Rescue Services
Emergency services — a set of forces and means established by the executive bodies of a subject of the Russian Federation and local self-government bodies, functionally united on an irregular basis and mobilized to carry out civil defense activities in accordance with civil defense plans and population protection plans at the decision of the official responsible for civil defense leadership on the corresponding territory1.
Federal Law No. 28-FZ of February 12, 1998 "On Civil Defense", as amended on January 20, 2026, Article 15, paragraph 7 // Official Compilation of Legal Acts of the Russian Federation. 1998. No. 7. Art. 799. ↩