A SHOW OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SKILLS at Allama Iqbal International Airport Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Lahore

LAHORE – A full scale emergency drill was conducted at Allama Iqbal International Airport Lahore on Tuesday wherein CAA Fire and Medical Services played a pivotal role.
To make this event near to reality, a mock plane B-747 was put on fire and a fire call was made, responding to which CAA fire fighters vehicles and staff rushed to the spot and extinguished the large scale fire with the help of latest equipment. The event was supervised by Syed Aamir Mehmoob, Airport Manager, Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Lahore. As per international standards set by International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) in case of fire or emergency fire fighter vehicles must reach the spot within 90 to 120 seconds but during exercise these vehicles arrived within 75 seconds. The performance of fire fighters was appreciated by different agencies, observers and umpires.
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