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ARMENIAN EMERGENCY SERVICES HOLD CIVIL DEFENCE DRILL IN CAPITAL
Public Television of Armenia
Nov 1 2010
Command staff exercises rehearsing the response of civil defence forces
to an enemy bombardment, a terrorist attack and a fire at the Zvartnots
international airport were held in Armenia's capital, Yerevan, on 1
November, the state-owned Armenian Public TV reported the same day.
The aim of the exercises was to determine whether "Yerevan is able
to defend itself from bombardment and terrorist actions by a notional
opponent", the TV said.
The exercises, in which 190 people, 28 vehicles, one Tu-154 aircraft
and field hospital tents were involved, was organized by the Yerevan
municipality and Armenia's Rescue Service, the TV said.
The exercises were described as successful by Emergencies Minister
Armen Yeritsyan. "In general they [exercise participants] managed to
carry out the tasks that were set for them," Yeritsyan told the TV.
The scenario of the exercise involved an imitation bombardment of the
airport's administrative building by an "opponent", a terrorist attack
on the Tu-154 airplane, and a fire that broke out as a result of a
crash between a vehicle transporting ammonium and a bus, the TV said.
The exercises included the evacuation of people from a building,
transportation of "injured" people, and provision of first aid and
further medical assistance to the injured, the TV added.
The TV showed video of smoke issuing from a building, the exercise,
a man being carried on a stretcher, and people leaving a plane via
emergency exits.
From: A. Papazian
Public Television of Armenia
Nov 1 2010
Command staff exercises rehearsing the response of civil defence forces
to an enemy bombardment, a terrorist attack and a fire at the Zvartnots
international airport were held in Armenia's capital, Yerevan, on 1
November, the state-owned Armenian Public TV reported the same day.
The aim of the exercises was to determine whether "Yerevan is able
to defend itself from bombardment and terrorist actions by a notional
opponent", the TV said.
The exercises, in which 190 people, 28 vehicles, one Tu-154 aircraft
and field hospital tents were involved, was organized by the Yerevan
municipality and Armenia's Rescue Service, the TV said.
The exercises were described as successful by Emergencies Minister
Armen Yeritsyan. "In general they [exercise participants] managed to
carry out the tasks that were set for them," Yeritsyan told the TV.
The scenario of the exercise involved an imitation bombardment of the
airport's administrative building by an "opponent", a terrorist attack
on the Tu-154 airplane, and a fire that broke out as a result of a
crash between a vehicle transporting ammonium and a bus, the TV said.
The exercises included the evacuation of people from a building,
transportation of "injured" people, and provision of first aid and
further medical assistance to the injured, the TV added.
The TV showed video of smoke issuing from a building, the exercise,
a man being carried on a stretcher, and people leaving a plane via
emergency exits.
From: A. Papazian