Fire Drill at Millennium IT Software Pvt Ltd Malabe
6:47pm on Friday 23rd August 2013
The Fire and Rescue Unit of the Sri Lanka Air Force carried out a fire drill with the assistance of Fire Rescue Team at SLAF Base Katunayake, SLAF Station Colombo and SLAF Station Ekala this evening (23th August 2013) at Millennium IT Software (Pvt) Ltd in Malabe.
More than 450 personnel from the Millennium IT Software (Pvt) Ltd participated in the fire drill. The SLAF rescue team which comprised 28 highly skilled personnel participated in the fire fighting and rescue exercise which was carried out under the instruction of Chief Fire Officer of the SLAF Group Captain PMCP Dias who was present at the location thought the exercise.
This evacuation drill demonstrated rescue operations relevant to high-rise buildings. It included a roof top rescue where people who had fled to the top of the building to escape the simulated fire and were brought down using the “Bronto Sky Lift” which could rescue efficiently the people who trapped in high rise buildings.
The personnel in the lower floors were afforded a smooth landing by use of the ‘jumping sheet’ (an inflated landing pad) which was placed on the ground. There were also live demonstrations on the use of high-pressure fire hoses to put out fires, initial reactions for chemical fire with breathing apparatus and providing first aid to victims of the fire.
More than 450 personnel from the Millennium IT Software (Pvt) Ltd participated in the fire drill. The SLAF rescue team which comprised 28 highly skilled personnel participated in the fire fighting and rescue exercise which was carried out under the instruction of Chief Fire Officer of the SLAF Group Captain PMCP Dias who was present at the location thought the exercise.
This evacuation drill demonstrated rescue operations relevant to high-rise buildings. It included a roof top rescue where people who had fled to the top of the building to escape the simulated fire and were brought down using the “Bronto Sky Lift” which could rescue efficiently the people who trapped in high rise buildings.
The personnel in the lower floors were afforded a smooth landing by use of the ‘jumping sheet’ (an inflated landing pad) which was placed on the ground. There were also live demonstrations on the use of high-pressure fire hoses to put out fires, initial reactions for chemical fire with breathing apparatus and providing first aid to victims of the fire.
