The Ministry of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Disaster Relief is a Russian government agency overseeing the civil emergency services in Russia.
Ministry headquarters in Moscow
Russian Post stamp about EMERCOM
Russian Post stamp about EMERCOM
Sergei Shoigu was Minister from 1991 to 2012
Russian State Fire Service
Videos
Russian State Fire Service is the highest fire service body of Russian Federation. A part of the Ministry of Emergency Situations since 2001, the State Fire Service is divided into the Federal Fire Se
Ministry of Emergency Situations (Russia)
…and the ministry was named the Ministry of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Disaster Relief, with Sergei Shoigu as a minister. On 1 January 2002, the Russian State Fire Service, the national fire service, became part of the ministry with 278,000 firefighters, removed from Ministry of Internal Affairs control after 84 years…
Russian Post stamp featuring the Fire Service
The emblem fire service of the Arkhangelsk region
Moscow fire station.
Russian Firefighter with a Head of duty shift fire station helmet.