In the suburbs of Khabarovsk, the Ministry of Emergency Situations is holding a parachute training session. With the participation of rescuers Far Eastern Regional Search and Rescue Unit, Khabarovsk Air Rescue Center (ARC), Amur spas center and Specialized Fire and Rescur Unit (SPSC) of Federal Rescue Service in the Khabarovsk Region. In the course of training rescuers, firefighters and pilots of EMERCOM of Russia practice skills of non-parachute landing of helicopter Mi-8 using trigger roller device and jump with parachute from a height of 3 thousand meters.

"Annual scheduled training sessions are held to train beginners, improve the skills of experienced rescuers and obtain permits for those who are engaged in organizing and conducting descents, parachute jumps," said Anatoly Fedorchenko, a rescuer of the 1st class of the Far Eastern Regional Search and Rescue Unit.

Search and rescue operations have to be carried out in remote and impassable corners of the Far East, as well as over dangerous areas of water, ice, and hard-to-reach taiga areas. In order to be ready to respond to various emergencies, rescuers work out all possible scenarios, improve their professional level, and get permits to perform certain types of jumps and descents within the framework of training camps. Universal skills are especially necessary in areas that are difficult to access and remote from "civilization", where you can quickly deliver the necessary specialists by air - divers, dog handlers, and medics.

Based on the main tasks of landing training, skydiving is performed from a height of 1000 to 3000 meters, non - parachute landing from a helicopter on snow, forest, a limited area (the roof of the tower) - from 10 to 30 meters.

In addition, rescuers of the paratrooper division of the Far Eastern Regional Search and Rescue Unit conduct instruction trainings with graduates – those who "let out" paratroopers from the helicopter.

At the same time with the rescuers, the aviators of the EMERCOM of Russia are honing their skills and abilities. Performing a landing while hovering over the ground is not an easy task, it requires a clear understanding and coordination of actions of both the aircraft crew and rescuers. Joint training sessions allow us to effectively solve all these challenges.

Trainings will last until the end of the week. In total, more than 120 far Eastern rescuers and instructors of the EMERCOM of Russia participate in them