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Our University

Now I am a cadet of Civil Defence University of Ukraine. My future profession is a specialist in the field of fire safety and civil defence. I like my future profession. This profession is very difficult but important for our society. The aim of civil defence in every country is to protect peoples’ life and property in an emergency, such as fire, natural disaster, and industrial accident.

The goals of Emergency Service are not only to respond to an emergency, for example to put the fire out, but to prevent it. New civil defence educational establishments have appeared in the country for the last 10 years. One of them is Civil Defence University of Ukraine.

The history of our University began on July 17th, 1928 when the All-Ukrainian Fire Technical Courses with six months’ period of training were opened by the Decree of the Council of People’s Commissars of Ukraine. In 1935 the Courses were reorganized into Kharkiv Fire Training Secondary School. The period of training was only one year. In 1946 the Secondary School was reorganized into Fire Technical School with three years’ period of training. In 1992 Fire Technical School transformed into Kharkiv Fire Safety Institute. The period of training was five years. In 2002 Kharkiv Fire Safety Institute was reorganized into Fire Safety Academy of Ukraine. In 2006 the Cabinet on Ministers granted to the Academy the status of a university.

During these years the educational establishment had different names. And the high standards of teaching and training specialists for rescue units never change.

Nowadays it is a modern educational establishment with the considerable teaching, scientific staff, modern research and training facilities. Highly-qualified academic staff teaches the future specialists for fire and rescue service.

Our University fulfils teaching for a number of specializations at the 5 faculties within the specialties Fire Safety, Civil Defence, Psychology. Teaching is accomplished according to the state educational qualification standards – Bachelor, Specialist, and Master.

Unit 6 Fire Service in Ukraine

Departments of Fire Safety in Ukraine are governed by the Ministry of Emergencies and Affairs of Population Protection from Chernobyl Catastrophe Consequences. The departments coordinate fire prevention and rescue operations. The main tasks of firemen can be determined by the following motto “to prevent, to save and to help”. According to Ukraine Constitution fire brigades of Ukraine extinguish fires, localize and control them free of charge. The Fire Service of Ukraine is a state institution. Recently the new foundations have been adapted to the Fire Service: a firefighter becomes a rescuer. Fire brigades take part in liquidation of consequences of emergencies. When we speak about emergencies we often mean disasters: earthquake, flood, hurricane, rain and snowstorm, draught. These disasters are caused by forces of nature. During an earthquake the buildings move and can be destroyed. There are many cracks in the ground. During a rain or snow storm it rains and snows heavily, the wind blows; you can see lightening and can hear thunder. The consequences of a rain storm or melting of snow can be a flood. To localize, to control rescue activities a fire rescuer must know and understand the origin of the disaster.

1. be determined by the following motto… - визначатися таким девізом…

2. new foundations have been adopted… - відбулося реформування…

3. we often mean… - ми часто маємо на увазі

Unit 6