The Department of Emergency Situations of Astana summed up the results of activities for 2022. The capital's firefighters-rescuers rescued people and animals from burning flames, from snow drifts, helped victims of road accidents, engaged in search and rescue operations, rescued fishermen and drowning from the water, leaving no one on the sidelines.
In 2022, 846 emergencies were registered on the territory of the capital, 12 of them of a natural nature, 834 of a man–made nature, in which 260 people were injured and 28 people died.
The 112 phone number received more than 589,122 calls of various kinds, the city's population was notified 308 times.
Departments of the Department have made 5502 trips to rescue and emergency work. As a result, 581 people were rescued by the personnel, 173 people were evacuated, pre-medical medical care was provided to 47 victims.
On fire safety:
In 2022, 831 fires were registered, in which 21 people died and 31 people were injured of varying severity. Material damage amounted to 176 million tenge. The main causes of fires are violation of the rules of installation and technical operation of electrical equipment, careless handling of fire, violation of fire safety rules during operation of heating furnaces.
So, within the framework of the yard bypass, the engineering and inspection staff carried out explanatory work among the population, where as a result 34,358 residential buildings were passed with coverage of 64,828 people, 427 gatherings were held with the population, where 5,977 people were covered. In addition, 2,589 raids were carried out on the places of residence of persons of the social risk group (low-mobility, disadvantaged, large families, etc.) covering 5,522 people, while 813 raids were carried out jointly with the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Bathing period:
Active work was carried out during the bathing season. In order to ensure the safety of citizens in the reservoirs of the capital, employees of the Department, together with police officers, National Guard, public workers and volunteers, conducted daily patrols and raid events (1989) in the most dangerous areas of the water areas with the distribution of memos and pamphlets (in the amount of 79,000 pcs.) on compliance with safety rules
on the water. Also, 644 administrative protocols were drawn up by employees of the internal affairs bodies. 432 signs, information stands, floating buoys were installed, the bottom of reservoirs of three recreation areas was examined. At the same time, despite the activities carried out in the waters of the capital during the bathing season, 4 people died, 3 of them children. In addition, since the beginning of the 2022 bathing season, 6 people have been rescued by rescuers in the waters of the capital.
Winter period:
In order to coordinate and timely eliminate natural and man-made emergencies, 11 meetings of the city Emergency Commission were prepared and held. A situational map with 16 snow-bearing areas with a length of 40 km has been formed. The Department has carried out extensive preventive and practical work to ensure the safety of citizens on reservoirs in winter. With the onset of the ice age, 348 raid events were jointly carried out in the most dangerous areas (12 units), during which conversations and briefings were held with the population (2310) with the distribution of propaganda products (4045 copies) on compliance with safety rules on ice. Together with the akimats of the districts, 133 warning signs "Access to ice is prohibited" have been installed along dangerous sections of the city's reservoirs.
As a result of the preventive work carried out, the death of people was not allowed, 4 people were saved by the forces and means of rapid response.
Flood period:
According to the results of detours for the flood period of 2022, 25 flood-prone areas were identified. So, in 2022, 52,307 m3 of meltwater and groundwater were pumped out by the rescue units of the Department.
- Over the past decades, the work of civil protection bodies has proved that it is an extremely important, in-demand link in the security system. To date, fire safety in the capital is provided by more than 1,500 people, 13 field fire stations. Currently, 2 fire depots are being built in the Koktal MKR. and in the Urker residential area, a PSD is being developed for the construction of another depot along No. 28 Street near the new Nurly Zhol railway station. There are 193 pieces of equipment in service. In 2021-2022, within the framework of the second financial leasing, 48 units of equipment were delivered at the expense of the local budget, all received equipment was distributed to fire departments. Last year turned out to be difficult for the capital's emergency department. Active work was carried out with natural and man-made fires, a large complex of work was carried out to eliminate and prevent emergency situations, hundreds of people and animals, material values were saved. For the current period, the efforts of the Emergency Department of Astana will be focused on solving the main tasks aimed at taking systematic measures to prevent the occurrence of emergency situations, - said the head of the Emergency Department G. Astana Major General Kuanar Bazarbayev.