The State Commission on Emergencies (SCE) is the national state structure responsible for preparedness for reaction in case of emergency as well as oil contamination on sea. This Commission leads the State system on prevention and actions when emergencies. The chairman of Commission is deputy chairman of Cabinet of Ministries.

Actually, the national plan of actions in case of emergency is absent. Planning, preparedness and execution of the appropriate measures are carried out within workframes of the State system on awareness and actions in case of emergency, its functions include:

• execution of economical and legislative measures on population protection, material and cultural valuables, environment in case of emergency;

• provision of stable function of observations and control for environment and potentially dangerous objects, prediction of possibility of various disasters rise, determination of potential hazardous objects beforehand and acceptance of necessary measures, provision of functional activity of objects and economic branches, systems of population life-support, creation of special reserves of material-technical facilities, medical equipment and medicaments, provision, etc.;

• provision of high preparedness of administrations, forces and means and fast reaction for emergencies;

• carrying out of rescues, emergency and other urgent works for liquidation of consequences during emergency;

• organization of interaction and cooperation with overseas countries by rendering mutual assistance in problems dealing with prevention of emergency and liquidation of consequences;

Forces and means of observation and control for environmental state and potential hazardous consist of:

• forces of State Committee of Ecology, State Committee of Geology, State Urban Technical Supervision, State Committee of Geodesy, Ministry of Health (Board of Hygiene and Sanitary), Ministry of Agriculture (Main Board of Veterinary);

• service of observation and laboratory control of various organizations, departments and Academy of Sciences;

• forces on prevention of hydrometeorological and heliogeophysical disasters, observations after radioactivity and contamination of environment of the State Committee of Hydrometeorology, services of seismic observations and information of Academy of Sciences, service of control for sources of hazard substances outburst into the environment of the State Committee of Ecology;

• means of observation of Azerbaijan National Aerocosmic Agency;

Forces and means of liquidation of emergencies consequences consist of:

• military and civil rescue, rescue-recovery, fire and other organizations of ministries and departments;

• departments and organizations of emergence medical service of Ministry of Health and other ministries and departments;

• organizations of emergence veterinary service and service for vegetation protection;

• fire department of Ministry of Internal Affairs;

• divisions of Civil Defense;

• emergence services of airports of "AZAL" State Concern;

• recovery and fire trains of Azerbaijan State Railway;

• rescue services of Caspmornefteflot, Caspian Steam Sheep Line, "Azerbalig" State Concern;

• motor means of "Azeravtonagliyat" State Concern, motor divisions of ministries and departments;

• volunteers;

Reaction for oil flood. The chairman of State Committee of Ecology is the local operative person, responsible for receiving and transmission of reports about oil contamination. The chairman must be notified within an hour in case of oil flood in quantity over 2 t. Further on (shorter terms if possible) the call must be confirmed by facsimile.

The Boards which must be notified in case of emergence oil flood are: SCE, State Committee of Ecology, State Urban Technical Supervision, State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR), Board of Civil Defense of Ministry of Defense, military division on prevention of rise and liquidation of open outburts of SOCAR, Main State Board of Fire Security of Ministry of Internal Affairs (MSBFS), Caspian Basin Emergence-Rescue Special Board (CaspBERSB), State Inspection on the Caspian Sea (Goskaspohrana) of the State Committee of Ecology, "Azerbalig" State Concern.

The reaction for emergence flood of oil onshore and offshore is carried out on the base of Plan of reaction in case of oil flood being the part of Plan of Azerbaijan International Operation Company (AIOC) on reaction during the emergencies. Aim of Plan is the provision of leading orders and information for staff who will be responsible for actions management on liquidation of consequences of oil flood. Plan of actions examines the following tasks:

• determination of reaction category;
• resources requiring for liquidation of emergency;
• possible options of oil flood;
• versions of reaction;
• draw and mobilization of resources;
• aviation support (airports and helicopters);
• air recognizance, tracing of spot and oil quantity;
• waste liquidation;

The forces are drawn to liquidate the emergence oil flood offshore. These forces are as follows: forces and means of Marine service of the environment protection of AIOC ("Briggs" Base of reaction service), CaspBERSB, MSBFS, SOCAR, Caspian Steam Sheep Line and "Azerbalig" State Concern.

Supervisors of CaspBERSB provide daily communication on emergence frequency on the whole Caspian Sea. In emergencies the staff is notified by calls for pagers. Control for actions on flood removing can be carried out with the help of walkie-talkies from base stations on moorage of CaspBERSB, special car and "Svetlomor-2" rescue sheep.

MSBFS, Caspian Steam Sheep Line, Caspmornefteflot and "Azerbalig" State Concern provide daily operative radio communication with all floating facilities.

AIOC provides a facsimile and radio communication with marine drilling construction and Marine service of environment protection "Briggs" for operative reaction in case of oil flood.

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