New emergency warning system to be launched in Kazakhstan in 2-3 years
13:06, 2 April 2013
ASTANA. April 2. KAZINFORM Kazakhstan is planning to modernize the system of emergency warning on the basis of the experience of other countries, Vice Minister of Emergencies Valery Petrov told a briefing in the Central Communications Service, Kazinform refers to the PM's website reports.
"New emergency warning system to be launched in Kazakhstan in 2-3 years will be upgraded with the latest achievements of science and technology. The experience of Israel, the U.S., Europe, Asia, China has already been studied. This process gradually starts to take shape, and we hope that in 2-3 years we will get a whole new warning system," Petrov said.
According to him, the SMS-based emergency alert system will be functioning all over the country in several months. In addition, it is planned to use TV and radio channels for warning.