Kursk rescuers competed in weightlifting

In Kursk, on the basis of 1 SPSH, the seventh stage of the Spartakiad of the regional management of the Ministry of Emergency Situations was held - a weightlifting tournament. About a hundred rescuers from 17 units gathered at the site: each team fielded six people. Athletes competed in the push of two 24-pound weights and in the jerk of one.

For employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, such exercises are not abstract standards, but what is really useful in the service. Firefighters have to lift heavy structures, pull out victims and work in equipment that sometimes weighs more than 40 kilograms.

Especially distinguished by the railway firefighter Valery Kaspersky. In the heaviest weight category, he tore the weight 110 times - the result behind which are strength, and honed equipment, and serious endurance.

In the team competition, the fight was tense. The first place was taken by the team of Special Department No. 3 of the FGKU “Special Management of FPS No. 72 of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia”. The second were representatives of the 11 fire and rescue part of the GU EMERCOM of Russia in the Kursk region. The team of the Center for Crisis Management closed the top three leaders