Irkutsk Region Governor Sergei Eroshchenko said the program to modernize the centralized emergency alert system is being implemented. In 2012, 32.4 million rubles were allocated for sirens in Irkutsk and Angarsk, and 222 million rubles are planned through 2015. New system will alert residents via TV and radio, transmit voice messages, and inform people faster, alert time will be cut to five minutes.
This was stated by the Governor of the Irkutsk Region, Sergei Eroshchenko.The head of the region noted that in 2012, under the program for the reconstruction of the automated centralized public warning system in the event of emergencies, 32.4 million rubles were allocated from the regional budget for the installation of sirens in Irkutsk and Angarsk. In total, by 2015 it is planned to allocate 222 million rubles for the implementation of the document.
The implementation of the program will make it possible to inform the population using television and radio signals, install sirens with the ability to transmit voice information to alert all municipalities of the Angara region, carry out selective and localized warning of residents in specific areas, and modernize and update the equipment of the mobile command post of the Civil Defense chief. As a result, the warning time for residents of the region’s municipalities will be reduced to five minutes.
Based on materials from the press service of the Governor of the Irkutsk Region and the Government of the Irkutsk Region