Improve the skills of extinguishing wildfires and work out the interaction of fire guards and forestry workers in the elimination of fires and fires in forests - these were the main goals of the exercises organized in the Zelenodolsk forestry. Such trainings are held annually, and, as a rule, in the spring-summer period - the time when the fire hazard increases significantly in the forests. This year, representatives of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in the Republic of Tatarstan observed and evaluated all the actions.
"Such exercises are relevant throughout the Russian Federation," explains Lieutenant Colonel of the Internal Service Ilnar Zainullin, Deputy Head of the Firefighting Service of the Federal Fire Service of the State Fire Service of the Main Directorate of the Russian Emergencies Ministry in the Republic of Tatarstan. - now in a fire hazardous period, even small fires, burning grass can lead to serious consequences.