Bomb Scare
Bomb Threat in Infosys
From our special correspondent
It was 00:15 when an anonymous person tipped about a possible bomb being planted in Infosys Bangalore. Infosys rapid action emergency response team took control. They evacuated all the employees of both Infosys as well as Progeon. Nearly 1500 employees were evacuated in less than 20 minutes. The individual project leads took charge, gathered their teams and took roll calls. To reduce the possible loss of man hours, structures were checked, certified and released in phased manner. Progeon with most no of employees was cleared by 1:30 itself. Normalcy was restored within a few hours.
Even though several hours were spent over a hoax call, it gave an opportunity to test the emergency preparedness. It showed the management skills of the employees who took control during an emergency as well as the efficiency of the security team who were able to clear the structure in an hour.
- Dheepak Ra
posted by Baejaar at 5:14 PM
2 Comments:
Nice to know news directly from Infy...but 20 minutes is bit high to evacuate just 1500 people...
Hi Anbu
20 minutes might seem a bit high. But thats the time since the call was first recieved at a police station. From there info needs to pass to Infosys, then to the ERT and everyone has to be evacuated after that. Majority of them were evacuated in less than 15 minutes. It is the last few who do the mop up - confirming that nobody is left behind in the building who returned after 20 mins.
Another point to note this isnt linear. If 1500 employees were evacuated in 20 min, 15000 wont take 200 min. It will be exactly the same. They will be evacuated in parallel.
Still wondering what makes you think that I am working in Infosys?
- Dheepak Ra
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