LASEMA, Others Hold Simulation on Third Mainland Bridge

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA and other stakeholders in the emergency sector have held simulation exercise code named “Operation Oko Jasosa” on 3rd Mainland Bridge on handling emergency arising from accidents.

The exercise is a simulation of multiple road accident involving a luxurious bus and five other vehicles, one of which plunged into the Lagos Lagoon.

The exercise is 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 in along on 3rd Mainland Bridge.

The Lagos State Government, however, advised motorists and Lagosians at large not to panic as the exercise was only a live simulation exercise to ascertain the capability, response time and coordination among emergency responders which required coordinated multi-agency response.

The exercise involves men of the LASEMA Response Unit (LRU), Lagos State Fire Service, Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS), State Environmental Health and Monitoring Unit (SEHMU ), Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Corps, Lagos State Waterway Authority (LASWA), Rapid Response Squard (RRS), Marine Police National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Nigerian Security & Civil Defence Corp and Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC).