From September 2 to 5, 2019, the V All-Russian professional skill contest “Best Forest Fireman - 2019” will be held in Sofrino, the Moscow Region. Its organizers are the Federal Forestry Agency and the Federal Budgetary Institution “Avialesookhrana”.
The competition will bring together 30 people from the Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk Territories, Tyumen, Arkhangelsk, Vologda, Tver, Lipetsk, Yaroslavl, Bryansk, Voronezh, Belgorod regions and other regions of the country. The Republic of Tatarstan will be represented by Ruzil Nasirov, employee of the Fire and Chemical Station of type III “Laishevo” of the State Budgetary Institution of the Republic of Tatarstan “Forest Fire Center”.
As part of the competition, testing on knowledge in the field of legislative and regulatory support for forest protection from fires, fire fighting tactics, fire fighting equipment, search work, labor protection, first aid, etc. will be carried out. Also, participants will have to demonstrate their level of physical fitness and skills in working with a chainsaw, a motor-pump and a backpack forest fire extinguisher.