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Well as far as the other metropolis are concerned, things are pretty much the same as far as planning and executing the plans when disaster strikes are concerned.
the equipment availability, the personnel vary.
For eg. mumbai still doesent have a standardised emergency service, unlike cities like hyderabad, ahmedabad, where you have one standard no. for all emergencies, based on the 911 of the US.
The ambulances are also pretty neat and could very easily stand up to the level of an ACLS ambulance in the US. but where we have the infrastructure, human resource is scarce. there are very few accredited paramedic training programs... and hence the improper utilisation of resource.
You have to see the fire brigades at the hyderabad airport to believe them, they are probably better than the fire brigades in the US, each has atleast 4 fire dousing method capabilities, and the staff that run them has been trained in germany. So its not that we dont have the staff or the capability, its about having them at the right place at the right time, and about having them everywhere.
Its just now that India is realizing the need for EM services and i guess it will take time for things to settle in.
I expect things to be very very different at the 2010 commonwealth games in delhi, but then certain things are dependant upon political will and unless that is born, im afraid such things will keep happening.