An airport familiarization and joint exercise was conducted at Bhubaneswar airport for a selected group of State Fire service personnel on April17.It was a half-day exercise covering the familiarisation with the airport facilities, operations of the Airport Fire Service, handling of appliances, rescue and fire fighting procedures, building fire protection system, etc.
AAI FS Manager Rajan said that this familiarisation and joint exercise vastly helped in developing and understanding for each other's capabilities and co-ordinating in an effective way during any unforeseen emergency situation. Assistant Station Officer, Odisha Fire Service N Jena said that this was a new experience for them and they have gained insight into the new technology appliances and techniques which are applied in aviation rescue and fire fighting.
Biju Patnaik Airport Director Sharad Kumar was pleased with the entire exercise and expressed his satisfaction and gratitude towards the fire services personnel for their continued help and participation with AAI and emphasised on more such joint exercises so as to deal efficiently with the emergency situations.