About The Event:
National Disaster Management Authority, Government of India along with Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Government of Uttar Pradesh and other stakeholders of Chemical Industrial Disaster Management is organizing a conference and exhibition on Chemical (Industrial) Disaster Management (CIDM): Emergency Preparedness & Disaster Risk Reduction in Chemical, Petroleum, Petroleum Products & Natural Gas Industry, June 30- July1, 2014 at Taj Vivanta, Lucknow. This shall be an epoch making conference for the benefit of Uttar Pradesh and the adjoining states. NDMA, FICCI, and PNGRB have been pioneering comprehensive training programs on Chemical Industrial Disaster Management in the country. National Disaster Management Authority had also prepared comprehensive guidelines on Chemical (Industrial) Disaster Management released in 2007, which has become the baseline for minimizing chemical incidences in the country. The objective of the program is to educate and train the industry, chemical businesses and offsite responders like police, medicos, fire services, home guards and many other who are involved in this field.A mock drill exercise would also be conducted in a Major Accident Hazard (MAH) Unit in and around Lucknow.