University of Civil Protection of the Ministry of Emergency Situations (Belarus)

The University of Civil Protection of the Ministry of Emergency Situations (Russian: Университет гражданской защиты МЧС Республики Беларусь) is a state institution for the training of highly qualified specialists in the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

[1] The history of the educational institution dates back to 27 September 1933, when the Fire and Technical School was established.

It was renamed three times (1948, 1974 and 1984) before finally, in 1992, it was reorganized into the Higher Fire-Technical School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Since 2003, more than 4,000 foreign specialists from 48 nations have been trained at the university, including those from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Collective Security Treaty Organization.

The Lyceum is located on the territory of the former Selmashevets pioneer camp, whose facilities have not been used since 1989, and as a result were in extremely poor condition.

[16] The Gomel Engineering Institute formerly maintained a guard of honor, which was founded in 2004 by order of Minister of Emergency Situations Valery Astapev.