Emergency gas service (Russian: аварийная газовая служба, Latinized:avariynaya gazovaya sluzhba) is an emergency service in many cities of Russia and some other countries of the former Soviet Union.
[1][2] Similar emergency services exist also in other countries, eg.
In the USSR, a division was launched within militarized organizations of gas rescuers (included in the general gas rescue service of the chemical industry), non-military (they were a division of the organization) and voluntary.
In 1992, due to the abolition of the all-Union ministries, the activities of the Directorate of paramilitary guards and mining and rescue units were discontinued and gas rescue services of enterprises became independent.
[3][4][5] Emergency gas service response unit has the following responsibilities: The EGS may perform the following preventive actions free of charge: Source:[6] The emergency telephone number is 04 or 104 depending on location.