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Final stage of city sport competitions among young firefighter teams for the Cup of Kazan Department of TRO VDPO of the Republic of Tatarstan took place in Kazan at the base of training center of the Headquarters of EMERCOM of Russia for the Republic of Tatarstan. Thirteen best young firefighter teams of Kazan educational institutions demonstrated their skills on fire extinguishing and calisthenics. Specialized Republican School named after N. Gallyamov took the first place. Cadets of the school No. 67 took the second place, and pupils of the school No. 34 the third one.

October 4 is the Day of Civil Defense of the Russian Federation. On that day in 1932, Board of people's commissars of the USSR ratified “Regulations of Air Defence of the USSR Territory”, according to which the local air defense (LAD) was separated to an independent constituent of the whole USSR air defense system. Civil Defense of the USSR became the inheritress of LAD, then it became Civil Defense of the Russian Federation. This year, civil defense system is 83 years. On the eve of the holiday, Chief of the Headquarters of EMERCOM of Russia for the Republic of Tatarstan, Rafis Khabibullin, addressed to specialists and veterans of civil defense.

Incidents as of September 30:

Fire departments of Federal Fire Service of Headquarters of EMERCOM of Russia for the Republic of Tatarstan went on alert 68 times. Including burning garbage extinguishing – 5, dry grass extinguishing – 1, false alarms – 23, short circuit of wiring without burning – 5, singed meal – 2, cooperation with other services – 13, others – 1. Firefighters of the republic eliminated – 6 fires, including 1 in residential sector, outhouses – 2, garden houses – 1, construction trailer – 1, objects of various property – 1.

Today, pupils of Kazan lycee No. 126 were the participants of an excursion to Crisis Management Center of the Headquarters of EMERCOM of Russia for the Republic of Tatarstan. Young guests demonstrated opportunities of modern techniques, showed their situational hall, where operational duty shift works round clock and their sports center. After that, the pupils acquainted with the history of sport achievements of firefighters and rescuers in the Hall of Sports Glory of the Headquarters of EMERCOM of Russia for the Republic of Tatarstan.

The fire was in one of the houses in the village of Bolshie Kliuchi of Zelenodolsky District. Bolshie Kliuchi volunteers were the first who arrived to the fire. They shot the water to protect nearby residential buildings, because there was no sense to extinguish the burning construction. OP-Raifa and OP-Memdel firefighters came to the support. The fire was extinguished in minimal time. The presence of volunteer fire team of the village of Bolshie Kliuchi helped to localize and liquidate fires and ignitions at the initial stage many times.

Incidents as of September 29:

Fire departments of Federal Fire Service of Headquarters of EMERCOM of Russia for the Republic of Tatarstan went on alert 121 times. Including burning garbage extinguishing – 20, dry grass extinguishing – 1, false alarms – 56, short circuit of wiring without burning – 1, singed meal – 1, cooperation with other services – 16. Firefighters of the republic eliminated – 15 fires, including 6 in residential sector.

Risking their lives, firefighters of FD-56 of the city of Naberezhnye Chelny rescued two workers from death. They were making repairs in sewage well and poisoned by congested toxic gas vapor. Commander of the guard Konstantin Vanyurikhin and senior firefighter Ivan Nechaev ran to the scene. The fire department was not far from it. The repairmen neglected safety measures and worked without respiratory organs protecting equipment.

Incidents as of September 28:

Fire departments of Federal Fire Service of Headquarters of EMERCOM of Russia for the Republic of Tatarstan went on alert 113 times. Including burning garbage extinguishing – 33, abandoned building extinguishing – 1, dry grass extinguishing – 3, eddish extinguishing – 1, forest litter extinguishing – 1, false alarms – 40, short circuit of wiring without burning – 0, singed meal – 1, cooperation with other services – 10. Firefighters of the republic eliminated – 9 fires, including 6 in residential sector, outhouses – 1, garden houses – 2. 2 people died.

Carelessness of the very citizens caused death and injury of people in fires.

EMERCOM employees took active part in mass running in cities and districts of the republic. At that, workers of the emergency department came to the start of All-Russian running together with their families. This traditional wide-scale sport event took place in 84 cities throughout Russia. Participants were welcomed by Deputy Prime-Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan, Vasil Shaikhraziev, Director of Department of Physical Culture and Mass Sport Development of Ministry of Sport of Russia, Marina Tomilova, the First Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs and Sport of the Republic of Tatarstan, Halil Shaykhutdinov.