"Civil Defense" evacuates Burj Khalifa for training to secure New Year's celebrations

The exercise comes within the framework of the strategic plan of the "Dubai Civil Defense" to ensure readiness and readiness.

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The General Directorate of Civil Defense in Dubai carried out an evacuation training exercise in the Burj Khalifa, as part of preparations to secure events for the celebration of the New Year 2022, with the participation of the safety and emergency teams of Emaar Company.

The scenario of the training evacuation process began, with the Civil Defense Operations Room receiving a notification at 10:00 am yesterday, stating that a fire had broken out on one of the floors in the Burj Khalifa, where the sirens sounded, and as a result, safety officials began evacuating workers, and Zabeel Center immediately moved , a first responder, a jurisdiction, and the Union Center for Support and Attribution, and upon arrival at 10:04, achieving a response time of four minutes, it was found that the accident was a minor fire on the 112th floor of the fireworks launch, and the specialized units began their roles efficiently and professionally, to announce to the commander The field officer controlled the accident within 10 minutes only, according to the previously decided scenario.

Assistant Director-General for Fire and Rescue Affairs, Brigadier General Ali Hassan Al-Mutawa, said that the exercise comes within the framework of the strategic plan of the General Directorate of Civil Defense in Dubai to ensure readiness and readiness to face accidents, test alarms, firefighting and smart systems in all facilities, and determine the effectiveness of the internal plan for safety. The readiness of emergency teams in public and private facilities and the effective implementation of evacuation plans.

He stressed that the exercise reflects the effectiveness of the operational plans pursued by Dubai Civil Defense, to sustain its readiness to secure New Year's celebrations, and at the same time praised the preventive measures and measures applied in Burj Khalifa, in accordance with international best practices, to ensure the highest requirements for safety and well-being of visitors to Dubai.

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