The State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Taking care of children's safety, teaching them to behave properly in extreme situations is an urgent task for all adults, because children are the future of the nation. It is very unfortunate that the irresponsibility and inadequate attention of parents to teaching their children the rules of safe living lead to very tragic consequences.

Unfortunately, household fires are common. Through their own negligence and disregard for basic fire regulations, citizens endanger their own lives and health, as well as their homes and property. The worst thing is that one person may suffer because of the irresponsibility of one person - family members, neighbors or cohabitants of an apartment building. Therefore, the implementation of preventive measures in the housing sector by specialists of the Rescue Service is an important and necessary step in the fight against fires at home.

Despite the fact that it is autumn already, the fire hazardous period is still going on, which means that natural ecosystems are vulnerable to fire: dry vegetation can catch on fire from the slightest spark, and a fire can spread over a large area in a matter of minutes, destroying everything in its way. The vast majority of fires occur due to the recklessness of citizens who do not take into account the numerous warnings of rescuers and continue to clean up their land and adjacent territories by burning dead wood. Windy weather contributes to the rapid spread of fire, which often spreads to human settlements, infrastructure facilities and causes material damage.

Tactical-special exercises, trainings and practical exercises occupy an important place in the activity of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. It is impossible to predict where and under what circumstances the next fire or other emergency will occur. In order to be constantly ready to respond to any emergencies promptly and professionally, firefighters regularly conduct comprehensive work aimed at improving the skills of rescuers. In addition, trainings are aimed to work out joint actions with other emergency services and facility staff in an emergency situation.

During the conference call, First Deputy Interior Minister Serhiy Yarovy stated that from October 21 to November 1, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will be transferred to an enhanced version of service. According to Mykola Chechotkin, more than 42,000 rescuers and more than 3,000 special equipment and 12 aircraft will be on duty on election day.

October 21, Mykola Ilchenko, Deputy Head of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, is on a working visit to Luhansk Region. He awarded firefighters who took part in the elimination of large-scale fires in the region during September 30 - October 8. After the award ceremony, Mykola Ilchenko chaired the Board based on the results of the work of structural and subordinate units of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Luhansk region for 9 months of 2020.

To ensure an adequate level of fire safety and to prevent emergencies during the preparation and holding of local elections to be held in Ukraine this Sunday, specialists of the Rescue Service throughout the country are inspecting the sites where polling stations will operate.

Unfortunately, fires in the home are not uncommon. Through their own negligence and disregard for basic fire regulations, citizens endanger their own lives and health, as well as their homes and property. The worst thing is that due to the irresponsibility of one person, others may suffer - family members, neighbors or cohabitants of an apartment building. This problem becomes especially relevant in the autumn-winter period, when citizens use stove heating, fireplaces and electrical appliances to heat their homes.

On October 20, a meeting of the SES Board, chaired by the Head of the SES of Ukraine Mykola Chechotkin and with participation of representatives of territorial bodies and subordinate units of the SES of Ukraine, research institutions and management organizations was held by video conference within the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.

On October 13-16, command and staff exercises were held in Ukraine to organize interaction and coordinate the actions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on joint implementation of tasks in preparation for local elections and on the day of citizens' expression of will on October 25.

On October 16, Novoselytsia hosted a presentation and presentation of a special Ford Ranger vehicle of the SARM-L type, which will be used by the volunteer fire brigade of the Novoselytsia United Territorial Community together with the local branch of the SES to respond to emergencies in the community.

On October 15, a new unit of firefighters began combat duty for the first time in the village of Velykyi Zhvanchyk, Dunayevets district.

On October 13, at the fire test site of the Institute of Public Administration and Research in Civil Protection the exercise has been held using knapsack fire extinguishers of HNE Technologie AG (Germany), which were equipped with special light and medium rescue vehicles.

On October 14, on the occasion of the Day of Defender of Ukraine, the President Volodymyr Zelenskyi awarded the rescuers of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine – Valentyn Tokmakov from Donetsk oblast and Viktor Drachyshyn from Vinnytsia oblast.

On October 14, a match for the 3rd place of the regular Football Championship of Ukraine among the teams of the League of ATO Participants took place at Valerii Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium in Kyiv City. The team of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine “Rescuer” (Mariupol) and the team “Volyn ATO" (Lutsk) have competed in duel.

"In the period from 13 to 16 October on the basis of situational centers of the National Police, control points of the National Guard, State Border Service and SES will held a command and staff training to organize cooperation to coordinate the actions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs during joint tasks. Interregional study groups have been set up: West, East, South, North, "said Deputy Minister Serhiy Yarovyi.

In the Donetsk Oblast, continues the reconstruction of houses damaged by the fighting. Currently, work is underway in the village. Lebedynske, village Granitne, town of Marinka, town of Kurdyumivka, village Berdyanske, village Kodema, with Travneve and in Bakhmut district.

Pyrotechnic units of the SES of Ukraine conduct daily surveys of the territory of the country, detection, seizure and disposing explosive devices, both from the times of past wars and modern ammunition Only over the past 24 hours October 12 there were made 31 interventions and seized and 166 explosive devices.

Last week, an annual attestation of cynological calculations took place on the basis of the Interregional Rapid Response Center of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. Cynologists and volunteers of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine together with their pets demonstrated their professional skills.

On October 11, the games of the quarterfinals of the regular Football Championship of Ukraine among the teams of the ATO League took place at the Dynamo training base (Kyiv). In particular, the football teams of SES "Rescuer" (Mariupol, Donetsk region) and FC "Temp" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Shepetivka, Khmelnytsky region) played.

On October 10, forces of the State Emergency Service from Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia, Poltava, and Kharkiv oblasts were withdrawn, which were involved in the emergency response related to forest fires in Luhansk oblast.

On October 6-8, 2020, under the auspices of the United States Department of State, the US National Academy of Sciences and the CRDF Global International Civil Defense Expert Coordination Platform an online workshop was held to promote collaboration among policymakers, law enforcement, and technical experts in responding to use of weapons of mass destruction ("Facilitating Communication Between Policymakers, Law Enforcement, and Technical Experts in Response to State-based WMD").

Three games - three victories. Such an absolute result was shown by FC "Rescuer" in the 1/16 finals of the Ukrainian Football Championship among the teams of the League of ATO participants.

It is impossible to predict where and under what circumstances the next fire or other emergency will occur. In order to be constantly ready to respond quickly and professionally to any emergencies, firefighters regularly conduct comprehensive work aimed at improving the skills of rescuers. In addition, the training aims to work out joint actions with other emergency services and facility staff in an emergency.

On October 7, the official opening of the final part of the regular Football Championship of Ukraine took place, at Dynamo training base (Kyiv), among the teams of the ATO League, the main trophy of which is the 2020 ATO HEROES CUP.