News about emergency situations

PHOTO: Dry wood on fire in Almaty's Botanic Garden The fire currently covers the area of 2 hectares.

23 August 2012

Home wifi could be used for emergency responders Wireless routers for homes and offices could be knitted together to provide a communications system for emergency responders if the mobile phone network fails.

21 August 2012

Another 5-storey Bessoba building collapsing in Karaganda An unfinished multi-storey building in Bessoba residential complex in Karaganda has lurched to one side. It is likely to follow the 5-storey building that collapsed on April 6.

24 July 2012

Obama, Romney halt campaigns after cinema shooting US President Barack Obama and his rival Mitt Romney suspended campaigning Friday out of respect for the victims of a shocking shooting at a Colorado movie theater that left 12 people dead.

21 July 2012

10 dead in Egypt building collapse: health ministry Egypt's health ministry said Sunday that rescue services had retrieved 10 bodies from under the rubble of an 11-storey building that collapsed a day earlier in the coastal city of Alexandria.

16 July 2012

Mexico declares bird flu 'emergency' The Mexican government declared a national animal health emergency on Monday in the face of an aggressive bird flu epidemic that has infected nearly 1.7 million poultry.

04 July 2012

Fire swept through 750 hectares of grassland in Western Kazakhstan The fire left 750 hectares of Kazakhstan grasslands bare and took almost 24 hours to extinguish.

15 June 2012

Minister complained to MPs that Kazakhstan lacks enoungh firefighting depots Kazakhstan Minister of Emergency Situations complained to MPs that Kazakhstan lacks enoungh firefighting depots.

12 June 2012

Karaganda apartment building collapsed because of uneven settlement of foundation Results of investigation of reasons that caused the 5-storey building to collapse in Bessoba residential complex of Karaganda were unveiled.

15 May 2012

PHOTO: 41 apartments damaged in fire at Bereke residential complex in Astana The fire has been fully contained, the investigators are identifying the cause of the fire and estimate the cost of damage.

02 May 2012

PHOTO: Kazakhstan gets its first ambulance bus The first ambulance bus was presented in the National Center of Medical Aviation and Emergency Ambulance.

01 May 2012

Emergency slope of Koktobe mount will be reinforced by May The landlide-prone slope of Koktobe mount in Almaty will be reinforced in May.

26 April 2012

PHOTO & VIDEO 5-story residential building collapsed in Karaganda A 5-story building in Bessoba region of Karaganda city collapsed at 10:55 a.m. on Friday, April 6.

06 April 2012

Atyrau Oblast is in danger of floods: Minister There is a high threat of floods in Atyrau oblast: Emergency Situations Minister.

06 March 2012

New hospital flooded in South Kazakhstan New hospital was flooded by overflow waters in Badam village of South-Kazakhstan oblast.

23 February 2012

410 houses flooded in Southern Kazakhstan 410 houses have been flooded in Temirlanovka village of Southern Kazakhstan oblast's Ordabasinskiy region.

20 February 2012

Threat of flooding remains in the Southern Kazakhstan A threat of flooding and rivers' overflows still remains in Southern Kazakhstan low-mountain area.

20 February 2012

One person killed in the fire in Astana mosque The fire has been brought under control at 5:01 p.m. Firefighting operating still continues.

15 January 2012

New dams built in South Kazakhstan after Syrdarya floods Department of the emergency situations states that floodings in Otyrar region were caused by the difference between day and night temperatures.

11 January 2012

Labor disputes have nothing to do with dealings of bandits: Nazarbayev Labor disputes of oilman should not be confused with the actions of bandits who took advantage of the situation. We will find out where they are funded from and who is doing it: Nazarbayev

19 December 2011

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