The State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kirovohrad Region

The OSCE Project Coordinator in Ukraine, together with donor countries, is working to strengthen the capacity for humanitarian demining of areas contaminated with explosives in the framework of the Project “Mine Development Capacity of Ukraine”. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine and the Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine are the beneficiaries of this Project.

The statistics of deaths on water bodies are impressive: since the beginning of the year, water has claimed the lives of 96 people, including 3 children. Only in March, 4 people died and 8 more were rescued. Despite the warnings of rescuers, despite the warming, citizens continue to go out on the ice of the reservoirs, exposing themselves to direct danger. Such a careless attitude to one's own life and health can threaten a person with death, but the worst thing is that citizens do not even think about such consequences!

Pyrotechnic units of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine carry out daily work on survey of the country's territory, detection, seizure and disposure of explosives from the times of past wars. In the past 24 hours alone, on March 1, 18 on-site visits were made, during which 114 munitions were identified.

On February 26, 4th year cadets of the Faculty of Operational and Rescue Forces of the National University of Civil Protection of Ukraine, who are currently mastering the educational and professional program “Radiation and Chemical Protection”, passed an international online training program on training users of modern devices of chemical, radiation and biological reconnaissance and control ProChem100i.

During the recent week (February 22–28) the units of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine performed interventions to prevent emergencies, ensured rapid response to accidents and consequence relief, fire-fighting, and other rescue activities. Since the beginning of the week there were 1 148 events reported that were responded to by the SES units with intervention to the sites. As a result of these interventions, there were 79 persons saved.

On February 25, the Chief of the General Inspectorate for Emergencies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Moldova Mikhail Harabadziu, accompanied by the Head of the SES Mykola Chechotkin and the Deputy Head of the Service Mykola Ilchenko visited the Mobile Hospital of the SES. Mykola Chechotkin said that the hospital is fully ready to receive patients with COVID-19: it is equipped with autonomous life support systems and can function independently as a health care facility. Mikhail Harabadziu inspected the area and got acquainted with the structure of the hospital.

During 23 - 24 February, 2021 in Tulcea, Romania, the first meeting of the Steering Committee of the "Joint Response to Emergencies around the Danube - JERAD" Project funded by the Joint Operational Program Romania - Ukraine 2014-2020 and implemented by the Main Department together with Delta Emergency Inspectorate in Tulcea County, Romania.

A meeting of the Steering Committee of the Program for Prevention, Preparedness and Response to Natural and Man-Made Disasters in the PPRD East 3 Eastern Partnership countries was held online on February 24. Under the chairmanship of the Program Director Mariel Petterson, the participants of the meeting - representatives of the Program from different countries - discussed a number of important issues related to the implementation of PPRD East 3.

On February 23, a meeting with the president of the donor organization Lichtim Osten (Switzerland) Matthias Schöne took place at Zaporizhia Regional State Administration. The participants were the leadership of Zaporizhia Regional State Administration, of the Main Department of the SES in Zaporizhia oblast, of the public organization "City Assistance Center".

On February 17, 2021, an online working meeting, chaired by Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Kateryna Pavlichenko, was held, during which participants discussed the organization and holding of celebrations on the occasion of International Women's Day.

Poltava garrison rescuers of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine received firefighting and fire-rescue equipment from colleagues from Scotland as part of humanitarian aid. Scottish Emergency Rescue Association and Blythswood Саге provided firefighters with gloves, helmets, fire jackets and trousers, helmets, shoes, feed hoses, rope rescue kits, sliding stretcher, inflatable shelter and generators.

On February 16, representatives of the UN Refugee Agency met with the leadership of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Donetsk Oblast, handed over certificates and passed over 23 sets of tools and equipment for rescuers who will carry out restoration work in settlements on the demarcation line, worth almost three million UAH.

