Men in Full

In despite of established misperception forest fires extinction in the Russian Federation is performed by foresters – fireproof formations of the Russian Federation subjects’ forest management. The big league of such forest fireproof formations, “forest special-operations forces” are presented by members of paratroop fire service.

A paratrooper fireman and raider fireman – are highly qualified specialists, possessing not only physical conditioning and specific theoretical knowledge, but also a wealth of work experience. During the whole fire danger period – from snow melt to snow cover formation – specialists of paratroop fire service are engaged in fire forests extinction, in case of necessity they are transported to the regions not able to cope with forest fire by own forces.

In winter period “forest special-operations forces” don’t sit on their thumbs – the personnel undergoes training and qualification upgrading, performs training jumps with parachutes and airdrop operations from helicopter by wire rope. They are honing meticulously those skills which will be necessary in summer period – it is not only airdrop operations and forest fire extinction skills, but also ground navigation, health care delivery, coordination of aviation actions by forest fire extinction, radio contact organization and many others.