Fires, destruction and leakage of dangerous substances • Emergency preparedness exercise

(Hai Fe) - Israel Fire and Rescue practiced preparedness for emergencies and multi-scene events.

Israel Fire and Rescue reported to Hai Pa News Corporation:

Fires, destruction and leakage of dangerous substances - the North District completed a large-scale exercise to test emergency preparedness and multi-scene events.

The Northern District of Israel Fire and Rescue completed a large-scale exercise this week, with the cooperation of all security agencies and with the participation of fire crews from the Hoof and Yosh Districts. As part of the exercise, multi-focal and multi-arena events will take place. All the stations of the district were practiced and practiced in a variety of descriptors, with a different station from the district being practiced in each arena. On the day of the battle, Tafser Yair Elkayim was in command of the North Command.

Practice rescue scenes

The firefighters of the Northern District, alongside teams from the Israel Police, the Home Front Command, the IDF, MDA, firefighting volunteers, local authorities and airport authority teams, practiced rescue scenes from destruction as a result of earthquakes, building and vehicle fires, and hazardous material leakage events when the scenarios were carried out At the same time, with the aim of examining the teams' handling of multi-scene events.

After a year full of operational events as a result of the war which is expanding day by day, the Northern District presented advanced capabilities in dealing with the events along with a full examination of technological capabilities, command and control and a mobile logistics system.

The commander of the North District, Tafsar Yair Elkayam, concluded:

The North District conducted an exercise in the shadow of the security challenges of the current period, and there was an emphasis on cooperation, speed of response and coordination between all the bodies operating in the field. I am proud of the soldiers and commanders who showed exceptional professionalism and dedication during the planning and execution of the exercise to improve our readiness to deal with any scenario, for the safety of the residents of the North. We will continue to train and prepare for any situation, to ensure a high level of response in complex emergency situations and I have no doubt that the exercise improved the district's preparedness and the integrated response to incidents.