The event is one of the stages of preparation for the EADRCC Consequence Management Command Post and Field Exercises “NORTH MACEDONIA 2021”, which is scheduled for 20 – 24 September 2021 in Ohrid, Northern Macedonia. The overall objective of the exercise will be to enhance synergies and strengthen the national capacity of NATO member and partner countries to respond to emergencies.

On February 8, the President of the Alberta Ukraine Chamber of Commerce Vitalii Milentiev, paid an official visit to the Department of the SES of Ukraine in Ivano-Frankivsk oblast. During the visit, a meeting was held with the Head of the Department of the SES of Ukraine in Ivano-Frankivsk oblast Volodymyr Chernetskyi.

On February 7, the Department of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Ivano-Frankivsk oblast hosted an online conference with the representatives of the Canadian organization “Firefighter Aid Ukraine”, which has been helping Ukrainian firefighters for many years.

Since the beginning of 2021 on water Ukraine killed at least 60 people. Rescuers are working daily warning of emergencies related deaths in reservoirs, conducting preventive work with the population, teach citizens algorithm of actions in case of falling under the ice. At the same time, for those who ignore the warnings of emergency workers, going out on the ice can turn into a tragedy!

Taking care of children's safety, teaching them to behave properly in extreme situations is an urgent task for all adults, because children are the future of the nation. It is very unfortunate that the irresponsibility and inadequate attention of parents to teaching their children the rules of safe living lead to unfortunate consequences.

On February 2, a working meeting of the staff of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Odesa Oblast with representatives of Delta of the Emergency Situations Inspectorate in Tulcea County, Romania, took place via video conference.

Tactical-special exercises, trainings and practical classes with the population occupy an important place in the activity of the State Service of Ukraine for Emergencies. In addition to helping firefighters improve their professional skills, such activities also allow them to work together with other emergency services and emergency workers.

Recently, researchers of the Department of Occupational Safety and Technogenic and Environmental Safety of the National University of Civil Defense of Ukraine took part in the final conference of the project "Equality for Security" "Lessons and prospects for localization of the National Action Plan" Women, Peace, Security "in Ukraine". The event, which brought together more than 200 people online, was attended by representatives of the Government, international and non-governmental organizations, who discussed the problematic issues of the implementation of the National Action Plan and practical case studies of the campaigns.

For several weeks in a row, the rescuers have been persistently warning the citizens about the avalanche danger on the slopes of the Carpathians. Snowfalls and blizzards in the highlands pose a direct threat to human life and health of tourists who, despite the warnings of the rescuers, go to the mountains in bad weather. Rescuers are permanently involved in the search and rescue of people who lost the way, particularly in the mountains, and deviated from the planned route, or got injuries during the hike.

During the recent week (January 25 – 31) the units of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine performed interventions to prevent emergencies, ensured rapid response to accidents and consequence relief, fire-fighting, and other rescue activities. Since the beginning of the week there were 1 182 events reported that were responded to by the SES units with intervention to the sites. As a result of these interventions, there were 102 persons saved.

The event is one of the stages of preparation for the EADRCC Consequence Management Command Post and Field Exercises “NORTH MACEDONIA 2021”, which is scheduled for 20 – 24 September 2021 in Ohrid, Northern Macedonia. The overall objective of the exercise will be to enhance synergies and strengthen the national capacity of NATO member and partner countries to respond to emergencies.

A fire in an illegal private home for the elderly in Kharkiv that claimed the lives of 16 elderly people shook the whole of Ukraine. The tragedy showed the terrible consequences of non-compliance with fire regulations. To prevent a repeat of the disaster, rescuers carry out raids on institutions that care for the elderly, where they check whether the fire safety standards in the premises, as well as remind staff and wards of fire and man-made safety rules that must be followed.

No bad weather or warning of the Rescue Service does not stop citizens from seeking a "thrill". And it is not only about appeals of rescuers to take care of fire safety in the home, in view of the growing number of fires in the residential sector of the country, but also about the warnings not to go to the mountains and water bodies.