1 August 2023
Ceremonial events, dedicated to 220th anniversary of the St. Petersburg Fire Department, were held on June 30. That day in 1803, emperor Alexander I signed nominal decree, according to which the first professional fire fighters team was created on Neva river. Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov, Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, […]
Ceremonial events, dedicated to 220th anniversary of the St. Petersburg Fire Department, were held on June 30. That day in 1803, emperor Alexander I signed nominal decree, according to which the first professional fire fighters team was created on Neva river.
Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov, Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Disaster Relief Alexander Kurenkov, Minister of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus Vadim Sinyavsky and Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Alexander Belsky participated in the anniversary events.
The parade, where were 120 classic and modern fire trucks, was on Dvortsovaya square. There were also trucks manufactured by Prioritet Ltd., which have been in service for several years. More than 600 people of the personnel of the fire and rescue units of the city, the Nevsky Rescue Center of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, Special Directorate No. 50 of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, firefighter veterans, cadets of St. Petersburg University of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, and other emergency rescue teams of the city took part in the event.
Fire trucks and equipment exhibition was organized for guests. Fire fighters and rescuers showed their skills and conducted first aid master-classes.
All visitors could feel themselves as fire fighters while trying on fire uniforms.