with the OSCE and NATO. Internal organizations Regional Centres – EMERCOM centres are located in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Chita and Khabarovsk. Civil Defence and Emergency Headquarters – Many regions, provinces, autonomous administrative units, districts and towns possess these headquarters. Command and Control Center – These centers are located in Moscow, and in each region and oblast. Training and Education Facilities – These include the Civil Defense Academy, Training and Methodology centres, an All-Russia Scientific Research Institute, an All-Russian Monitoring and Laboratory Control Centre, and a Centre for Scientific Analysis of Civil Defence Issues. To perform rapid response operations the following forces and equipment are available: Russian State Fire Service – The highest fire service body in Russia. Central Air-Mobile Rescue Team – These teams are equipped with aviation facilities that include helicopters and cargo aircraft (Ilyushin Il-76, Antonov An-72, An-148-100EM, Ka-32A11VS). The teams have taken part in United Nations' humanitarian delivery operations. Civil Defense Forces Command – These troops consist of military troop divisions and regiments/brigades stationed in various regions of the country aimed at civil defense measures during natural and man-made disasters. EMERCOM Civil Defense Academy – trains all officers and non-commissioned personnel of the Ministry in the duties of civil defense. Search and Rescue Service – This service maintains 30 units in various republics, regions and provinces. Ranks Equipment Aviation Cars Boats Gallery See also Ramenskoye Airport, airbase, used by EMERCOM Awards of the Ministry for Emergency Situations of Russia References EMERCOM of Russia, publication of the Ministry of Emergency Situations "EMERCOM: RUSSIA'S EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM" (1995), Mr. Timothy L. Thomas, Foreign Military Studies Office, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Low Intensity Conflict and Law Enforcement, Vol 4, Autumn 1995, No 2 External links Ministry of Emergency Situations (Russia) Emergency Situations, Ministry of Humanitarian military operations