The exercises of the "Fire Fighting and Emergency Rescue Services of the Department for Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana" were organized and conducted on April 20 in the business center "Moscow". The event was attended by 50 personnel and 10 pieces of equipment from the capital's DES. The building of business center "Moscow" of 25 floors height was evacuated and checked for compliance with fire safety requirements. The purpose of the exercises was to apply the methods and techniques of extinguishing fires in places of mass stay of people, to test the qualifications of personnel.

Zhilibekov Yerzhan Serikpaevich, Lieutenant Colonel of Civil Protection, duty officer of the emergency fire fighting service of SI Fire Fighting and Emergency Rescue Services of the Department for Emergency Situations, Astana, noted that such exercises are necessary to train personnel and maintain a high level of training in case of emergency. He also expressed confidence in qualifications of the personnel and full readiness for action in extreme conditions.

“We express our gratitude to the Fire Fighting and Emergency Rescue Service of the Department of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Astana for the successful conduct of the exercises, well-coordinated and competent work of firefighters and specialists of the engineering service of the building. A high level of safety for people and buildings is our common priority, commented on the results of the exercises Sergey Kozin, director of the business center "Moscow".