There was held a seminar with the participation of heads of rural settlements, heads of budgetary institutions and agricultural companies of Menzelinsk Municipal District in the village of Ayu of this district. One of the issues discussed within the seminar was connected with the provision of fire safety of settlements, namely with the necessity of providing settlements with outdoor fire water supply sources. The event was also attended by workers of the separate post on the protection of the village of Staraya Matveevka of Naberezhnye Chelny squad of state budgetary institution of the Republic of Tatarstan “Fire Service of the Republic of Tatarstan”.