Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia to have air rescue unit
Society
Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. Over the past four years, more than
MNT 200 billion was invested in upgrading the equipment of the country’s
emergency service and improving its capacity. It is intended to spend another MNT50
billion in the next two years, said the Deputy Prime Minister Ya. Sodbaatar.
“Within the framework to ensure social and environmental safety, there is an urgent need to improve operations of emergency service. It has been clearly stated in the four-year government action plan," emphasized the Deputy Prime Minister.
Moreover, Mr. Sodbaatar informed, “Yesterday, we received 40 fire and emergency vehicles within the export loan between the governments of Mongolia and Belarus. In addition, we will receive three helicopters from France later this year as part of the non-refundable assistance and grants. By doing so, Mongolia will have an air rescue unit that had not been in the country in the past 30 years.”
Last year, the government resolved to establish an air search and rescue unit under the National Emergency Management Agency based on the Buyant Ukhaa International Airport.
The MAZ fire trucks, which were delivered to the Emergency
services from Belarus yesterday, are two types can be used for rescue operations in traffic accidents and
other disasters, not only for firefighting.
J. Bolor-Erdene
