Ministry of Emergency Situationsof the Kyrgyz Republic

COUNTRY REPORT OF THE KYRGYZREPUBLIC 2007
andVisiting Researcher Program from
July to December(30.07.2007)
Karybai uulu Kanatbek

NATURAL CONDITIONS

1MAP OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLICKAZAKHSTANBISHKEK

Issyk-Kul

7439
m

KYRGYZSTANUZBEKISTAN
CHINA
401m.

OSH

Total area of 198,800 km2.
94,6 % of area - mountains
Difference of terrain altitude is 7038 m.

TADJIKISTANPOPULATION
Bishkek
Chui oblast
Talas oblast
Issyk-Kul oblast

Jalalabad oblast

OshBatken oblast

Naryn oblast

Osh oblast

Area of constant residence
Area of temporary or seasonal residence

Population of the republic is 5,1 million people2Ministry of Emergency Situationsof the Kyrgyz Republic

Brief review
DANGEROUS NATURAL AND MAN-MADE
PROCESSES ON THE TERRITORY
OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC

Natural Dangerous Processes

Geographical, geological and climate conditionsof the Kyrgyz Republic substantially determine
its vulnerability to the natural disasters

Natural disasters pause difficulties to thesustainable economic development and poverty
reduction, and also intensify the instability ofsocial and political systems of theKyrgyz Republic.

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Natural dangerous processes
Floodsearthquakes

Mudflows

landslides

Disasters sources

Break ofmountain
lakes

Snow
avalanches

abnormalmeteorologicalprocesses

Ground water
logging

Statistical data on the emergency situations in the territory of
the Kyrgyz Republic period 19921992-2007
250

241
226
201

200

192
183

182

185

166
147

150

141
118

95

100

126

87

71

500461992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

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SEISMIC RISK MAP

Bishkek
Talas

Chui oblast
Karakol

Talas oblastIssyk-Kul oblast
Jalalabad oblast
Naryn

Jalalabad

Naryn oblast

OshBatken

Batken oblast

Osh oblast

9 points and higher
8 points
7 points
According to assessment of the specialists of the State Committee on Architecture
and Construction and the Ministry of Emergency Situations, about 3,3 million people or
66 % of population of the republic live in tumbledown and non earthquake resistantbuildings.

Consequences of earthquake

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LANDSLIDE RISK MAP
BishkekТаласTalas

Chui oblast

Karakol

Talas oblast
Issyk-Kul oblast
Jalalabad oblastNaryn
Jalalabad

Naryn oblast

OshBatken

Batken oblast

Osh oblast

Areas of intensive development of landslides
becoming active every year
Areas of temperate development of landslides
becoming active in abnormal years
Areas of slow development of landslides
becoming active under extreme conditions

Over 5000 active landslides are accounted in Kyrgyzstan. To different
extent, 510 settlements are under a threat of landslides. Up to 10
thousand residential buildings are located in potentially dangerous
areas.

LANDSLIDES AND THEIR CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES

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MAP OF MUDFLOW DANGER

Bishkek

OshMountain lakes

1 level of mudflow danger
2 level of mudflow danger
3 level of mudflow danger
Totally, about 3900 mudflow river basins are calculated.
There are 2000 mountain lakes including 200 lakes of high probability of breakage.
More than 300 settlements are within destruction zones.

CONSEQUENCES OF FLOODS AND MUDFLOWS

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MAP OF GROUND WATER LEVEL INCREASEBISHKEK

K-K
ISSY

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Flooding area of settlements and agricultural fields is 3300 square km.
There are 337 settlements within flooding area.
There are 15 thousand households within strong flooding process –level of ground water is in a range from 0 to 1,0m from surface

Ground water logging areas in Chui oblast

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MAP OF AVALANCHESBishkekТаласКараколНарын

OshБаткен

1 level of risk
2 level of risk
3 level of risk
4 level of risk

More than half of territory of the republic is affected by risk of avalanches.
Duration of avalanches season is 5 – 7 months.
Annually, avalanches on mountain roads lead to casualties

SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS ON AVALANCHE9

MAP OF RADIOACTIVE AND TOXICTAILING SITES LOCATION
Кара-БалтаБИШКЕКАктюзОрловка

Талас

Issyk-KulКараколКаджисайКаджисайКаныш-КияЧаекТоктогулКанышкияСуумсарКумторМинкушКербенНарынКазарманМайлуу-СууКокянгакОШКанГульчаКызылкияБаткен КадамжайRadioactive tailing sitesИсфана

Toxic tailing sitesДароот-Коргон

36 tailing sites and 25 mining waste dumps are under MES KR responsibility.
Total volume is 15,7 million cubic meters including:
31 tailing sites with radioactive waste - 7,2 million cubic meters.
5 tailing sites with toxic waste - 5,2 million cubic meters.
25 mining waste dumps with off-grade ore - 3,3 million cubicmeters.

