FROC prepares backup plan in case flood reaches new office
The Flood Relief Operations Center (FROC) has convened with related agencies to draw up a backup plan for its new office at the Energy Complex Building in case the building becomes inundated.
After the FROC headquarters had to be relocated from Don Muang Airport to the Energy Ministry’s Energy Complex Building on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road due to severe flooding, FROC Director Police General Pracha Promnog has called a meeting with relevant authorities to assess the operation to assist flood victims. A contingency plan is also drafted in case the floodwater arrives at the site and another round of office relocation becomes necessary.
Nonetheless, Energy Minister Pichai Naripthaphan assured that the Energy Complex Building was safe from floods as it was situated higher than the sea level by 1-2 meters and a two-meter high flood barrier had already been erected around the site. He said the new headquarters should not be affected unless the water level is more than five meters high.
All equipment of the FROC has been moved to the Energy Complex Building since this morning while its hotline 1111 extension 5 has been reconnected and is now open to calls from flood victims again.
BANGKOK, 29 October 2011 (NNT) – Reporter : Surapan Laotharanarit
News Date : 29 October 2011
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