American Firms May Create Systems of Emergency Telephone in Ukraine
OREANDA-NEWS. July 22, 2011. The American governmental structures and the leading companies working in area of the prevention and management of emergencies will be involved in creation in Ukraine systems of emergency telephone calls by number "112". Such opinion was stated by the Minister of emergencies Victor Baloga on results of week official visit of interdepartmental delegation to the USA.
The Minister has informed that the program of stay of the Ukrainian officials was intensive and covered all aspects of creation of system "112" - - from feasibility study to the entire set of emergency response. "We spent five official talks and meetings in a day. Our interlocutors were representatives of the American governmental structures and the companies taking in the lead positions on manufacture of the equipment and granting of services, necessary for creation of the Ukrainian analogue "911". We also have visited the New York Control centre in emergencies and same regional division in Arlington, suburb of Washington. The Ukrainian delegation brought attention to the question more widely: it is important to find out and analyze all logistics, beginning from a security of the person and finishing reaction to scale crises. We in online-mode investigated, as those technologies work, which Americans suggest to introduce in Ukraine".
Thus members of the Ukrainian delegation - representatives of the Interior ministry, Ministries of Health, the State aviation administration entered, experts on an air security of the large airports refer in opinion on an indispensability of uniform submission of the future system "112". The example of the USA has evidently shown, that such system maybe effective only when will be under one jurisdiction".
According to Victor Baloga, it is lead detailed consultations about a possibility of attraction of the governmental organizations of the USA and the companies-manufacturers to construction of system "112". The significant attention has been given to studying of experience of prevention of emergencies at a mass congestion of people and procedures of a security at the airports that is especially actually during carrying out in Ukraine of matches of the European football superiority of 2012.
The official has noted importance and specificity of the lead meeting with representatives of the companies developing and delivering to technology, the goods and services in area of management of emergencies. "On it business-briefing there were representatives from the top-list of corporations which decades work in area of a security and crisis reaction. The high level of participation has shown that the system "112" is the serious offer for Americans which they interested on to take advantage. And such interest should be used with benefit for Ukraine".
In the performance of Victor Baloga confirmed, that priority objective of the Government of Ukraine is progress of a network "112" in four cities accepting matches of Euro-2012, and in immediate prospects after that - in all settlements of the country. "Creation of system of a uniform emergency call is a task which is put by the President and gives a full support to efforts in this direction", - the Minister emphasized.
The head of the Ministry of Emergencies ascertained the big interest of foreign investors to construction of system "112". By experts of the ministry it has been studied intensively foreign experience of realization of similar projects.
In this context the Minister specified convincing results of an embodiment of the American technologies in area of a safety of the population. "It is quite natural, that here the American companies hold superiority. In fact technologies of liquidation of emergencies in America developed from the middle of the last century when the prototype of system "911" has been introduced and until now provides a security of Americans".
According to the official, results of visit intergovernmental delegations to the USA is very substantial, that allows to approach closely to the beginning of works on creation of system "112". The agency of the USA on progress and commerce has already defined the company which for means of the American budget will develop the feasibility report on this scale project. "Results of the negotiations which have taken place in the USA show, that Americans very actively to struggle for the right to participate in expansion of a network " 112 " in Ukraine both in organizational, and in technological aspects", - Victor Baloga noted.
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