The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency with its Stakeholders on Sunday conducted a live simulation exercise code named: “Operation Oko Jasosa,” on the Third Mainland Bridge, Opposite the Unilag Waterfront, inward Lagos island.
The exercise was a simulation of multiple road accidents involving a luxury bus and five other vehicles, one of which plunged into the Lagos Lagoon.
The exercise was intended to sharpen synergy, foster collaboration, improve the level of preparedness and increase the response capability of stakeholders in the management of multiple casualty incident along the Third Mainland Bridge, which more often than not witnesses this kind of event.
The exercise involved operative of the LASEMA Response Unit, Lagos State Fire Service, Lagos State Ambulance Service, Lagos State Environmental Health and Monitoring Unit, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Corps, Lagos State Waterway Authority, Rapid Response Squad of the Nigeria Police, Marine Police, National Emergency Management Agency, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps and Federal Road Safety Corps.