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PM Introduces Newly Appointed Minister of Territorial Administration and Emergency Situations 00:00 / 01.12.2014
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan introduced newly appointed minister Armen Yeritsyan to the Staff of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Emergency Situations. Congratulating Mr. Yeritsyan on appointment, Hovik Abrahamyan wished him every success and fruitful work. The head of government underscored that in appointing Mr. Yeritsyan as the head of the integrated ministry account was taken of his professional background and long experience in this field. The Premier said to be...
Training exercise at the Government building 14:40 / 28.11.2014
On November 28, a training exercise (practice drill) on the subject: “Implementation of measures on protection of the employees in case of a major fire”, in the building of the RA Government (Government House N3). According to the plan, fire broke out on the third floor of the building, and it was necessary to organize the evacuation of the staff of the ministries and other services and the fire extinguishing operations. The training exercise was headed by RA MES Rescue Service...
Earthquake hits Armenia 23:00 / 25.11.2014
According to the Armenian National Seismic Protection Survey, today, at 22:47 local time, a 2.6 magnitude earthquake struck the territory of Armenia, 10 kilometers south-east of Yeghegnadzor town. The tremor measured magnitude 3 at the epicenter area. The geographical coordinates of the epicenter are north width 39.710 and east length 45.440. The hypocenter of the seismic activity was 10 kilometers beneath the surface. The earthquake was felt in the town of...
9 months statistics of emergency cases has been presented 15:23 / 25.11.2014
The number of victims from emergencies has been decreased On November 25, the Head of RA MES Crisis Management Center, r/s Colonel Hovhannes Khangeldyan held a press conference in the press club “Blitz Info”. The conference was dedicated to the statistics of emergency accidents registered in the country for the first 9 months of 2014. -This year was marked by an abundance of emergency cases, - in his speech noted O. Khangeldyan,- for 9 months, 9525 cases were registered at...
RA MES and French partner have summarized the results of the cooperation 13:20 / 25.11.2014
On November 25, Deputy Director RA MES Rescue Service, r/s Major-General Nikolay Grigoryan received the Attache of the French Embassy Security Affairs in Georgia (residence in Tbilisi) Stephane Ropers. The purpose of the meeting was to summarize the results of the implemented activities and outline the further steps. Summing up the work having performed in a year, Ropers referred to the cooperation between French experts and RA MES Survey for Seismic Protection, in the result...
IRIS station was upgraded 17:40 / 24.11.2014
The Seismic Protection Survey of MES, recently hosted a group of foreign experts, comprising Kyle Persefield, Brian Armstrong and Carl Ebeling from the USA (Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory), Fotis Nalbadis from Greece (Data Transmission Corporation) and Jacques Pretoriuse from Austria (Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, CTBTO). An international team of experts performed the installation and technical modernization of already the...
