A training workshop on life safety at the State Archives of Public Organizations of Gomel Region

On 23 August 2022, a training workshop on life safety protection was held on the basis of the State Archives of Public Organizations of Gomel Region with the employees of the archive.

The training was conducted by a representative of the Gomel City Department of Emergency Situations – Inspector of the Propaganda and Public Relations Department, Captain of Internal Service (Ministry of Emergency Situations) Egor Paskanny.

Egor Paskanny informed the archive staff about the current fire hazardous situation in the Republic of Belarus, Gomel region and the city of Gomel. He told about the main causes of death in fires, reminded what security measures must be kept to protect yourself, your family and your home from fire.

The first part of the workshop was accompanied by multimedia presentation with the statistics of fire deaths in the Republic of Belarus for the current period in 2022. For the current period in Belarus there were 4010 fires in which 405 people died, including 5 children. In Gomel region – 616 fires, 73 people died. In Gomel city – 83 fires, 8 people died.

As part of the Year of Historical Memory, the archive employees acquainted Egor Paskanny with the documents about the genocide of the Belarusian people during the Great Patriotic War, stored in the Archives, and gave him a guided tour.