A conference dedicated to World Civil Defense Day was held at Azerbaijan Technical University under the organization of the Ministries of Emergency Situations and Science and Education.

APA informs that at the conference on "The role of information technologies in risk assessment", Deputy Minister of Emergencies Lieutenant General Ragim Latifov, Deputy Minister of Science and Education Firudin Gurbanov, Deputy Chairman of the State Urban Planning and Architecture Committee Devletkhan Devletkhanov, members of the apparatus and structural divisions of the Ministry of Emergency Situations attended the conference. employees of the Azerbaijan Delegation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Azerbaijan Delegation of the International Organization for Migration, the Azerbaijan Red Crescent Society, the Azerbaijan Delegation of the United Nations Children's Fund, the Azerbaijan Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the "BP-Azerbaijan" Company, as well as the central and local executive authorities, committees,Officials of agencies and other enterprises and organizations participated.

First, the participants of the event laid a wreath in front of the bust of the great leader Heydar Aliyev in the lobby of the university and expressed their respect to the memory of the National Leader.

At the beginning of the event, a video about the activities of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the field of civil defense was shown.

Major General Niyazi Zamanov, who opened the meeting with an opening speech, informed the participants that the main goal of celebrating the World Civil Defense Day is the organization of civil defense, which is the protection of the population and territories from emergencies. is to involve in the issues.

It was noted that the development of the oil and gas industry in the republic, the natural and geographical conditions in which our country is located, and the possibility of natural and man-made emergency situations always exist, show how urgent this issue is today.

The head of the department said that in connection with the celebration of "March 1 World Civil Defense Day", it is of great importance to hold various events in the field of civil defense promotion, including exhibitions, conferences, open classes, and trainings throughout our country.

Niyazi Zamanov emphasized that one of the other important issues in the field of civil defense is the revision of the existing legal framework in our country, the adaptation of existing normative legal documents to the requirements of the modern era.

He gave extensive information to the event participants about the work done in this field.

At the same time, in his speech, the head of the General Administration stated that emergency risk assessment, which is one of the current issues of the modern era, is considered a convenient method for predicting possible natural and man-made disasters in advance, and the importance of the role of special information technologies and communication to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of disaster response measures. .

The main tasks in emergency risk assessment are obtaining information about the long-term probability and danger of disasters through information technologies,

General director of the Republican Seismological Service Center under the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, corresponding member of ANAS, professor Gurban Yetirmishli spoke at the event.

He gave detailed information to the participants of the event about the seismic risk in the seismic zones of the Republic of Azerbaijan and ways to reduce it.

Rustam Hasanov, Advisor to the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Azerbaijan, in his speech, spoke about the creation of an Early Warning System for hazardous atmospheric events in the country, the operation of early radiological warning monitoring control networks in order to protect the population from the danger of radiation and to keep the radiation conditions under control, and to carry out local educational activities in order to prevent forest fires. and installation of surveillance cameras, as well as detailed information on environmental, radiological and hydrological monitoring in the liberated territories.

Anar Mirzayev, the head of the Business Security Department of the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of the Republic of Azerbaijan, "Azercell Telecom" LLC, spoke to the event participants about the types of global risks in the country, the role, types and importance of information technologies in risk assessment, as well as the early earthquake warning system and operational earthquake forecasting. gave detailed information.


Later, William Abi Abdullah, deputy head of the Azerbaijan Delegation of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Ignacio Garcia Casares, deputy head of the Azerbaijan Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross, made speeches on the topic.

In the end, on the occasion of "March 1 - World Civil Defense Day", as well as the employees who stood out for their effective activities in the field of organizing civil defense work in the organizations they represented, were awarded with "Decree of Honor" on behalf of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

The awards were presented by Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations, Lieutenant General Ragim Latifov, and Deputy Chairman of the State Urban Planning and Architecture Committee, Devletkhan Devletkhanov.