Phnom Penh Airport Hosts Full-Scale Emergency Rescue Exercise

21 December 2013
The Cambodia Daily
Development policy and administration / Disaster preparedness and emergency response policy and administration
National Committee for Disaster Management / NCDM / Nhim Vanda / Phnom Penh International Airport

Smoke billowed over Phnom Penh International Airport and people lay on the grass verges near an aircraft simulator on Friday as hundreds of rescue service personnel and firefighters took part in the airport’s fourth-ever full-scale emergency exercise. Hundreds of soldiers and police, as well as actors playing the role of injured passengers, also took part in the emergency exercise, which centered around the airport’s life-size aircraft simulator, where fire crews battled to put out an engine fire. “We held this exercise because we want to be prepared,” said Nhim Vanda, vice president of the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM). …

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