Volynska oblast: rescuers have joined forces with the clergy to prevent fires during the Easter holidays.
27 APR the head of Department DSNS in Volyn region the General-the major of service of civil protection Vladimir Groshong and the Governor of the Volyn Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate, Metropolitan Michael held a joint press conference on measures of fire safety for the parishioners and clergy at the Easter Worship services. The meeting was held in the Volyn Orthodox Theological Academy of the UOC-KP in the city of Lutsk. Metropolitan Mikhail noted that cooperation with the clergy of his Diocese with rescue region is always held at a high level, the abbots of the temples to listen to the advice of civil defense specialists and do everything to ensure the adequate fire protection of the institutions of religion. In addition, the clergy in their sermons encourage the congregation to respect the rules of personal safety and not to expose his life and property danger from the fire element. The chief rescuer of the region thanked the Metropolitan of Lutsk and Volyn for your help in preventing accidents and described the situation for the occurrence of fires in religious institutions over the last decade in the region. He stressed that the most vulnerable in terms of fire trees ' wooden temples, many of which are built in the XIX century. “the Fire does not take into account the building's purpose – be it a house or a temple, – he said. – based On the analysis of the causes of fires can be argued that factors of fire risk for the institutions of religion are: electrical equipment and appliances are often operated with violations of safety requirements, inadequate vigilance during the use of open flames in Worship services, getting lightning and malicious acts. Trees’wooden load-bearing structures of the temples need to be protected with refractory mortar, and in the temples to provide the proper amount of fire extinguishers – this will allow in case of trouble not to allow the fire to spread quickly to tame”. In order to raise the awareness of priests with the fire safety rules and procedures in case of crisis situations, Vladimir Groshong and Archbishop Michael discussed the possibility of introducing in religious educational institutions of special courses on fire safety for students. The head of Department ensured in this issue all support and teaching assistance from staff UDSNS and regional training center. During the press conference was followed by the signing of a bilateral appeal to the congregation in which the heads of management of gschs in the Volynsk oblast and the Volyn Diocese of the UOC-KP urged people to follow safety rules while staying in the temples and respect the rules of fire safety in the home and during outdoor recreation during the Easter holidays. The event ended with the holding of practical classes on fire safety and civil protection for priests. Rescuers together Voluntary fire society has taught students to provide first aid and demonstrated use of fire extinguishers. During the class everyone had the opportunity to test their knowledge in practice. UDSNS Ukraine in the Volyn regionÏåðåâåäåíî ñåðâèñîì "ßíäåêñ.Ïåðåâîä÷èê": translate.yandex.ru.
Source: http://uzinform.com.ua/
