Recently, information about a terrible accident appeared in all local news feeds, in which the girl burned alive. This event, of course, stunned the public.

Unfortunately, the fire is unpredictable, terrible and incredibly dangerous. Only in 2013, 3888 fires occurred in the Sverdlovsk region, 353 people died. 792 Fire happened in Yekaterinburg, 67 people died.
Every year, firefighters save more than 3 thousand people from the fire.

Today we will visit the fire station No. 8 of Yekaterinburg, where we will tell us about the labor weekdays of bold and brave fighters with fire. We will find out how many seconds the fire truck should leave, what is a warm-smoke camera, why pull out the maze mannequin and much more. So, we are in the fire unit. The beginning of the work shift.

The work day of the fireman lasts 24 hours. The guys stand up for shifting exactly at 8.30 am. All day is painted by the hour.

The most important thing in such a dangerous profession is the correct protective equipment. Therefore, the working day begins as GDZS ( gas production plant service). It contains the means of personal protection of the respiratory organs. Each of the team members has its own individually compressed air cylinder and a mask that pass primary checks on the mannequin. To build a guard comes already in full uniform.

14-15 people usually stand in Karaul. As a rule, it is the same people, one team. Each guard has its own activity:

  • karaul, who is responsible for gas production plant service.
  • karaul, which is responsible for fireproof water supply and labor protection
  • karaul, who is responsible for the sleeve
  • karaul, which is responsible for preliminary planning documents and fire and technical weapons (trunks, clips, breakdowns, bugs).

Every morning the guard is shown. The head of the guard reports that the personnel is ready to build, and the head of the part takes the guard, sums up the work performed and puts the tasks on the day.


On that day, when we visited the fire fighter, the replacing the detachment only arrived from the fire. The entire team has tired faces, and in the air is the smell of Gary.

Construction is strictly regulated. Right on the floor there is a markup with an alpo reduce. For example, on the square of the NK - the head of the Karaul will always stand. In summer, building a personnel occurs on the street, where there is also an appropriate markup.

Total in the garage part number 8 four types of fire trucks. This is a tank truck, auto expense, a sleeve car and a fire and pumping station.

Tank truck is the most common type of fire car. In Part No. 8, tank trucks are fully automated, modern machine with electronic control panel. Until now, the pumps were turned on manually, and now in the part there is such an ultramodern "aggregate". The tank truck is equipped with a fire pump and containers for storing liquid fire extinguishes.

Another type of fire car is a fire and pumping station. This type of car is designed to extinguish especially large fires where much water is required.

The sliding fire department, which uses in part 8, takes up to the 16th floor, its length is 52 meters. The number of places for combat calculation (including the driver's seat) - 3 people.

The sleeve is designed for transporting fire hoses and other fire equipment. Used when extinguishing large fires and only together with pumping stations and tank trucks.

After machines and equipment are prepared for operation, theoretical and physical training begins.

From 10.00 to 13.30, the head of Karaul conducts classes. Here everything is as in school: lectures, seminars, abstracts. Once a quarter is surrendered. The study passes not only by the parties, one of the types of training is carried out in the heat-smoke chamber. In the room with simulators there is a heat pipe, and all physical exertion pass under conditions close to the fire temperatures.

A labyrinth, which imitates the burning room is also located. Smoke, Darkness, Red Light Languages \u200b\u200bFire, Fire Sounds, Swinging Paul, Obstacles. The situation is completely close to the real situation. The task of firefighter for a certain time to find the hearth ignition and pull the mannequin. Such training helps always stay in shape.

At 13.30 firefighters go for lunch. A small dining room in which the coming cook is also equipped with refrigerators in which the food brought from the house is stored. As the guys say, they are lucky with the dining room: dinners prepare delicious, almost homely. Until three hours of the day. Free time: Someone is watching TV, someone reads.

And from 15.00 to 16.30 classes renew. Now the firefighters are studying the characteristics of various buildings of the city. New objects are built, shopping centers, so this aspect in learning is very important.

The following one and a half hours are administrative and economic work and care for fire technology.

From 18.00 to 19.00 you can play football, tennis, go to the gym.

At 19.00 pm dinner and time of independent training. It happens that by illness or being on vacation a fireman misses any educational material. At this time, you can fill out the missed.
Further holiday time. And post at 22.00

But at any time alarm can sound.

The control room comes in fire. The duty dispatcher records the address and external signs of a fire, for example, from 14 floors goes black smoke. Fills a travel sheet for car departure.

Since the start of the signal and before leaving the car from the garage is not more than a minute. There are mandatory standards that are surrendered by firefighters. So, to get an estimate perfectly, it is necessary to wear equipment and uniforms for 21 seconds, in 27 seconds - will be delivered only satisfactory. At the same time, the jacket must be fastened to all buttons and hooks, the belt is fastened and refilled under the buckle, the chin belt is tightened.

We personally saw, at what speed go to the fire. And now I can definitely say that if the fire truck is delayed - this is not wine firefighters. Only a traffic jam can delay those who hurry to help us, because each of them knows that now someone threatens a deadly danger, they hope for them and are waiting for them.

Video: Dmitry Surin, Anna Rybakova

April 30, 2014 marks 365 years of Fire Protection of Russia. Exactly 365 years ago, April 30, 1649, Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich issued a decree "On the Hard Decoration", in which for the first time the foundations of the Organization of Fire Protection were formulated and the order of fire extinguishing was established.

Since then, firefighters have adequately continue the best traditions of their predecessors. Thanks to their courage and heroism, thousands of lives were rescued, thousands of fate. The editors of the portal site congratulates firefighters with their professional holiday and expresses the spark of gratitude to the fire station No. 8 of Yekaterinburg for the help in creating material.