Four rescue centers to be built in Arctic by 2020 - emergency situations minister
ARKHANGELSK. March 31 (Interfax) - There are plans to build four rescue centers of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry in the Arctic in a few years, Emergency Situations Minister Vladimir Puchkov said during a working trip to Arkhangelsk.
"We have approved plans and programs and intend to break the ground for building four additional Arctic rescue centers as early as in 2017. This program will be completed in 2020," Puchkov said.
The ministry will fully cover the Arctic zone with this project, the minister said, adding that new hardware, equipment and gear had been commissioned for enabling Arctic rescuers to efficiently accomplish their missions in the Extreme North.
"Jointly with big companies, the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry has been supporting every economic infrastructural project in the trans-Polar zone, from the elaboration of pre-design concepts to every stage of technological operations. We thus ensure high economic efficiency and safety of the projects by use of Russia's latest techniques," Pushkov said.
Six Arctic rescue centers are already operational, the minister said. The rescuers have been trained and equipped to accomplish missions in the trans-Polar zone, he said.
The ministry is set to reinforce the Arctic group of forces, Puchkov said.