Ildar Khalikov participates in teleconference dedicated to All-Russia civil defence training

4 October 2012, Thursday
Tatarstan’s Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov participated in a teleconference on issues of holding All-Russia civil defence training held by Chairman of the Russian Government Dmitry Medvedev.

Ildar Khalikov delivered a speech addressed to chiefs of ministries and agencies, enterprises and organisations involved in implementation of civil defence measures who gathered at the Government House. He said that training and population warning is an important part of civil defence.
Opening the event, Russia’s PM said that such trainings are very useful.

“It must help us to see our opportunities and shortcomings, determine areas of further work. The speed of information transfer about natural, technogenic disasters depends on well-coordinated work, as well as timely decision making - on immediate warning of citizens about problems encountered. Therefore, we will have more chances to influence the situation and help people who get into trouble. In the present-day world there is a wide range of tasks faced by the civil defence,” he said.

Dmitry Medvedev congratulated all participants of the meeting on the 80th anniversary of the civil defence.

“We must improve the system we have been developing for a long time, apply it in our work, using modern protection facilities, monitoring and forecasting technologies,” he said.

The Russian Minister of emergency situations Vladimir Puchkov noted that such training is held for the first time.

“Analysis of the first round of all-Russia training shows that the management system and civil defense forces are generally ready to implement the set tasks,” he said.

Vladimir Puchkov informed that the plan on increasing readiness of management bodies and forces for fulfilling civil defence measures and population protection based on current requirements will be prepared according to results of the training.

Later on, civil defence chiefs from several Russian subjects made reports about activities conducted within the framework of training.
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