A fire drill was held at the permanent campus of University of Asia Pacific (UAP) in Dhaka on Wednesday to raise awareness about basic actions to be taken in case of building fire, earthquake and related accidents.
A good number of employees and students and the personnel of Fire Service and Civil Defence jointly participated in this fire drill, according to a press release issued on Wednesday.
The exercise was jointly conducted by Abul Bashar, deputy assistant director, FSCD, and Abdul Mannan, senior station master, Mohammadpur Fire Service Stations.
CourtesyEarlier, a workshop on fire drill was also held at the university auditorium to familiarize the staff with emergency procedures so that they can respond quickly in case of any fire incident.
The fire drill was held at Backyard and East Plaza of the university with the presence of the Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Qumrul Ahsan, Pro Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Md Sultan Mahmud, Registrar (in-charge) Dr Md Mostafizur Rahman, along with a large number of faculty members, students, employees and staff.
