On the eve of the professional holiday, Rescuer’s Day of the Russian Federation, which is held on December 27, the Chief of the Headquarters of EMERCOM of Russia for the Republic of Tatarstan and EMERCOM of the Republic of Tatarstan, Minister of Civil Defense and Emergencies of the Republic of Tatarstan, Lieutenant-General of inners service, Rafis Khabibullin, addressed to the staff and veterans of the Headquarters of EMERCOM of Russia for the Republic of Tatarstan and EMERCOM of the Republic of Tatarstan with congratulation.
By the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, December 27 was announced as Rescuer’s Day of the Russian Federation. That day in 1990, there was founded Russian Rescuers Corps to conduct work in extremal conditions during emergency situations. It was a basis for creation and development of State Commission on Emergencies and then EMERCOM of Russia.