Fire Service Day in Belarus

"The fire will not pass."On July 25, 1853, the Minsk Provincial Board and the Minsk City Duma, having considered the issue “On the creation of a fire station in Minsk”, approved an estimate of the cost of maintaining a fire station consisting of 51 people. At the same time, fire departments were organized in Vitebsk, Mogilev and other Belarusian cities.

It is from this moment that the history of the professional fire service of Belarus begins, and July 25 is considered the day of its foundation.

On September 11, 1998, President Lukashenko signed a decree on the basis of which the paramilitary fire service was withdrawn from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus and joined the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

At present, 17 special services have been created and operate in the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Belarus, including fire extinguishing and rescue services, chemical and radiation safety, engineering works, diving, medical, explosion engineering, aviation, search and rescue, parachute, pontoon, cynological ...