On July 1, 1991 the
Council of Ministers of the
Kyrgyz SSR established the State Commission for Emergency Situations of the Kyrgyz Republic based on the resolution of the establishment of a state all-union system for preventing emergency situations and emergency response by the
Council of Ministers of the USSR. On January 6, 1992 the State Commission for Emergency Situations of the Kyrgyz Republic was reorganized into the modern Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kyrgyzstan. Between 1999 and 2005, during the process of
Police reform in the
Ministry of Internal Affairs, the State Fire Service was transferred to the command of the Emergency Situations Ministry. On October 6, 2008 the ministry was called upon to take action after the
2008 Kyrgyzstan earthquake. == Management ==