Comprehensive Civil Defense Exercise in the City of Istiqlol, Sughd Region
The Department of the Committee for Emergency Situations and Civil Defense under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan for Sughd Region conducted a comprehensive civil defense exercise in the city of Istiqlol from May 20 to 23, 2025, on the topic:
“Actions of the leadership, commissions, forces, and means of civil defense involving functional and territorial subsystems of the Unified State System for Emergency Prevention and Response,”
with the aim of testing the readiness level of management bodies, the knowledge and professional training of the leadership, as well as the state of preparedness for emergency actions.
The exercise was attended by the Head of the Organizational and Operational Department of the Main Civil Defense Directorate of the Committee, Colonel Manuchehr Mirmakhmadzoda, Deputy Head of the Committee’s Department for Sughd Region, Lieutenant Colonel Jamshed Kuchakov, the leadership team, commissions, functional and territorial subsystems of the Unified State System for Emergency Prevention and Response, and civil defense services.
The exercise was carried out in three stages. The first stage began on May 21, 2025, following a conditional signal.
The meeting was opened by the Chairman of the city of Istiqlol, Kayumjon Mahmudzoda. Then, Colonel Manuchehr Mirmakhmadzoda and Lieutenant Colonel Jamshed Kuchakov addressed the participants, briefing them on the simulated situation. At the end of the meeting, Chairman K. Mahmudzoda spoke about the goals and objectives of the exercise and gave the relevant instructions to responsible persons according to the conditional scenario.
After receiving the tasks, the city leadership proceeded to their workplaces to organize headquarters and prepare to receive signals.
The goal of the exercise was to enhance the readiness of personnel, test notification methods, ensure timely attendance of personnel and civil defense services, correct execution of assigned tasks, and adoption of appropriate decisions. The first stage was completed at 16:00 on May 21, 2025.
During the second stage of the exercise, preventive works were carried out in the fourth microdistrict of the city using two engineering vehicles from the China-Tajik Mountain Industrial Company: clearing the debris flow channel and restoring the protective dam.
Afterward, active participants of the exercise were awarded certificates of honor from the Committee for Emergency Situations and Civil Defense under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, letters of gratitude, and commemorative gifts from the executive authority of the city of Istiqlol.
