SM City Cauayan conducts annual Fire Drill

SM City Cauayan conducts annual Fire Drill

In coherence with the campaign of Bureau of Fire Protection on Fire Prevention this month of March, SM City Cauayan conducts its annual Fire Drill today.

Annual Fire drill is one of the company’s effort to guarantee the readiness and preparedness of its tenants and employees to respond on fire incidence.

This simulation is conducted in collaboration with Bureau of Fire Protection-Cauayan City, City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office/Rescue 922 and Philippine National Police.

Around 340 mall employees, mall tenants’ employees, security guards and agency personnel took part on the drill. The drill aims at training its employees to be familiar with the fire alarm and evacuation signals, the fire exits and evacuation routes, and procedures for evacuation.

Simulated situations were prepared to showcase the disaster response skills of Emergency Response Group (ERG) of SM City Cauayan. Situations such as responding to injured victims and pregnant woman were carried out to check the mall’s ERG skills.

The drill also aims in enhancing the coordination of the mall’s ERG with the friendly-forces in the community during emergency situations and its ability to account the people within the mall premises.

The Fire drill is one of the annual activities conducted by the mall to freshen-up the responsibilities of each member of the Emergency Response Group and to equip the mall employees with skills that they can use during fire incidences.

It also aims to evaluate the preparedness, logistics and capability of the mall in handling disaster situations. It is part of the company’s continuous efforts to ensure the safety of the mall-goers and employees.