Exercise in Jazan .. Burning words and injuries to 40 passengers and aviation intervenes

Under the patronage of the Director of Border Guards, Chair of the Standing Committee on Disaster Reduction

Today, the port of Jazan has hosted the activities of the National Maritime Disaster Prevention Plan (NMRP) to search and rescue 40 passengers, under the patronage of the Director General of Border Guards, Chairman of the National Committee permanent response to natural disasters after the passage of water, Awad bin Eid Al-Balawi.

The president of the General Authority of Ports, the engineer Saad bin Abdulaziz Al-Khaleb, and representatives of government and private agencies attended the ceremony.

The activities aimed to highlight the high level of preparedness and advanced capabilities in the field of search and rescue.

The purpose of this exercise is to evaluate and raise the level of the staff of the participating parties in the implementation of all elements of the plan, including: (Search, Rescue, Evacuation, Extinguishing fire, pollution control, transportation and disaster relief) All kinds of situations and events that may endanger the safety of innocent people.

The exercise assumption includes a passenger ship from the port of Jazan to the port of Farsan which is due to make an explosion in the engine room, a fuel leak and injuries among passengers requiring evacuation.

The role of the General Authority of "Ports", represented in the port of Jazan, to send boats and locomotives to the scene of the accident to participate in the rescue operations and activate all coordination procedures with the port from Jazan Port; transmit all necessary information to all ships at sea; Road signs and navigation warnings.

The Border Guard Coordination Center will forward this information to the General Authority for Civil Aviation "Saudi Research and Rescue Center to track the accident with their search and rescue instruments and address a notifying the aircraft of the aircraft on the accident site. "