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By Jamila Babayeva

A new programme aimed at ensuring public security will be applied in Georgia which will contribute to the normal operation of enterprises, institutions and organizations in the country.

The program focuses on the functioning of mobile fire departments in Georgia to eliminate fires and other emergency situations with a view to minimize their consequences to the country's economy.

In this regard, the Georgian government submitted to the parliament a bill on amendments to the law 'On public safety', which has already been considered at the legal issues committee meeting.

The law on fire safety and on the protection of the population and territories from emergency situations of natural and man-made disasters will be merged into a single legal act in order to conduct large-scale reforms in the sphere of public safety.

In accordance with the draft law, subdivisions of the emergency and fire rescue services of the Emergency Situation Agency of the Interior Ministry, Adjara government and local authorities will be cancelled. The property of these units will be transferred to the Emergency Management Department of the Georgian Interior Ministry.

The Head of the Legal and Human Resources Department of the Georgian Interior Ministry, Zviad Okropiridze said that the draft law envisages the implementation of the action plan consisting of two stages.

The plan covers 2014-2015, and provides for the formation of structural and territorial divisions of the Emergency Management Agency, its powers, operating rules and number of employees, as well as construction of buildings for fire departments, purchase of fire, rescue and other equipment.