The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) will conduct its first-ever mock exercises on forest fire tomorrow covering all districts of Uttarakhand. The exercise will be conducted in collaboration with the State Government and is aimed at assessing the efficacy of integrating the response mechanisms of the forest department with those of the district administration.<br/><br/>Home Ministry said, in the run-up to this mock exercise, a coordination conference was held with all district magistrates and Divisional Forest Officers through video-conferencing from Dehradun. A detailed discussion was held on the different types of forest fires and how to best respond to them.<br/><br/>The Ministry said, NDMA regularly conducts such mock exercises across the country in its efforts to improve preparedness and response mechanisms for various disaster situations. The Authority has so far conducted more than 550 mock exercises in different States and Union Territories.