“It is necessary to develop and consolidate the duties of the heads of municipalities and, in general, officials responsible for this, when receiving information about possible emergency situations and models of their development from the Crisis Management Centers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, make decisions on creating a grouping of forces and means and responding,” he quotes his TASS.

According to him, the initiative involves both identified thermal points and forecasts for the development of the situation associated with natural and man-made emergencies.

Kurenkov expressed confidence that this proposal would lead to an increase in responsiveness.

Earlier it was reported that the fire area in the village of Verkhnekundryuchenskaya, Rostov region, reached 136 hectares. 

The Ministry of Emergency Situations informed that rescuers evacuated 65 people from the village.