24 December

Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr Win Myat Aye attended the seminar on drafting Standard Operation Procedure (SOP) for the Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) of the Disaster Management Department, held at his ministry in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.

Firstly, the Director-General of the Disaster Management Department explained the SOP draft for the EOC and a center member explained normal daily activities, emergency response strategies and situations, scale of losses, and the number of people who have to resettle after a disaster strikes, how this all affects planning and action on the part of the EOC, designating them to different levels and standards for managing information.

Next, the Union Minister and Deputy Minister U Soe Aung responded to the explanations observed the daily operations of the EOC.

Once the SOP has been drafted, it will be put on a trial run during the third week of January 2020. —MNA
(Translated by Zaw Htet Oo)