On the occasion of the 17th anniversary of the establishment of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the professional holiday of its employees, a ceremonial meeting was held in the administrative building of the Ministry.

According to the information provided to APA by the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the team of the Ministry, under the leadership of the Minister of Emergency Situations, Colonel-General Kamaladdin Heydarov, came to the Alley of Honor and paid tribute to the dear memory of the national leader of the Azerbaijani people, Heydar Aliyev, and laid wreaths and flowers in front of his grave.

The memory of prominent ophthalmologist scientist, academician Ms. Zarifa Aliyeva was also honored and flowers were laid on her grave.

Then the Alley of Martyrs was visited, the memory of the sons of the Motherland who died for the independence and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan was commemorated, flowers were placed on their graves.

Later, the meeting held in the administrative building of the Ministry of Emergency Situations began with the playing of the national anthem.

The memory of our martyrs who died for the independence and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan was commemorated with a minute of silence.

Speaking at the meeting, Minister Kamaladdin Heydarov congratulated the personnel on the occasion of the second anniversary of the great historical Victory won in the 44-day Patriotic War, as well as the 17th anniversary of the establishment of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the professional holiday.

Minister Kamaladdin Heydarov said that today, under the leadership of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Mr. Ilham Aliyev, the unprecedented achievements of our country, which is experiencing the most powerful period in its history, derive strength from the strong foundations that the great leader Heydar Aliyev has formed for future development over decades.

Our glorious Victory in the 44-day Patriotic War confirmed this once again: "Our heroic, brave soldiers and officers liberated Karabakh from occupation under the leadership of the victorious Commander-in-Chief, President Ilham Aliyev.

Restoring our territorial integrity and liberating our land from occupation is a brilliant logical result of the development strategy and promotion policy that started with Heydar Aliyev and continued with Ilham Aliyev.

Perseverance on the battlefield,

the will of the leadership continues today with the restoration and construction works carried out in our free lands.

Under the leadership of the head of our state, our territories cleared of the enemy are being rapidly rebuilt, revived, and life is being brought to these lands."

The minister said that during the current year, in accordance with the tasks of the head of the country and the directions of the Ministry's activities, the Ministry of Emergency Situations has duly fulfilled its duties in the direction of ensuring the safety of the population and territories.

In this context, it was noted that the demining works of the areas freed from occupation by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs continued without interruption, and the fires that occurred were extinguished thanks to prompt intervention.

In addition, necessary measures were taken by the relevant security control institutions of the Ministry of Emergency Situations regarding the reconstruction projects carried out in the liberated territories.

Thanks to the attention and care of the head of the country, serious measures have been taken to enrich the technical park of the Ministry's institutions in the territories freed from occupation.

Thus, it is a matter of great pride for the personnel of the Ministry that the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Mr. Ilham Aliyev, personally got acquainted with the special equipment purchased by the Ministry of Emergency Situations and used in the territories freed from occupation on December 9 of this year.

Minister K. Heydarov emphasized that operational conditions in the field of fire protection were kept in focus during the current year, and fire incidents were prevented from spreading and resulting in serious consequences.

Thus, in the current year, 15,810 fire incidents were recorded in the republic, including 4,118 in Baku city, and 308 in liberated territories.

Out of them, only 9 fires were extinguished with a high number of calls.

An average of 48 fires were reported every day.

44 fire incidents occurred in forest areas.

During 19 fires in cotton fields and stations, only 3 tons of cotton burned, and 452 tons of cotton were protected from fire.

In total, 75 state objects, 390 private objects, 305 multi-apartment buildings, 536 private houses, 458 auxiliary buildings, 288 pieces of equipment of various purposes were protected during the extinguishing of fires, and the lives of 90 people were saved from real danger.

During the extinguishing of the fires, 1169 people were evacuated to a safe area, taking into account the factors of danger to human life.

It was noted that during the current year, the "112" hotline of the Ministry received a total of 2.5 million calls or about 7,000 calls per day on various topics, including fire, explosion, car accident and other issues, and the received requests were promptly responded to. provided.

For the purpose of fire control, more than 68,000 fire-technical inspections were conducted in social, industrial, transport, communication, agricultural facilities, service areas and other facilities, and letters of demand containing more than 439,000 requests were given to facility managers and owners to eliminate the detected deficiencies. .

