On Belarus-NATO Table-Top Exercise in Connection with the World Ice Hockey Championship 2014 in Belarus

02 December 2013

02-12-2013

On November 28–29, 2013 a table-top exercise on preparation of the World Ice Hockey Championship 2014 in Minsk was conducted at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels.

Belarusian delegation at the event included representatives of Ministries for Emergency Response, Health Care and Foreign Affairs.

The exercise allowed to assess possible scenarios of response to emergency situations in the course of mass sports events together with experts from NATO Member States, EAPC countries and NATO International Secretariat.

The exercise participants shared national experiences on complex interaction between various emergency services in response to and in consequence management of railway accidents, fire breakouts at sports facilities, detection of radioactive materials. Interaction with other states and international organizations for assistance in the event of natural or man-made emergencies was elaborated.

The Belarusian delegation and representatives of the NATO International Secretariat also discussed practical interaction between Belarus and the Alliance in the field of emergency response and consequence management in 2014.

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