March 1 is the World Civil Defense Day!

In accordance with the Resolution of the General Assembly of the International Civil Defense Organization, World Civil Defense Day is celebrated on March 1, which this year is held under the motto: "The role of information technology in risk assessment."

In honor of the celebration of the World Civil Defense Day , the Department of Emergency Situations of Astana held a solemn event in the building of the State Academic Philharmonic named after E. Rakhmadiev. The grand opening was held by the Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Civil Defense and Military Units of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan Alexey Sovetov, Head of the Emergency Department of Astana Kuanar Bazarbayev. The invited guests made a congratulatory speech by the head of the Department for Youth Policy Kairat Kambarov, the chief imam of the capital Yerbolat Zhusipov.

The chief imam of the capital, Yerbolat Zhusipov, congratulated the employees on the holiday and expressed special gratitude to the capital's rescuers who participated in the aftermath of the earthquake in Turkey.

Exhibition and display of equipment, demonstration of rescue equipment and equipment, awarding of the winners-participants of the contest "AK salasyndagy uzdik suret", "AK salasyndagy uzdik beinerolik", "AK salasyndagy uzdik poster", also "For active participation in the World GO Day" awarded the heads of organizations all this was present at the event and ended with a concert program.

Civil defense deals not only with the protection of the population during the war, but also with the rescue of citizens in natural and man-made disasters and other extreme situations, as a result of which ordinary people may suffer. And also, it is engaged not only in preventing and eliminating the consequences of these incidents, but also in conducting explanatory work among the population on how to behave in such a situation. So, for the current year, 128 trainees from various organizations of the city have been trained on the basis of the Department in the field of civil protection, as well as 194 exercises and trainings have been conducted at city facilities.

As part of the celebration of the World Civil Defense Day, the Department of Emergency Situations of Astana is carrying out a set of measures aimed at improving the safety culture of the population (children), promoting knowledge about civil defense and drawing public attention to important tasks performed by civil protection services. An "Open Day" was organized in all fire departments of the city with a demonstration of fire equipment, equipment and equipment, as well as a visit to the museum of firefighters and rescuers by secondary school students. The schools of the capital organized open lessons, flash mobs, sports relay races such as putting on gas masks, transferring victims, providing first aid, using primary fire extinguishing equipment, etc. Great attention is paid to the younger generation.

Nowadays, when various natural and man-made accidents and threats of emergency situations occur daily, holding such events is very important. It makes it possible to teach the population the rules of behavior in a particular critical situation, to test the knowledge and skills of specialists in the field of life safety, to check plans for the use of forces and means and their effectiveness in practice, to identify problematic issues, to discuss the prospects for the development of this area together with local executive bodies. All events to celebrate the World Civil Defense Day are aimed at raising public awareness of actions in the event of an emergency.

For reference: Civil defense is an integral part of the state civil protection system designed to implement measures carried out in peacetime and wartime to protect the population and territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan from modern means of destruction and emergency situations of a natural and man–made nature.

Every year, the divisions of the Metropolitan Department of Emergency Situations make an average of more than 5,000 thousand departures, liquidate more than 700 fires and fires, save and evacuate more than 1,000 lives. In 2022 alone, 831 fires occurred, 55502 operational visits to emergency and emergency work were carried out, more than 700 people were rescued and evacuated. The emergency number 112 received 589,122 thousand calls in 2022.