On May 16, 2024, as part of the republican command and staff exercises "Ort-2024", the Emergency Management Department of the city of Ekibastuz, together with PCH-6, PCH-2, Fire station P.Solnechny, NGPS (LLP “GRES-1 named after B.Nurazhnov, JSC “Ekibastuz GRES-2 station") and Volunteer fire brigades conducted a tactical and special exercise on the topic “Organization of interaction of forces and means to respond to extinguishing steppe fires.”