Belarusian rescuers taking part in Safe Arctic 2025 exercise
Employees of the Republican Special Response Team ZUBR of Belarus’ Emergencies Ministry are taking part in the Safe Arctic 2025 exercise, sb.by reports citing the rescue department’s website
It is reported that on December 25th, 2024, the third interdepartmental experimental research exercise – Safe Arctic – started from Murmansk. Head of the Russian Emergencies Ministry Alexander Kurenkov noted that the Arctic zone is a unique geostrategic territory, where several thousand potentially dangerous objects are located, extreme natural and climatic conditions are in force, and the development of emergency and rescue infrastructure in the Arctic is one of the priorities of the rescue agency. The exercise will include tests of domestic samples of vehicles, equipment and gear. The expedition participants will also carry out an honourable mission timed to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War: they will carry the Eternal Flame – an unquenchable flame that symbolises the eternal memory of the defenders of the Motherland – across the country.
The first stage of the expedition passed through nine northern regions in the format of a relay race and covered 12,000km. The second stage is held from January 10th to February 1st on the continental part of the Chukotka Autonomous District with a length of about 2,500km. Members of the Republican Special Response Team ZUBR of Belarus’ Emergencies Ministry will take part in it.
“During the expedition, rescue and firefighting units of various departments and organisations in all regions will practice their response to the most typical risks in the Arctic. The latest models of machinery, equipment and gear will be tested. Our rescuers together with their friends from Belarus’ Emergencies Ministry will gain unique experience of rescue operations in the extreme conditions of the Russian North,” Mr. Kurenkov emphasised.
In total, over 300 rescuers and more than 120 units of special equipment will overcome the difficult route in the polar night conditions.
