A Seminar-meeting on the Prevention and Elimination of Wildfires in the Territory of the Republic of Tatarstan Will Be Held on April 24 in Zelenodolsk Forestry

Special exercises to extinguish forest fires and eliminate the consequences of emergencies will take place in the Zelenodolsky Municipal District of the Republic of Tatarstan in Zelenodolsk Forestry.

These activities are carried out with the aim of improving the practical skills of specialists and checking their readiness to fulfill the tasks of preventing and eliminating emergencies related to forest fires.

In firefighting exercises experts will discuss the evacuation of residents in the event of a threat of a forest fire crossing to a settlement, and will practice firefighting techniques using fire-fighting equipment.It is planned to attract a helicopter MI-8 of the Ministry of Emergency Measures of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Tatarstan with a spillway device to extinguish a forest fire, and a demonstration of the operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle to monitor fire conditions in forest areas.

Heads of forestries, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations will take part in the exercises.