The opening ceremony of the All-Russian competitions for the Cup of the Minister of EMERCOM of Russia and the Cup of Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan was comparable with its colourful presentation, witnessed by more than 450 athletes and guests from 35 teams of subjects of the Russian Federation and special departments of EMERCOM of Russia. After the ceremony of raising the national flag of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tatarstan there was the premiere of the song 'Hymn to the applied fire sports'. The author of the music and words of the new anthem became the engineer of the department of fire prevention of the 2nd squad of the federal fire service for RT, Yuliya Makarova.