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Civil defense practices held in the sea ports of Ukraine
01:36 / 18.02.2015

MYKOLAIV, FEBRUARY 18th, 2015, CONTEXT-PRICHERNOMORIE — Civil defense practices are held in the sea ports of Ukraine, Context-Prichernomorie correspondent reports.

The press service of the Administration of the Ports of Ukraine noted today, 18 February.

According to the information, civil defense practices are held during the last and current week in the seaports of Ukraine.

Since February 17, head of the department of work and mobilization of civil defense administration NSR “Oktyabrsk” had a theoretical exercise for port workers on sheltering civil defense and personal protection equipment.

In the course of practice, the staff was introduced to alert civil defense procedure for obtaining of personal protective equipment, as well as actions to take when a real threat.

Also, civil defense exercises were held in Belgorod-Dnestrovsky seaport. According to the expert on the mobilization of the administration of the sea port Sergiy Kovalenko, evacuation of the entire working shift of Port Authority was held for the first time.

Also the staff was informed of the rules in case of various terrorist threats.

Civil defense exercises were held for the branch of “Delta-pilot” of SE “APU”.

A set of practical lessons include evacuation and sheltering of staff in protective structures (bomb shelters) according to the evacuation plan, checking the status of personal respiratory and skills of staff in their use, as well as skills training in first aid to victims as a result of an emergency.

Results of evacuation skills showed a high level of practical training of port workers to act in an emergency situation.