Uzhgorod Fire Rescue Department

The fire service in Ukraine seeems to be in the midst of  change, recently taking on more responsibilities normaly associated with the Fire Services of North America; such as highway rescue and haz-mat. Their biggest challenge - funding. Their biggest assset - their workforce.
The photo above shows fire fighters in three different types of gear (I counted 4 on our visit) the blue gear is Ukraine, black donated by Germany and brown gear from USA or Canada.