Simulation Game: Crisis Management-Chapter 297 - 151: Decision-Making (Part 3)

Concerning this point, actually as early as at the Provincial Government Hospital, Gu Ji had already mentioned it.

The tiered medical treatment system originated from the Russian Military Medical Academy during World War I and subsequently gained the attention of many national military health officials. The Xia Kingdom introduced the concept of stepped treatment into wartime and disaster medical rescue systems in 1965 and named it tiered medical treatment.

"And lastly, I suggest that the Police Headquarters immediately organize police and firefighters, ready to participate in emergency rescue work at any time. Traffic control should be implemented to restrict road vehicle movement. If necessary, assistance should be sought from the Central Cabinet Government and military region troops to dispatch the army to assist with disaster relief handling. The army has a quick response capability and high mobility, far surpassing the police and firefighters in execution. After major natural disasters occur, they often react the fastest, playing a vital role in reducing losses, rescuing lives, and stabilizing morale."

If the previous suggestion by Gu Ji to transfer the populace was just surprising, now it’s completely shocking.

Even Fatima stood stunned beside him for a long time.

The reason for their shock was not only Gu Ji’s detailed control over the emergency response plan but mainly the many perspectives that they dared not even think of!

That’s right.

In fact, these disaster prevention experiences supplemented by Gu Ji are not considered very ingenious solutions in the Xia Kingdom or globally. They’re merely grounded in standing on the shoulders of giants.

But why couldn’t these higher-ups in the provincial government think of it?

The reason is simple: bureaucratic constraints!

For world-class powerful nations, governments need to have the capability to concentrate resources, which means having a strong mobilization ability, because this is the only way to maximize resource mobilization to respond to national disasters.

The foundation of this lies in the country having a strong central government, which is the core. Only when the central government is strong can it gather regional forces to form a cohesive force. Due to complex reasons such as ethnicity and religion, the central government of India has relatively general control power, with many local states being unwilling to cooperate.

Especially for remote minority regions like Assam, it’s basically very hard to manage.

So from the beginning, the Minister of Transport didn’t consider reporting to the central government for resource allocation.

Another point worth mentioning is military disaster relief.

The purpose and mission of armies worldwide are to protect their citizens’ lives and property and respond to wars initiated by other nations. In special times, the military can also act as a rescue force.

In the Xia Kingdom, it’s very common for special police, armed police, and the military to be involved in emergency rescue and disaster relief, but in Western countries, armies generally do not assume disaster relief tasks. When Australia faced bushfires before, the Australian government tried to mobilize the national army for disaster relief, but it faced clear refusal from the Australian Army, as they are not professional firefighters and are prone to injury. Eventually, Australia had to request international assistance to have professional international firefighting teams come to the rescue.

Even the United States military often does not want to participate in disaster relief because of the federal system, where the military cannot be used arbitrarily domestically. Compared to the less capable, cumbersome to mobilize, federally controlled army with political risks, state governments often prefer to use the National Guard.

The same goes for India.

Their army has limited manpower, and aside from those deployed in border areas and the reserve forces retained internally, the troops that can actually be mobilized are very few. Plus, due to system issues, the military seldom gets involved in disaster relief, and state governments are reluctant to humble themselves and seek help.

Therefore, these suggestions by Gu Ji seemed rather "audacious" in their eyes. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

The Chief Minister was silent for quite a while before coughing twice to ease the awkwardness.

"Vidi’s proposal is worth pondering. Keep a close eye on changes in weather and environment, prepare materials. Ministers of Transport and Meteorology, you’ll be responsible for communicating with the central government. The Minister of Agriculture should actively cooperate. As for seeking help from the military, it still needs to be discussed. Alright, this meeting ends here. All departments should act according to the strategy immediately. I will have the secretary send out specific action plans to each of you!"

"Yes!"

Many county heads and ministers responded in unison.

Before leaving, several ministers gave Gu Ji a sharp look, seemingly still blaming him for imposing unnecessary burdens on them. Even his superior, the Minister of Agriculture, didn’t bother to manage him.

But in reality, Gu Ji’s arrangement is still not a perfect solution.

Not to mention that the army can’t be involved in disaster relief, even if the Chief Minister agreed to contact the military, the Indian military’s role would still be limited. Firstly, India’s infrastructure is very poor, with few transportation routes and weak flood control facilities. Secondly, the military lacks specialized emergency rescue and disaster relief training.

In Gu Ji’s impression, in many countries, the military is only used for war, while disaster relief and rescue belong to the concept of "non-war military actions". Only the armies of major powers would emphasize the capability to perform diverse tasks, such as providing humanitarian assistance in disasters, executing peacekeeping missions, imposing sanctions, demonstrating force, etc.

So the Indian military going for disaster relief could at most save people but fundamentally cannot perform flood interception and flood control.

The meeting room quickly emptied out.

Only a few people from the Department of Disaster Management remained on site. The Minister, pursing his lips, looked at the handsome Gu Ji and increasingly felt that he was not simple.

As a department established specifically to prevent and address disasters in India, being appointed minister of it is no simple task.