Head of RT Government Rustam Minnikhanov highly assessed work of RT Ministry of Emergency situations in 2009

Today, RT State Management of RT Ministry of emergency situations held the expanded board on which the works of the ministry in 2009 have been summed up. Prime minister of Republic Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, chief of Privolzhsky regional center of the Ministry of emergency situations of the Russian Federation Igor Panshin, the head of RT Ministry of emergency situations Rafis Khabibullin, head of RT Ministry of internal affairs Asgat Safarov and other officials took part in a work of the board.

According to the head of RT Ministry of emergency situations Rafis Khabibullin, year 2009 became a turning point in a work of department. Presently, the unified, multilevel, structured, effectively operating system of bodies, special representatives on solving problems in the field of civil defense, protection of the population and territories against emergency situations, maintenance of fire safety and safety of people on water objects of federal, republican and municipal levels has been created.

Owing to the undertaken measures in 2009, the tendency of decreasing emergency situations by 44 percent and death of people on them by 70 percent got outlined in Tatarstan. The death-roll on water decreased 10 percent (from 259 to 233). The situation and with fires improved, so in 2009 in territory of republic there were 3739 fire outbreaks on which 275 people were lost that by 7 percent is less, than in 2008, 2134 persons have been rescued. The damage from fires has made about 156 million roubles.

Prime minister of Republic Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov gave a high assessment of the works, done by divisions of RT Ministry of emergency situations in 2009. «Results shown in crisis 2009, speak that we move in correct direction. It is necessary for us to continue developing material base, actively to introduce new technologies and even more to raise professionalism of the employees. This point is especially actual before the University games of 2013, the system of all structures should work harmoniously, and possibly abnormal situations should be worked out», - Rustam Minnikhanov noted.