OREANDA-NEWS Intercoms of residential buildings in Russia began to be included in the emergency notification system, said the Minister of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation Alexander Kurenkov.

Kurenkov first reported on this possibility in July.

"As part of the study of this issue, there are specialists ... who have already taken on such work on their own initiative.

They are already working on and including the existing intercoms in apartment buildings in the notification system," the minister said, answering questions from deputies during the government hour in the State Duma.

Kurenkov also stressed that the agency positively assesses this innovation.