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Delegates observe the exercise. |
The city-level exercise comprised two phases and six training issues, focusing on dealing with the upcoming landing of a storm with strong gale of 15-16 levels and wind gust at level 17 in provinces and city where Military Region 3 is stationed. The center of the storm ranges from Hai Phong city to Thai Binh province.
During the drill, participants observed the operation mechanism in which the Party leads and the local authorities manages; sectors, departments, organizations with military, border, police agencies taking the core role in making recommendations and carrying out the work; and applied the mechanism in a flexible, creative manner according to the reality of the locality.
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A helicopter of Regiment 916 of Division 371 conducts SAR mission. (Photo: phongkhongkhongquan.vn) |
In addition, participating forces closely coordinated with each other, effectively addressing situations related to informing and giving warnings on the super typhoon, calling on trawlers to take shelter, reinforcing houses, evacuating people, assets, and domestic animals to safe places, conducting search and rescue operations, dealing with oil spills, setting up a field hospital, and performing disaster relief work.
The exercise ended successfully, contributing to improving the leadership competence of the local Party committee and authorities, the steering committees on civil defense and disaster prevention and control and search and rescue at all levels. The advisory role of local sectors, departments, agencies, units, and the coordination among forces, as well as the resource mobilization capability were also raised during the drill.
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Participating forces conduct SAR content of the exercise. |
Through the exercise, positive changes were also seen in the awareness and responsibility of all levels, sectors, and people in pro-actively preventing, making good preparations for, and staying ready to respond to any kinds of disasters.
Translated by Mai Huong