 On April 30, 1999, Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed a directive document that declared the April 30th as the celebrating date for Fire Services in Russia, 350 years after their creation.On 2001 the State Fire Service became a citizen body within the Ministry of Emergency Situations, with all 278,000 firefighters transferred after 84 years under the MVD.The Federal Fire Service, called State Fire Inspectorate (Государственный пожарный надзор (ГПН)), is an integral part of the State Fire Service and is part of the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters (Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations).