ODRAF will get superior gear to deal with disasters in Odisha

Express News Service
BHUBANESHWAR: Now finding victims and looking lives at risk throughout disasters will likely be straightforward forthe Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF), comprising highly-trained personnel, who’re credited for his or her multi-disaster tackling capabilities.

The ODRAF has been outfitted with two life-detection and sufferer location methods every to reinforce the rescue operations within the State. The new life-detection system working at a sure frequency can remotely detect the respiration and heartbeat alerts of human beings buried below particles.

The sufferer location cameras can be utilised to hint the survivors. “Life-detection systems are utilised to search for the humans buried under the debris or laid behind various barriers. Searching randomly is a horrendous task and the equipment can help in detecting any survivor under the debris,” mentioned

Additional DG (Law and Order) YK Jethwa. The State was battered by a sequence of cyclones within the final twenty years and Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) had performed a pivotal function in finishing up rescue and aid operations within the aftermath of the disasters.

“The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has been using such equipment. Now the advanced systems will strengthen the capability of ODRAF and help in rescue operations during any natural disasters or infrastructure-related accidents,”he mentioned.

The ODRAF can be within the means of procuring few chemical, organic, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) defence kits, and fast deployment of antennas that are normally utilized by the NDRF and paramilitary forces to ascertain communication in distant locations throughout emergency conditions within the low to no community areas.

The high-end gear are being procured from the United States, Germany and Japan to empower the ODRAF personnel to hold out the rescue operations extra successfully and speedily. “ODRAF is an efficient specialised disaster response wing of Odisha Police. In a bid to further enhance its disaster response capability, it is being equipped with high-end equipment from the best international brands,” mentioned an official.

Mobility help by means of two-wheelers, four-wheelers and excessive velocity boats can be being supplied to make sure expeditious motion on land and within the water our bodies. There are about 20 items of ODRAF and every of them has been supplied with two-wheelers and about two pick-up automobiles together with the cranes.

Jethwa reviewed the functioning of ODRAF with all its unit commanders through video conferencing on Thursday. The work carried out throughout latest emergencies together with dousing forest fires was reviewed within the assembly. 

Plans for additional preparedness, positioning of the manpower, specialised coaching and infrastructure wants had been additionally mentioned. The State Government will ship the ODRAF personnel to varied NDRF camps for coaching. They may also endure coaching at Kolkata to reinforce their abilities in scuba diving.