Polotsk Zonal Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology

Feb

📆 On this day in 1972, the charter of the International Civil Defense Organization came into force, which gave it the status of an intergovernmental organization. In 1990, at the 9th session of the General Assembly of the International Civil Defense Organization, March 1 was adopted as World Civil Defense Day.

️ Natural disasters, man-made accidents, natural disasters... Their tragic consequences can be reduced, perhaps, in only one way - timely warning of impending disaster.

🔊 The most common way to alert the population is to transmit the “Attention everyone!” signal, which is implemented by launching electric sirens.