Islamabad, July 04, 2023
Subject: Awareness Session on “NEPRA Emergency Management Plan”
As part of its “Power with Safety” drive, National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) today organized an awareness session on “NEPRA Emergency Management Plan”. The session was led and addressed by Chairman NEPRA, Mr. Tauseef H. Farooqi.
02. Chairman NEPRA, Mr. Tauseef H. Farooqi in his speech highlighted the importance of awareness session in protecting human lives. He appreciated the efforts of NEPRA’s HSE Department in saving hundreds of precious lives by compelling the licensee to adopt the most effective and proactive HSE practices to ensure safe, reliable, and sustainable power services in Pakistan ultimately leading to zero-incidents. He elaborated that NEPRA HSE efforts do not only fucus on protecting lives and well-being of consumers, employees and contractors but also plays an important role on minimizing the adverse effects on environment, equipment, property, interruption to power supply and economic losses in Pakistan. He exclaimed that the idea of having an effective HSE team to implement best HSE practices country-wide, conceived by him 4 years back, is finally bearing fruit.
03. Consultant (HSE) NEPRA, Mr. Sohail Ahmad discussed the newly developed “Emergency Management Plan” in detail with NEPRA employees.
04. The session provided the fundamental knowledge regarding potential emergencies, respective responsibilities, and the mechanism to effectively manage and minimize the emergency consequences. The potential emergency scenarios include Medical Emergencies, Fire Emergencies, Utility Failures, Elevator Failures, Earthquakes, Floods, and Terrorist Attacks.
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