The Estonian Rescue Board is an autonomous governmental institution within the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The Rescue Board is responsible for inland fire and rescue services in Estonia. In general, operational services are organized at county level and the Rescue Board has administrative duties, but there are also some operational units directly under The Rescue Board's control.

Among other duties, the Board carries out explosive ordnance disposal in Estonia through the Estonian EOD Center, which has received U.S. State Department funding. Estonian de-mining personnel have deployed to Afghanistan, and to Georgia

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

, after the South Ossetia War of 2008.