More than 1,000 people took part in a comprehensive drill of emergency response actions in Vitebsk

August 31, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. More than 1,000 people were involved in the comprehensive exercise "Actions of Management Bodies, Emergency Rescue Service and Civil Defense Forces in case of threat and occurrence of emergencies in peacetime and wartime" in Vitebsk, the Vitebsk Regional Emergency Situations Department informed a BELTA correspondent. The exercises were held in Vitebsk from August 29. During these days, more than 1,000 employees from 45 educational institutions, healthcare facilities, law enforcement agencies, government bodies, and various enterprises of the city took direct part in it. Over 70 units of equipment were also involved. For example, medical staff carried out the task of localizing and eliminating a cholera outbreak detected at city polyclinic No. 3, and a multidisciplinary civil defense hospital was deployed at city hospital No. 1 for mass admission of casualties. Among the latter were employees of the Vitebsk Cold Storage Plant, where a release of 3 tons of ammonia "occurred". At the OAO "Keramika" facility, actions were practiced to extinguish a fire with damage to a gas pipeline. Employees of the housing and communal services and other interested departments carried out theoretical tasks to eliminate the consequences of a storm front that damaged 20% of the city's residential sector and caused a number of other destructions, and also performed practical tasks to clear fallen trees. The results of the exercise will be summarized today by the heads of all interested departments and services at a meeting in the Vitebsk City Executive Committee, during which the work of the Vitebsk city territorial defense unit will also be assessed. -0-