This year fire service department of the Republic of Tatarstan made 1,754 departures to fires, burnings and traffic accidents, in which 190 people were rescued and material values for the amount of 130 million rubles. There was held significant work on renewing fire technique, strengthening material and technical basis of fire service. From October 1, 2017, salaries of workers of the fire service increased by 4.9 %. In the part of fire prevention activities, fire service workers visited more than 150 thousand private house yards.