State Service of Emergency Situations
The State Service of Emergency Situations (Armenian: Արտակարգ իրավիճակների պետական ծառայություն) is the emergencies and civil defense ministry of the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh (known regionally as Nagorno-Karabakh). The ministry is authorized to make decisions on the protection of the population from natural disasters and other geological processes.[2] The current director is Mekhak Arzumanyan. From May 2020 to January, Karen Grigory Sargsyan was the Director of the Service. It is subordinated to the Cabinet of Ministers. The militarized units of the service are regulated according to the NKR laws "On Conscription", and "On entering the military service".[3] The professional holiday of the service is celebrated on 31 October, known as the Day of the Emergency Workers.[4][5]
Արտակարգ իրավիճակների պետական ծառայություն | |
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Jurisdiction | Government of Artsakh |
Headquarters | 17 Building, Arakel Arakelyan Street, Stepanakert[1] |
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Website | www |
Actions
It has served during the following conflicts:
- 2019 Earthquake along the Artsakh-Azerbaijan border[6]
- July 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes
- 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict[7][8]
References
- "• Armenia (Yerevan) • Spyur".
- Fire brigade rescue lines, BSI British Standards, doi:10.3403/30308383, retrieved 2020-10-25
- LLC, Helix Consulting. "State Service of Emergency Situations - Other state governing bodies - Government - Government of Artsakh Republic". gov.nkr.am. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
- "Bako Sahakyan awards workers of State Service of Emergency Situations under NKR Cabinet of Ministers". artsakhpress.am. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
- "Artsakh President attends event dedicated to Day of Worker of State Service on Emergency Situations". armenpress.am. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
- "Magnitude 3 earthquake recorded at Artsakh-Azerbaijan border". armenpress.am. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
- "Artsakh State Emergency Situations Service: Enemy forces are bombing Martakert". news.am. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
- "Artsakh state emergency service: Stepanakert shelled minutes ago". Gagrule.net. 2020-10-15. Retrieved 2020-10-25.