1889 CASES OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS FIXED IN ARMENIA DURING FIRST HALF OF 2005
YEREVAN, AUGUST 19, NOYAN TAPAN. 1889 cases of emergency situations
were fixed on the territory of Armenia during the first half of 2005.
1147 ones from them are of technical character, 163 of natural and 579
ones of social-domestic character. As the Noyan Tapan correspondent
was informed by the RA Department for Emergency Situations attached
to Government, as it was during last years, this year as well the most
part of victims are because of traffic accidents: 110 ones. 129 people
were victims of technical character, 44 ones of emergency situations of
social-domestic character, and 3 people of natural character. Compared
with the same period of 2004, the number of deaths increased by 32,
and the number of injured by 125. This year, the number of emergency
situations of technical character increased by 22, of natural character
by 24, and of social-domestic character by 128. Fires (29.2%), traffic
accidents (28.4%) and poinsonings (28.7%) made the most part of the
emergency cases fixed for the first half of the year.