“On the Edge of Possibility”: a firefighting all-around event was held at the Gulf Stream festival

At the large-scale sports festival “Gulf Stream” on September 9, the all-around firefighter competition “Fire Traction. Extreme athletics.” As our correspondent reports, this is one of the most spectacular events of the sports festival.

The unique competition included a series of high-intensity strength training sessions. The basis of these exercises are problems that need to be solved when putting out fires and rescuing people. According to the rules, all participants competed in full combat gear weighing more than 25 kg.

The competition took place on the site near the Kola Bridge. 14 of the strongest teams from Murmansk, St. Petersburg and Tyumen tested their strength.

“These competitions can already be called All-Russian, every year more and more teams from different parts of our country come to us to participate. Our northern “Fire traction” is gaining momentum and is becoming an increasingly large-scale event,” said the head of the Murmansk Ministry of Emergency Situations, Ruslan Nazarov.

The first place was won by the team of the main department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the Tyumen region, the second and third places were taken by our northern teams Fire Team and Blue Tractor, respectively. Rescuers noted that some of the competitions were easier, some harder, but none of the teams left the race.

“As part of the exchange of experience based on our competitions, events will be held in the Southern Federal District. In addition, next year we plan to enter the international level,” said Ruslan Nazarov.

For guests of the festival, exhibitions of fire equipment were also organized, various prizes were raffled off. Read more about this exciting event in video “MK in Murmansk”.