NEWS

This year fire service department of the Republic of Tatarstan made 1,754 departures to fires, burnings and traffic accidents, in which 190 people were rescued and material values for the amount of 130 million rubles. There was held significant work on renewing fire technique, strengthening material and technical basis of fire service. From October 1, 2017, salaries of workers of the fire service increased by 4.9 %. In the part of fire prevention activities, fire service workers visited more than 150 thousand private house yards.

This was told journalists by the Main State Inspector of the Republic of Tatarstan for fire supervision, Sergey Sergeev, during the briefing which took place in the republican House of Government. The briefing’s theme was fire safety provision during New Year celebrations. The staff of the Headquarters of EMERCOM of Russia for the Republic of Tatarstan and EMERCOM of the Republic of Tatarstan will switch to the strengthened option of duty.

Incidents as of December 18:

Fire departments of Federal Fire Service of the Headquarters of EMERCOM of Russia for the Republic of Tatarstan went on alert 50 times. Including garbage extinguishing – 6, false alarms – 12, short circuit of wiring without burning – 5, meal burning – 1, cooperation with other services – 15, others – 1. Firefighters of the republic eliminated 12 fires: private houses – 5, bathhouses – 2, outhouses – 1, administrative buildings – 1, various objects – 3. 1 person died, 2 persons were injured, 2 persons were rescued.