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According to training task, the employees of the Headquarters of Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Tatarstan practiced their actions in one of the days of the upcoming Universiade. Duty was conducted at 29 sites - sports arenas and objects of guests accommodation. At the exercise involved 104 personnel and 18 units of machinery, including three boats (motorboat "Amur D" motorboat "Master 510" boat "Bombardier-Utopia"). Furthermore, an additional 81 people were involved and 23 units of machinery.

May 27 in Zelenodolsk fire tactical training have been organized in the building of Zelenodolsk home for orphans and children who left without parental care. The aim of training - the salvation of people and helping people at the site crowded in a fire.

The competing in the final stage of the contest "The best volunteer fire department of the Republic of  Tatarstan" has finished in Almetyevsk. This year, for the right to be called the best team in Tatarstan fought 46 teams - the winners of municipal competition. The grand prize was fire truck ARS-14.

Today at 25 minutes past 8 o'clock a.m. at a thunder discharge there was a lightning stroke which hit a tree and struck with the discharge of a high voltage the man of 1983, hiding from rain under the crown of the tree. The massive poplar of height of more than 15 meters was in 5 meters next to the front part of the educational building of Educational centre of FFS of Republic of Tatarstan. The flash moment was fixed by the orderly officer of the Educational centre, the captain of internal service Ramil Ahmetov, thanks to that timely first aid has been rendered the man.

   According to the statistics, the majority of fires in private inhabited sector and in country - cottages begin with bath-houses. A principal cause of such fires is in faulty condition of furnaces and flues, and also a wrong kindling. Aspiration of some citizens for building a bath-house independently, saving on maintenance of requirements of fire safety, frequently involved more losses from fire consequences. It is possible to avoid unpleasant consequences in case of maintenance of all building norms and rules, from laying of the first brick in the foundation of the future bath-house. And finishing the building it is necessary to operate in the right way and make the regular preventive measures including cleaning and repair of the furnace and the channel of flue.

    According to fuller information the garage’s roof on the territory of “Tatstroy”, where there were motor-vehicles, has fallen off. The collapse’s area is about 700 sq. meters. Under the fallen constructions rescuers have found a corpse of a man of 1960 year of birth. He was pressed down under the fallen brickwork.

Traditional briefing with representatives of mass media was spent in Zelenodolsk’s garrison of fire protection. «The number of fires in comparison with previous years decreased - the chief of detachment №8 of FFS of Republic of Tatarstan Zufar Haliullin told the journalists about the main result of the year’s work. – So, in 2010, in the Zelenodolsk’s municipal area there were 221 fires, it is 32 per cent less, than in 2009». The head of the garrison considers decrease of an amount of fires a merit not only of firemen, but also of specialists of mass-media who inform the population about occurring events efficiently and competently, form public opinion and actively popularize knowledge of fire safety’s measures among people.

     Today the orthodox celebrate one of the major church holidays – Kreshchenie Gospodne, or Sacred Epiphany. This day the consecrated water washes off sins and illnesses, therefore many orthodox, despite the strong frost, direct to iordani to dip in holy water.

      With support of the Ministry of Civil Defense and Emergency situations of the Republic of Tatarstan volunteers of public charitable organization of Tatarstan “For children” together with professional photographers visited orphanage in Nizhnekamsk.

    With support of the Ministry of Civil Defense and Emergency situations of the Republic of Tatarstan a special transport has been provided for a trip of a group of the volunteers. More than 40 children were waiting for the guests from Kazan.