Mock drill conducted at Ooredoo building in Dafna

The General Directorate of Civil Defence (GDCD) conducted a mock drill at the Ooredoo building in Dafna on Wednesday.The drill started with the emission of smoke and a fire outbreak in one of the offices on the 13th floor of the building. The fire alarm went off and the employees and customers inside the building were notified through loudspeakers to proceed to the emergency exit. Security personnel of the 27-floor building evacuated it and guided the employees and customers to the safe assembly point. On receiving information, firefighting and rescue team from Wadi Sail Civil Defence Centre arrived at the site with a fire engine, water tankers and rapid intervention vehicle.  The firefighting team of Civil Defence controlled the mock fire and started a search operation for missing or injured persons. Two persons found injured as part of the exercise were taken to the ambulance. The Rescue Police (Al-Fazaa) also participated in the exercise.The drill was supervised by assistant director of the Operations Department at GDCD, Brig Jamal Jafar al-Ajmi, assistant evacuation officer at GDCD, First Lt Mohamed Sulaiman al-Hammadi, and firefighting officer at Wadi Sail, Lt Fahad al-Ruwaili. The exercise was held as part of the efforts of GDCD to create awareness about safety measures and train the staff of different institutions on how to address risks during a fire.