Today, at the production site of the YaYa refinery, demonstrative fire and tactical exercises of the Ministry of Emergency Situations on the topic "Working out and improving the actions of the personnel of the YaYa refinery, the personnel of the fire and rescue unit No. 8 and interaction with the Anzhero-Sudzhensky fire and rescue garrison during the elimination of the consequences of a fire in tank No. 26 of the commodity park of the YaYa oil refinery, with a volume of 5 thousand tons".
More than 60 people took part in the exercises, 15 pieces of equipment were involved.
According to legend, the fire occurred in a tank with petroleum products, and after its depressurization, the fire spread to neighboring objects, and therefore the fire area increased. In this situation, the automatic fire extinguishing system of the YaYa refinery worked perfectly, and the coordinated actions of the personnel allowed to eliminate the fire faster than what is determined by the current regulations.
Alexey Shulgin, the head of the Main Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation in the Kemerovo region, who was present at the exercises, noted the high level of training of all units and their competent actions in an emergency situation.