A condemned railway coach lower into three items and submerged in a man-made lake on the Indian Railway Institute of Disaster Management, Bengaluru, to train staff in underwater rescue operations.
To overcome the challenges of rescuing passengers trapped in coaches in the occasion of a train falling right into a waterbody, the Indian Railways Institute of Disaster Management, Bengaluru, will launch an modern coaching programme on Monday.
The institute has created a waterbody on its campus the place a coach lower into three items has been submerged. With dummy bodies stored in the broken coach below water, railway rescue staff can be engaged to launch rescue operations alongside with consultants from the National Disaster Response Force and the State Disaster Response Force.
Safety officers from throughout the Indian Railways will probably be taking part in this five-day specialised coaching in below water rescue operations. Railway staff posted to the accident aid trains stationed at main junctions throughout the community may even take part in the first-of-its-kind-programme, sources in the railways stated on Sunday.
“Rescue/retrieval from coaches fallen in waterbodies during accidents remains a major challenge even today. The railways have procured ultra thermic cutting equipment which can be used for underwater cutting of metal bodies and this exercise will provide hands-on experience to test the full potential of the equipment, a senior official of the IRIDM said.
The artificial lake constructed for conducting such training events was being utilised for diving under the supervision of expert trainers from external agencies. “One railway coach was cut into three pieces and placed in the waterbody to simulate different scenarios. Exposure to handling state-of-the-art equipment for underwater cutting is given for handling various challenging situations,” he stated.
The trainees drawn from zonal railways throughout India can be uncovered to the structural features of the coach to establish appropriate places for gaining straightforward entry with appropriate reducing tools, fingers on coaching on the condemned coaches on the bottom, coordination with floor staff whereas engaged in underwater rescue operations, restoration of bodies via doorways, home windows and different openings created for the aim.
The Director-General, Safety, Indian Railways, B.M. Agarwal, will evaluation the programme and assess the preparedness of the railway rescuers in the occasion of accidents in waterbodies, the sources added.
Experts in diving and underwater rescue operations from the United States are additionally taking part in the programme.
Last 12 months, the IRIDM toppled a couple of condemned coaches on the observe in Bengaluru to simulate a serious accident and engaged rescue employees in the mock drill.
