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6.5.4.2 Staff-on-call
Section VI : Institutional Arrangements at the District Level
Staff-on-call will be available for immediate duty in case of a disaster.
Two Deputy Collectors will make up the Staff -on-call. During a disaster, these officers will
always be available "on call".
The staff-on-call will be appointed in rotation from some identified departments. The
rotation period could be of at least a month, to ensure some degree of continuity.
6.5.4.3 Staff on Disaster Duty
Staff on Disaster Duty will be required to shoulder additional responsibility in the case of a
disaster. This, additional staff will be in the nature of a reserve and may be drawn from
various departments. During normalcy, this staff will not be called on to perform any duty in
the DCR. This staff will be responsible for managing the desk arrangements mentioned
earlier.
The departmental officers nominated as “Officer-in-Charge” from the concerned line
departments and other agencies will be available in the DCR during the disaster period.
Departments have appointed the senior-most District Officer of the department as “Officerin-Charge”.
The Collector, Additional Collector, Assistant Collector, Resident Deputy Collector, all
Deputy Collectors, SDOs and Tahsildars are familiar with the functioning of DCR.
Officers-in-Charge drawn from various line departments and agencies will be provided
orientation through training programmes to be organised by YASHADA.
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