The regional units of the Rescue Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was summarized the activities implemented in September, which were aimed at the professional development of personnel, the prevention of emergency situations, as well as the enhancement of public awareness and resilience.

Special tactical and table-top exercises, training sessions, seminars and practical drills were conducted across all regions of the Republic. The activities covered key aspects of organizing the response of the population and relevant agencies to natural and man-made hazards, including fires, earthquakes, landslides, floods and other emergency situations.

Special attention was paid to teaching fire safety rules and the skills for acting correctly and safely in case of a fire.

Practical exercises on warning, evacuation and sheltering were conducted in a number of settlements across the regions, during which civil defense sirens were used. The participants learned the sequence of actions to take when civil defense sirens were sounded, as well as the procedures for the evacuation and sheltering of the population.

Simulations of response actions to hazardous natural phenomena and major accidents were also conducted. The specialized tactical exercises were organized based on scenarios involving earthquakes, partial structural collapses, landslides, flooding, industrial accidents and other hypothetical events.

Through various specific activities, skills were refined in areas such as search and rescue operations on Lake Sevan, extracting casualties from debris, providing first aid, conducting emergency recovery operations in case of a tailings dam collapse and organizing urgent measures in response to outbreaks of acute infectious diseases.

The hypothetical scenarios were developed during table-top exercises.

The training sessions and seminars addressing the impact of hazardous natural phenomena were held at a number of educational institutions.

The activities conducted by the regional units of the Rescue Service of the MIA were aimed at enhancing organized response capabilities for emergency situations and improving the effectiveness of population protection.