GHMC takes up fire safety drills in Hyderabad
EV&DM employees are demonstrating ways to escape from fires, evacuations during emergencies, operating firefighting equipment and providing first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
This week, mock drills were conducted at a supermarket in Patancheru, shopping malls in Kukatpally and Attapur, a multi-storied complex in SD Road and a textile store in LB Nagar. Overall, awareness programmes were conducted in eight public places and 11 shopping malls, said EV&DM in a press release here on Wednesday.
Any building owner or management of educational institutions and establishments wishing to conduct evacuation drills in their premises can call on helpline No: 040-29555500 or 9000113667, said EV&DM director N. Prakash Reddy.