PINAKI MAJUMDAR
Jamshedpur, Oct 8: Tata Steel last evening organised the closing ceremony of “High Rise Rope Rescue Training” programme conducted by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) for Tata steel Fire Responders from October 5 to 7.
Chanakya Chaudhary, Vice President, Corporate Services, Tata Steel and Sanjeev Kumar Choudhary, President Tata Workers’ Union (TWU), graced the occasion as chief guest and guest of honour .
Chanakya Chaudhary appreciated the effort of chief security and brand protection office for organising this training programme.
He emphasised that although the company has a robust process safety system in place, but still emergencies can occur due to various reasons like toxic gas leakage, fire in high-rise structure, natural calamities etc.
Gopal Prasad Choudhary, chief Security & Brand Protection, Tata Steel apprised the guests about the relevance of this three-day long specialised training programme.
He informed that based on the recommendation of Off-Site Mock Drill held on February 24 this year near Hotel Ginger at Bistupur.
The district administration had requested Tata Steel to organise specialised High Rise Rescue operation training for Fire Personnel, so that before the arrival of NDRF team, fire responders can do rescue operation. Total 21 responders of the fire brigade participated in the training programme.
The training programme was launched on October 5 at WGO Conference Hall.
Officials said for enhancing the capability of Tata Steel Fire Responder from high rise structures, regular mock drill will be organised with NDRF team at the Tata Steel Works.
Based on the learnings from the training programme, equipment will be procured which will be used for high rise rescue operations.
Alok Kumar, deputy commandant NDRF praised the initiative taken by Tata Steel to train fire responders on this. He emphasised on regular practices of rope rescue techniques.
