Russia

Representative organization

State Fire Academy of Russia

Representative

Anatoly Suprunovsky

March 2, 2022

CTIF, as a non-political organisation, condemns aggressive military action against all people. It further calls and requests all its Russian and Belarusian members to use whatever professional influence they may have with their Governments to cease military operations in Ukraine and to remind them of Article 48 of the Additional Protocol to the Geneva Convention 1949*; “to respect and protect civilians and first responders”.

In response to the ongoing armed conflict and humanitarian distress in Ukraine the CTIF Executive Committee, which earnestly wishes to see an end to this military conflict and encourages further dialogue towards peaceful resolution, has therefore sadly decided, until further notice, to suspend all cooperation and participation with members of the Russian Federation and Belarus.

Read CTIF´s full statement here

Capital City: Moscow
Country Area: 17,098,242 km²
Number of Inhabitants: Approximately 144 million
Emergency Number: 01 (fire-specific), 112 (general EU emergency number)
Number of Fire Stations: Approximately 30,000
Number of Career Firefighters: Approximately 220,000
Number of Volunteer Firefighters: Approximately 12,900 positions listed; 15% stand vacant

These figures are based on data from 2022. Please note that the number of inhabitants is an estimate and may have changed since then.

Source: CTIF Fire Statistics Magazine 2024