A closing ceremony for the winter training mountain course was held at Tsikhisjvari base of the Strategic Pipeline Protection Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Director of the Strategic Pipeline Protection Department Zurab Chabashvili, Deputy Director Vasil Revishvili, Deputy Commander of the Defense Forces Training and Military Education of the Ministry of Defense, Colonel Levan Kavtaradze, and Commander of Sachkhere Mountain Training School, Colonel Ivane Tskhadadze presented the participants with relevant certificates and badges.
The training course was held within the framework of cooperation between the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Defense.
The training was led by instructors from Sachkhere Mountain Training School of the Ministry of Defense.
During the four-week winter training mountain course, employees of Strategic Pipeline Protection Department studied first aid for the injured and the use of evacuation means, the use of equipment necessary for searching for a person trapped in an avalanche, arranging a shelter in the snow, and technical skiing in untracked snow.
The goal of the training course is to improve the mountain skills and qualification of the employees of the Strategic Pipeline Protection Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.