The Ministry of Emergency Situations will hold a large-scale celebration for the residents of Vitebsk
The Ministry of Emergency Situations will hold a large-scale festival for the residents of Vitebsk today, reported Marina Fando, official representative of the Vitebsk Regional Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
The festival will start at 5:00 PM with a parade of fire fighting equipment from Zhestkova Street along Lenina Street to the lower platform of the Summer Amphitheater. Here, car drifting on a "foam lake", a fire relay race, liquidation of the consequences of a traffic accident with a car rollover and other types of emergencies, and a performance by high-rise rescuers will take place. The Ministry of Emergency Situations aviation will be involved in the festival with the air-dropping of parachute rescuers. For a greater effect, the event will be accompanied by pyrotechnics.
During the festival, those who wish will be able to try on combat uniforms, participate in tire rolling, carrying fire extinguishers, and transporting victims. All these trials will be conducted in compressed air breathing apparatus. For young guests, a children's playground "Magic Book of the Ministry of Emergency Situations" with various activities will be organized. The exhibition of equipment and machinery will include both modern and old vehicles used by rescuers, including a horse-drawn barrel convoy.
In addition, the program includes sports and mass events, entertainment games, and contests for children and adults. Evgeny Shavchenko, a representative of the Belarusian Federation of Strongman, has been invited to the festival, and he will attempt to pull a 7-ton fire truck. "A total of 16 units of equipment will be involved in the event, and a field kitchen will be operating. We hope the weather will not let us down, but based on it, adjustments may be made to the program," explained Marina Fando.
165 years ago, on July 25, 1853, the Minsk City Duma and the provincial board considered the issue "On the new organization of the fire brigade in Minsk and the approval of its staff." Since it was from this time that the organization of fire fighting was finally put on a state level, this day was adopted as the beginning of the creation of the fire service in the country.