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Azerbaijani President attends the opening ceremony of newly-commissioned administrative building of the Ministry of Emergency Situations

12 November 2008 17:58 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Elnur Mammadli-APA. President Ilham Aliyev attended the opening ceremony of a newly-commissioned administrative building of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. The Presidentâ€™s Press service told APA that the Head of State had familiarized himself with inside and outside of the building. After Minister of Emergency Situations Kemaladdin Heydarovâ€™s report to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the President entered the building and visited the bust of Heydar Aliyev. The Head of State got acquainted with dispensary and different rooms on the ground floor. Further, the President was interested in the work of the Emergency Operations Center. The Head of State was informed in detail about the activity of the center.

The president was told that the center received reports about emergency situations from various facilities, law-enforcement bodies and dispatcher services of other bodies through 112 within 24 hours.

The president familiarized himself with the working principles of the operation room and e-map of Baku. All settlements, highways, water reservoir, rivers and all strategic facilities of Azerbaijan are shown on the e-map. Fire, warning alarms are for the first time received here. The president was told that the most advanced practice of the world had been used while establishing the center.

Following this, the head of state reviewed the hall of crisis management on the 11th floor of the building. The president was told that the hall was destined for effective management of the forces involved in elimination of critical situation. 16 jobs were created for the ministryâ€™s group chiefs and the representatives of other government agencies. Every representative has a telephone connected with the automated telephone station. Special cameras will be installed here. 8 cameras have already been installed in various places of the city.

Following the report to the president, a direct videoconference was held with several organizations subordinated to the ministry. Dynamics of tactic special training carried out by the rescue groups of the Ministry of Emergency Situation during the prearranged explosion and fire in the high rise building under construction in Yasamal District, as well as special training in Baku Bay were demonstrated.

President Ilham Aliyev highly appreciated the MES activity. The president noted that a great work has been done by the ministry since its establishing and underlined important steps made toward the correct rescue operations and security in Azerbaijan. â€œAzerbaijani state gives very great attention to this field. The ministry is provided with new modern equipments to guarantee the peopleâ€™s security, to prevent unpleasant cases and to eliminate its results. The worldâ€™s most advantageous technologies should be implemented in Azerbaijan. The Ministry of Emergency Situation was provided with modern techniques and conditions for its successful activity. The ministryâ€™s regional branches will also be provided with the equipments of most modern standardsâ€.

Then the head of state became acquainted with the multimedia center of the Ministry of Emergency Situation with modern technical equipments. Ilham Aliyev visited the new assembly hall of the ministry and had a look at the special buses for the crisis management on the accident site.