Ulaanbaatar
Over 500 lives saved this year
Society
Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/ The Emergency Management Department of the Capital City (EMDCC) reported today on disasters and accidents happened this year in the capital city and the responsive measures it has conducted.
This year, the Department has received 1845 calls of disastrous occurrence, household and industrial accidents in the capital city, 1609 or 87.2 percent out of them were calls about building fires, 235 or 12.7 percent -- search-rescue work, and call of forest and steppe fire.
Compared with the same period of previous year, calls regarding search-rescue activity increased by 35 percent but a decrease has been observed in building fire incidents (18.6 percent), disaster and industrial accidents (3.9 percent respectively).
Colonel G.Nergui, chairman of Disaster Prevention Division of EMDCC, said “Entire staff of the EMDCC, police organization and rescue unit of the city worked to cope with these calls, saving over 500 lives and properties worth MNT13.4 billion.”
In connection with recent heavy rainfalls and flooding, the EMDCC is taking intensive actions on prevention of flood danger, distributing information and warnings and placing warning signs on risky sites.
This year, the Department has received 1845 calls of disastrous occurrence, household and industrial accidents in the capital city, 1609 or 87.2 percent out of them were calls about building fires, 235 or 12.7 percent -- search-rescue work, and call of forest and steppe fire.
Compared with the same period of previous year, calls regarding search-rescue activity increased by 35 percent but a decrease has been observed in building fire incidents (18.6 percent), disaster and industrial accidents (3.9 percent respectively).
Colonel G.Nergui, chairman of Disaster Prevention Division of EMDCC, said “Entire staff of the EMDCC, police organization and rescue unit of the city worked to cope with these calls, saving over 500 lives and properties worth MNT13.4 billion.”
In connection with recent heavy rainfalls and flooding, the EMDCC is taking intensive actions on prevention of flood danger, distributing information and warnings and placing warning signs on risky sites.
M.Unurzul
