KHACHATUR ABOVYAN ARMENIAN STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY

The Rescue Service of the Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations today held a special training demonstration at the Pedagogical University, which focused on fire extinction

 and rescue operations in educational institutions.

The event aimed to improve the skills of the university staff during emergency alerts and evacuations, to increase the practical skills of people in charge of firefighting and rescue work and harmonize the activities of response groups. 

The training started according to the fixed schedule: a fire broke out in the conference hall of the building, covering an area of about 100 square meters.

Given the risk of fire spread and fuming it was necessary to organize the evacuation of the students and professorial staff. Six people had different degrees of skin burns and injuries. 

In a short while, a fire brigade of the center for special rescue operations, a team of the Emergency Response Division, fire and rescue units, a group of paramedics of the Medical Department of the MES Rescue Service, two groups of the police regiment of the Road Patrol Service of Police of Yerevan City Department and Traffic Police were dispatched to the scene. 

The event proceeded as per schedule: firefighting and rescue works were carried out in the 3rd building of the Pedagogical University. 

The training event was attended by Minister of Emergency Situations Armen Yeritsyan. “Similar events should be organized more frequently not only in educational institutions, but also in other crowded places. International organizations also insist on it,” said the minister. 

For his part, Rector of the Pedagogical University Rouben Mirzakhanyan said that the excellent performance of the

 rescuer service, the course and successful completion of the training once again instilled confidence in the work of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

“Our university attaches great importance to the correct orientation in emergencies. It is especially important in the work of a future teacher,” said Mr Mirzakhanyan.

Lianna Tonelyan, a student of the Faculty of Art Education, was among the six injured people who were to be immediately evacuated and rendered first aid. 

She confesses that she felt in safe hands thanks to the well-organized work and experienced firefighters and rescuers.

Colonel Armen Gevorgyan, Head of the Preparation and Coordination Division of Rescue Forces Department, Rescue Service, MES, stressed that all participants of the training were able to handle their tasks. 

 “Such training exercises contribute to and promote proper organization of quick response, evacuation, rescue and other events,” Mr Gevorgyan said adding that the noticeable flaws will be corrected in the future. 

At the end of the event, all participants unanimously agreed that the unprecedented practical training strengthened their theoretical knowledge; the training demonstration helped visualize the situation and correctly orient in it.