The Department of Health & Family Welfare, UT of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu on December 20, 2024, issued Public Health Advisory during Chemical Disaster.
The following precautions to be taken during and after the Chemical (Industrial) Accidents are as follows:
• Do not panic, evacuate calmly and quickly perpendicular to wind direction through the designated escape route.
• Keep a wet handkerchief or piece of cloth/ sari on face during evacuation.
• Keep the sick, elderly, weak, handicapped and other people who are unable to evacuate inside house and close all the doors and windows tightly.
• Do not consume the uncovered food/ water etc open to the air, drink only from bottle.
• Change into fresh clothing after reaching safe place/ shelter, and wish hands properly.
• Inform Fire & Emergency Services, Police and medical services from safe location by calling 101, 100 and 108 respectively.
The following General Precautions during Normal Time are as follows:
• Do not smoke, lit fire or spark in the identified hazardous area.
• Sensitize the community living near the industrial units and they should be more vigilant about the nature of industrial units and associated risks.
• Keep the contact numbers of nearest hazardous industry, fire station, police station, control room, health services and district control room, for emergency use.
• Avoid housing near the industries producing or processing the hazardous chemicals, if possible.
• Participate in all the capacity building programmes organized by the government/ voluntary organizations / industrial units.
