The Department of Emergency Situations of the Almaty region conducts joint cross-border exercises with the Kyrgyz Republic

As part of the implementation of the agreement on the prevention and extinguishing of wildfires in the border territories of the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States and the occurrence of cross-border emergencies on July 25, 2023, joint cross-border exercises with the Kyrgyz Republic are being held in the Almaty region in the Kegen district on the topic: "Organization of extinguishing forest-steppe fires".

The Karkarinsky rural district, 7 kilometers southwest of the village of Mynzhylky, (Karkara Tyup border crossing) has been designated as the venue for the joint exercise.

The purpose of the exercise is to work out practical interaction between the units of the Emergency Department of the Almaty region, the units of the Emergency Department of the Kyrgyz Republic in the Issyk-Kul region and the employees of the KGU "Kegensky Forestry" in the elimination of transboundary forest-steppe fires of various complexity categories.

As part of the exercise, measures were worked out to extinguish a conditional fire with the involvement of employees of the Emergency Department of the Almaty region, the Emergency Department of the Kyrgyz Republic in the Issyk-Kul region, employees of the KGU "Kegensky Forestry" and local executive bodies. Practical exercises were worked out, as well as an algorithm for crossing the state border with special equipment and personnel.