MINISTRY FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS. EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM Aliaksandr IVANITSKI The dean of Command Faculty Institute for Command Engineers UNIFICATION AND STANDARDIZATION OF THE SPECIALIST TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES

Consequences of storm Consequences of flood due to heavy rains (centre of Minsk) Consequences of hail Extinguishing of peat fire 2 UNIFICATION AND STANDARDIZATION OF THE SPECIALIST TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES

3 Ministry for Emergency Situations: –Central office; –4 educational establishments; –Scientific research institute; –6 specialised divisions with central submission; –7 regional administrations; –134 urban departments; –14 fire rescue groups; –314 fire rescue units; –510 fire rescue posts.

4 PRIMARY GOALS OF THE MINISTRY FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS Carrying out activities to protect the population from the consequences of the Chernobyl NPP disaster Fire safety Industrial safety Prevention and elimination of emergency situations Creating and preservation of state and mobilization material reserve Civil defence Nuclear and radiation safety UNIFICATION AND STANDARDIZATION OF THE SPECIALIST TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES

5 MES services Fire extiguishing search-and-rescue chemical and radiation protection engineering diving medical explosion engineering aviation search parachute landing pontoon cynological state supervision UNIFICATION AND STANDARDIZATION OF THE SPECIALIST TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES

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8 8 8 Bug Prypyats Nyoman Viliya W.Dvina Berezina Dnieper Sozh Rivers Key: Oil pipe-line Oil product pipe-line Gas pipe-line Railway Wild birds spring migration Wild birds autumn migration

9 UNIFICATION AND STANDARDIZATION OF THE SPECIALIST TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES 9 Some examples of transboundary accidents affecting territories of several European countries: – Chernobyl NPP catastrophe; August 2002 – the largest flooding in Europe for last 100 years ; – crash of the tanker “Prestige” at Spain coasts; 2003 – epidemic of virus “Bird flu” H5N1; – accident at oil pipe line “ Unecha - Ventspils” (Belarus -Latvia); 2009 – pandemic of virus A/H1N1 “Swine flu”.

10 UNIFICATION AND STANDARDIZATION OF THE SPECIALIST TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES 10 Ministry for Emergency Situations Republic of Belarus IAEA U.N.O. (United Nations Organization) Interstate Council for Natural and Anthropogenic Emergency Situations Central European Initiative CTIF DEZA NATO COOPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Organization of Treaty on Collective Security Organization of the prohibition of chemical weapons ТАCIS INSARAG others

11 UNIFICATION AND STANDARDIZATION OF THE SPECIALIST TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES 11 Thanks you for the attention !!!