Uranium tailing sites on territory of Maily-Suu town

Landslide “Izolit”№21Maily-Suuriver№10№8№ 19№9№3

There 23 tailing sites and 13 mining dumps totally
Landslide “Tektonik”

10Uranium tailing sites in Ak-Tuz village

Processing millesit
ingli
Ta

1
№Total 4 tailing sites

Damages of natural disasters
Budget finance directed to theprevention and elimination ofemergency situations
is 6 mill. US dollars

Budget of MES KR forms by 1.5%
assignments

Annual damage
from emergency situations amounted30-35
mill. US dollars

Finance and material loss in thecase of ES, exceeds population
protection system’s ability morethan 5 times.

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Ministry of Emergency Situationsof the Kyrgyz RepublicState system for emergency situations and risk
reduction of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Structure of the Ministry of Emergency Situationsof the Kyrgyz Republic

Emergency situation
management priorities
In carrying out effectively state policy in area of prevention
and elimination of emergency situations, damage reduction
and rational use of budget means, state’s main priority is

local government
administrations

all bodies ofexecutive power

concerted
activities

local government
bodiesNGO and private
sectors

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The structure of the state executive power and territorialadministrative separation of the Kyrgyz Republic

Government of Kyrgyz Republic

Oblast government administrations

oblast ( 7 )Region government administrations and cityadministrations

Region ( 40 )Cities (8)Local government bodies

Villageadministrations(437)

Ministry of Emergency Situationsof the Kyrgyz Republic

Ministry of emergency situations is
responsible for prevention and eliminationof emergency situations.
Leads activity science 1991
13 basic departments

13Ministry of emergency situation
Inter regional department andterritorial institutes of the MES
Main Department of the State
Fire Service

Civil defense forces

Department ofEmergency monitoring, prognosis andTailing sites management
State Hydro meteorological service
State inspection on industry safety and mining
Supervision( GOSGORTECHNADZOR)

Mudflow and floods Protection department

Aviation Department
North department on prevention and removal
Of emergency situation

Rescue Service
South department on prevention and removal
Of emergency situation

Central Training Courses

Eastern department on prevention and removal
Of emergency situation

Main objectives of ministry• -Development and realization unifiedstate policy on population and territory
protection from natural and man-madeemergency, civil defense,hydrometeorology, fire supervision andextinguishing;• Prevention of emergency, industrial
accidents on dangerous production
facilities

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Ministry of emergency situation

Southern inter regional
Department

Northern interregional
Department

Eastern interregional
Department

Territorial ( oblast, region, urban) Department of MES

Inter regional department ofMES KR• - coordinates activities of all regional
agencies.

• - determines the civil defense force structureand forms constant readiness forces ofministry, emergency rescue services andorganized their ready activity in emergency
situations.

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By the Decree of the Kyrgyz Republic“ On protection of population and territory
from natural and man- made emergency ”
approved in 2000,

Inter department commission forprevention and elimination ofemergency situations(IDC)
was established
aimed to develop the activities on prevention andelimination of emergency and on risk management.

Inter department commission
for prevention and elimination of emergency situations(IDC)
Established by the Decree of the Kyrgyz
Republic #156 March 13, 2000.

Goals and Objectives
Organizing the unifiedstate system on
prevention andelimination ofemergency situations

Organizing the adoptionof effective measures on
population and territory
protection fromemergency situations

Organizing theeffective use of budget
means for prevention
and elimination ofemergency situations

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The structure of the Inter department commission
for prevention and elimination ofemergency situations

Prime minister of KR

Chairman of IDC
Chairman of evacuationcommission of IDSFirst vice minister of KR
Minister of ES KR

Vice chairman of IDSMinistries and departments

Governors of oblasts, Mayors of Bishkek and Osh c.

Functions of IDC

MES is labor Body of IDC and responsible fortechnical – organizational activities.
IDC implements its activity in accordance with the plan
approved by the chairman of IDC.
The sessions of IDC conducts one time in a three months
also according to the necessity .
IDС puts forward adequate proposals
in order to realize government’s decisions.
MES systematically informs the government of the KR
on most important issues.

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Emergency response center

ERC
is labor Bodyof Inter Department Commission for prevention andelimination of emergency situations.

ERC provides the activity of unified state systemon prevention and elimination of emergency situations

Emergency response center18

Emergency response center

Ministry of Emergency Situation of theKyrgyz Republic

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Ministry of Emergency Situationof the Kyrgyz Republic

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Ministry of Emergency Situationof the Kyrgyz Republic

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