteers .
Day 1 (22nd February, 2012)
The workshop started at 10.30am. The speaker for the 1st day was Mr. Rajendra Lokhande, the shift in-charge of Disaster Cell (MCGM) conducted the first half of seminar wherein he enlightened the students on what is disaster, types of man-made and natural disasters, the golden hour, and the BMC disaster helpline. The topics of discussion under the natural disasters were on earthquakes, floods, cyclone, fire, etc. and the 10 methods of tackling disaster and even briefed the students about how to handle self and others during disasters.
The lunch break was from 1pm to 2.30 pm. The post-lunch session resumed by 3pm and the session was continued by. Rajendra Lokhande wherein he briefed the students about the general principles of First Aid, Road Traffic Accidents (RTA), and the emergency helpline numbers. The topics discussed by him under First Aid were Scene safety, Self safety and Victim safety, First Aid treatments for spine stabilisation, bleeding, fractures, skin burn and cardiac arrest. The various techniques for treating any injury were practically shown to the students by him. He also explained how to handle a person who suffers from fits and choking. And then trained the students on fire management including the methods of fire extinction, categories of fire extinguishers i.e. Type A, Type B & C and the ABC Type which makes use of mono ammonium phosphate and nitrogen.
Day 2 (23rd February, 2013)
The second day of the workshop started with a practical session at 10.30 am by Mr P.S. Bramhadande took a practical session on how to make improvised stretchers with the help of ropes, belts and blankets. These stretchers are helpful in carrying the casualty from the disaster site to the assembly point which would help to treat the injured and save a life.
The lunch break was from 1pm to 2.30 pm. The post lunch session began at 2.30pm wherein he taught the students different types of knots like rift knot, thumb knot, thief knot, multiple thumb knots and clove hitch which can be useful in saving a life during disaster. He showed various techniques for lifting a casualty in conscious and unconscious condition. The training workshop ended at 5.00pm followed by a vote of thanks and were given a token of appreciation to the speakers.