Kohima: Nagaland officials ran a tabletop disaster exercise on Friday to test readiness for the 2026 Hornbill Festival. The Department of Health and Family Welfare teamed up with the Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority at the Capital Convention Centre in Kohima to map out responses to mass casualty threats.
The training simulated a bomb hoax at the Naga Heritage Village in Kisama followed by a deadly stampede. Participants hashed out strategies for incident command, triage, ambulance dispatch, and VVIP medical care. "The exercise was based on a simulated scenario involving a bomb hoax during the inaugural ceremony at Naga Heritage Village, Kisama, followed by a stampede resulting in multiple casualties," the official update stated.
Stakeholders from the police, Fire and Emergency Services, Home Guards, Civil Defence, SDRF, and the 12th Battalion NDRF joined medical teams from the Naga Hospital Authority Kohima and the 154 General Hospital. The groups reviewed hospital capacity and communication flows between the Health Emergency Operations Centre and the state operations hub.
Crews are now prepping for a live mass casualty mock drill set for November 20 at Kisama. This field exercise aims to stress-test the inter-agency cooperation ahead of the massive influx of tourists expected for the festival.
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