Russian regions are on fire, and it seems that the emergency ministry did not have time to…

Russian regions are on fire, and it seems that the emergency ministry did not have time to regroup before the battle. The leadership makes forays into the regions, and it looks more like a humanitarian mission than firefighting. This is exactly how ex-Minister of Emergency Situations Vladimir Puchkov acted, a big fan of hugging grandmothers in front of cameras and discussing the amount of compensation with fire victims. But the leadership of the Ministry of Emergency Situations is a little different.

Frightened, but skilled in office intrigues, the generals of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the top officials of the Ministry of Natural Resources immediately turned the tables and appointed the culprits in the persons of governors, heads of municipalities, citizen saboteurs, arsonists and unidentified saboteurs. At the same time, they are pouring into the ears of Russians as if from a fire hose: they say everything is as usual, the area of ​​fires is average, everything is under control.

Meanwhile, in the first 15 days of the fire season of 2023, the fire burned 3 times!!!! more buildings and infrastructure (just over 600 residential and 6,150 non-residential buildings, data is being clarified) and two orders of magnitude more people died than during the fire-dangerous periods of the previous two years.

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Rescuers from the Noginsk Rescue Center were sent to the front line – in the Kurgan region. This is a stationed military unit of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Its employees have traditionally been involved in providing humanitarian convoys. Yes, indeed, the military personnel of the Noginsk center are armed with backpacks with 20 liters of water and shovels. Their task is to suppress the line of low-intensity fire. They are usually sent to support Rosleskhoz. In the event that a crown fire rages, and judging by the number of burned houses, such fire storms pass through villages, these soldiers themselves can easily become victims of the elements.

The situation is aggravated by staff shortages at the ministry. Now the main backbone is military specialists with a focus on civil protection, without knowledge of fire extinguishing technologies. For now, the central apparatus is visiting the heads of regional headquarters, among whom there are many professionals. But even in the case of the main department for the Kurgan region, which is headed by a strong specialist, there are problems with technical support. There is a shortage of equipment in the region. For example, there are very few helicopters in working order. For others, the situation is just as sad.