At the same time, 93 thousand citizens, as well as 95 thousand workers and servants were instructed about fire safety.

Special risk rescue teams are involved in road traffic accidents, detection of weapons and ammunition, prevention of suicide attempts, unaided condition in an apartment, being in an elevator, etc.

participated in 1423 different search and emergency rescue operations.

During the elimination of the consequences of emergencies and accidents, 1667 victims, including 463 children, were rescued, 37 victims were given first aid.

In addition, rescuers removed the bodies of 92 people from deformed vehicles, behind closed doors and from under the rubble.

Firefighters and rescuers responded to 134 traffic and other accidents, 270 people were taken out of deformed vehicles and brought to medical centers in the area, bodies of 46 dead people were taken out of the cars and handed over to the authorities.

Also, there were speeches related to 16 explosion incidents, 22 people who were injured under the debris were removed from the scene and handed over to the relevant authorities.

During the current year, a total of 225 people, including 120 people who were in danger of drowning in controlled beach areas and 105 people in uncontrolled non-beach areas, were rescued by divers and rescuers. The bodies of 58 people who drowned in uncontrolled non-beach areas were found and handed over.

In addition, in 6,970 objects where construction works were carried out by individuals and legal entities, regardless of their purpose, state control of construction was carried out in connection with compliance with the requirements of construction norms and rules, compliance with the project, implementation of safety measures, and provision of technical and author control of the work done.

In the oil and gas extraction industry, liquid and natural gas facilities, boiler, hoisting and power plants, underground protection and mining control, chemical, petrochemical and oil and gas processing industry, metallurgical industry, grain products enterprises, hazardous potential industry In order to control the safe performance of work in the production of equipment and processing industry, transportation of dangerous goods by motor vehicles, railway, air and sea transport, highway pipelines and other similar areas, technical inspections were conducted on more than 29 thousand devices and equipment with potential danger in 2474 enterprises.

Also, the knowledge of technical safety rules of 3932 workers and engineering and technical workers was checked.

In order to ensure the radiation safety of the population and the environment and verify the organization of physical protection of ionizing radiation sources, 162 control measures were carried out in medical, industrial and scientific research institutions, as well as identification and dosimetric control of 280 radioactive sources during the import-export operations of radioactive sources.

Based on the requests of entrepreneurs, methodical assistance was provided to 84 institutions to strengthen radiation safety, and to 75 institutions to strengthen measures for emergency preparedness and response, inspections were conducted in 100 medical institutions regarding the correct observance of radiation safety rules.

524 different units and devices containing radiation sources were transported by domestic routes,

In accordance with the requirements of the current legislation, 182 small vessels belonging to individuals and legal entities were initially registered, 450 small vessels were re-registered, technical inspection of 2199 small vessels was carried out based on the request of ship owners.

The Minister noted that in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the declaration of 2023 as the "Year of Heydar Aliyev" in the Republic of Azerbaijan, next year the Ministry of Emergency Situations will celebrate the birth of the National Leader of the Azerbaijani people, the founder of the independent state of Azerbaijan, prominent politician and statesman Heydar Aliyev. A series of events will be held on the occasion of the 100th anniversary.

K. Heydarov reminding that all the achieved achievements are the result of the attention and care of Mr. Ilham Aliyev, the President of the country, the Victorious Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, who successfully continued and developed the progressive political line defined by Heydar Aliyev, the founder of the modern state of Azerbaijan, the greatest Azerbaijani of all times, On behalf of the staff of the Ministry, he expressed deep gratitude to the head of state for his attitude towards the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

He emphasized that the Ministry of Emergency Situations will continue to work diligently in order to justify the highest trust of the country's leadership and ensure reliable protection of the population and territories.

Then a video dedicated to the activities of the Ministry prepared by the Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations was shown.

Later, awards were presented to a group of employees of the Ministry who were awarded with the relevant decrees signed by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mr. Ilham Aliyev.

The meeting was also informed about the order of the Minister of Emergency Situations on measures to encourage employees who distinguished themselves in the service.

In the end, an appeal to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Mr. Ilham Aliyev, was accepted on behalf of the meeting participants.