The Ministry of Emergency Situations will annually send up to 5,000 conscripts to serve in fire brigades.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation will annually send up to 5,000 conscripted military personnel to the units of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. This was announced on February 18 by the head of the department, Alexander Kurenkov.

"Agreements have been reached with the Russian Ministry of Defense to allocate up to 5,000 conscripted military personnel annually to the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations," he said at the government hour in the Federation Council, as quoted by TASS.

According to Kurenkov, this will make it possible to complete the Federal Fire Service without increasing the staffing of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. "Газета.Ru ".

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