July 27, 2009 - 14:07 AMT
Training sessions held at 1-04 services
Teaching sessions and trainings started on June 26 at the emergency services 1-04 of ArmRosgazprom JSC to ensure safety of people during emergencies that may happen during supply and consumption of gas. Trainings are also aimed at preparing technical personnel to act in emergency situations, press service of the ArmRosgazprom reports.

Training sessions will be held in cooperation with emergency, medical, fire and rescue services and police.

Ashot Grigoryan, head of technical inspection and gas inspection department evaluated classes as "satisfactory", noting that efforts in this direction should be continued. " According to the schedule, classes are held every 6 months, but large-scale exercises are conducted every year. The second training sessions will be held in autumn, in September-October, " he said.

According to him, in such situations, people should not succumb to panic and to impede the work of rapid response teams. Another objective of training sessions is to raise public awareness.