TREATED USE OF WEAKLINES TO REDUCE DISASTER RISKS IN EREIMENTAU
On May 15, 2019, the Center for Emergency Situations and Disaster Risk Reduction conducted another test of UAVs for the timely detection of forest and steppe fires, as well as monitoring the situation and the planned organization of flood prevention works.
According to the Committee for Emergency Situations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in 2018 14,567 fires were registered in Kazakhstan, the material damage from which amounted to more than 3 billion tenge, 434 people died in the fire, 412 people were injured of varying severity. About 20100 houses were damaged (flooded) from floods in 2018, material damage amounted to more than 3 billion tenge.
According to the Deputy Center for Crisis Management of the Emergency Situations Committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Colonel Rustambek Amrin: "Fires pose a great danger to people's lives and cause significant material damage. The Committee for Emergency Situations is exploring all the modern opportunities for disaster risk reduction to which the regions of Kazakhstan are exposed. ”
Testing of drones took place on the territory of Ereymentau district of Akmola region with the participation of representatives of the Emergency Situations Committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Emergency Department of the city of Nur-Sultan, the Emergency Department of Akmola Region, Kokshetau Technical Institute of the CoES, the State Committee for Forestry and Animal World of the MoA Republic of Kazakhstan, State Enterprise "Kazavialesookhrana", akimat of Ereymentau district, KSU "Ereymentau Forestry Institution", the national natural park "Buiratau".
During the flights, participants in the event were convinced in practice of the capabilities of unmanned aircraft to protect forest areas from fires by timely identification of fires, including monitoring large areas of steppe areas adjacent to the state forest fund.
Test flights of UAVs also demonstrated the potential for planned preparation for the flood season by premature mapping of riverbeds and lakes, identifying locations of possible congestion, creating three-dimensional maps of the area for the subsequent calculation of water in the snow accumulated in winter.
In early 2019, UNICEF, together with the Committee for Emergency Situations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, conducted drone tests for use in searching and rescuing missing people, as well as for detecting forest fires in difficult conditions in mountainous areas. A seminar was held on the use of unmanned aircraft for specialists of all regional and regional rescue teams of the Emergency Situations System of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and representatives of a number of regional and city akimats.
UNICEF in a number of countries has initiated the creation of test corridors for the application of unmanned aircraft technology in addressing the needs of the population. The experience of Kazakhstan was presented at the global meeting on drones for social needs in April of this year.
Kazakhstan’s test lanes for drones are one of the latest additions to UNICEF’s global efforts to use UAVs in humanitarian aid. UNICEF helped set up UAV corridors in two other countries. For example, Vanuatu recently completed the world's first unmanned vaccine delivery.
From the enterprise of the State Enterprise "Kazavialesookhrana" the event was attended by Deputy General Director Mambayev Z.M., Inspector of the LPS Ust-Kamenogorsk Aviation Division Sanarov V.P.