Summary:
The in-house emergency response team (ERT) of the school comprising teaching and non-teaching staff of the school, soon got into the act, managing the panicked students and initiating quick responses required for safe evacuation from the building. Usually, in cases of fire, people panic and trigger chaos while attempting to escape. The ERT ‘rescued’ 10 students before A 14-member team from Chenkalchoola ‘reached’ there and ‘saved’ the remaining students.According to FDA executive director Ramesh Krishnan, the staff of the school was given training in basic life support (BLS) and first-aid treatment through multiple sessions, which began on April 27. Around 1,000 students studying in classes VIII, IX and XI and 134 teaching and non-teaching staff of the school participated in the drill.The drill was to save 24 students who were ‘trapped’ in the second floor of the building as a fire breaks out. Thiruvananthapuram: As part of equipping schools to deal with emergency situations like fire, a demonstration and rescue drill was organized at Saraswathi Vidyalaya,Vattiyoorkavu, in association with Foundation of Development Action (FDA), Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA), Kerala Fire and Rescue Services, General Hospital, IMA and Kerala Police..