Volodymyr Groysman vows SES to become special emergency response forces
Prime Minister of
Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman commissioned the Ministry of
Finance of Ukraine to plan
necessary financial resources for technical
modernization of the State Emergency
Service of Ukraine. The corresponding
decision was taken during a Government sitting.
The Prime Minister
recalled that this year, according
to the decree
of the Cabinet
of Ministers, salaries of rescue
workers were doubled. At present,
it is essential
to provide rescuer workers with the necessary
material base. First of all,
the point at issue is
about aviation equipment.
«I think that
we must instruct
Ministry of Finance to consider
the need for 7 helicopters and 1 aircraft, or upgrading the
aircraft before for the second
reading of the draft state
budget (in the Verkhovna Rada).
Undoubtedly, the most modern management
system should be put in
place in order to equip
the emergency service. The best
fire fighting equipment, helicopters, airplanes is all
that is needed
to save the
lives and health of Ukrainian
citizens at any moment - 365 days a year, 24 hours a day», underlined
the Prime Minister.
During the Government
session Mykola Chechotkin, Head of the State
Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU), informed that that every year
in Ukraine nearly 300 emergencies and about 80 thousand
fires occur. The victims of
these accidents are thousands of
people, and the estimated damage
amounts to 5 billion hryvnias annually. Every day employees
of the SESU undertake 1,500 trips to overcome the
consequences of emergencies and help people. So,
since the beginning of the
year, the rescuers managed to save lives
of 4300 people, eliminate 72 thousand fires, neutralize 59 thousand explosive objects, save material
assets to the tune of
12 billion UAH.
Accidents in Avdyivka
as well as
in military warehouses in Balaklia
and Kalinovka became the most
serious challenge for rescue services. Apart from that,
Ukrainian rescuers provided assistance to their colleagues
from Georgia and Montenegro during forest fires
in the summer.