During the period from December 12 to 15, 2018 advanced training courses for forestry specialists by the program "Use of innovative systems to improve the forestry complex management" were conducted in the premises of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education "St. Petersburg State Forestry University named after S.M. Kirov". Among the trainees of the courses were Tatarstan foresters - employees of the State Budgetary Institution of the Republic of Tatarstan “Forest Fire Center” - Director Ayrat Akhmerov and Chief Mechanic Marat Ramazanov.
The training addressed the use of modern systems for monitoring and preventing forest fires, developing a set of measures to prevent the occurrence, spread and development of fires, etc. Also, a field seminar was organized in the forestry sector of the Leningrad Region.