Over the past weekend and holidays, 40 people were rescued by rescuers in the country's reservoirs

Over the past weekend and holidays, rescuers rescued 40 people, including 11 children, in the country's reservoirs. A total of 54 drowned people were registered on the water, including 17 children. The largest number of tragic cases occurred in Almaty (9), Akmola (8), Karaganda (7) and West Kazakhstan (6) regions.

Since the beginning of the bathing period (from June 1), 149 people, 52 of them children, have drowned in the reservoirs of the country for reasons of underestimating their own strength, bathing in a state of alcoholic intoxication, prohibited bathing places, while rescuing a drowning person and leaving children unattended by adults. The largest number of drowned people were registered in Almaty (19), Turkestan (16), East Kazakhstan (15) and Akmola (14) regions.

Since the beginning of the bathing period, thanks to the work of rescuers and police officers patrolling the coastal territories of reservoirs, 111 people, including 23 children, were rescued.

In order to prevent the death of people on reservoirs, employees of civil protection bodies carry out preventive work. Thus, more than 407 thousand propaganda products (booklets, leaflets) were distributed among the population, about 2 thousand gatherings with the population were held. Also, about 5,600 volunteers were involved in preventive work.

Rescuers and police officers conduct joint raids and patrols to identify violators of the rules of behavior in public places and safety on reservoirs.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations calls on citizens to comply with the requirements of the Safety Rules on water bodies, and first of all it is prohibited:

- enter the water and swim in a state of alcoholic and narcotic intoxication;

- jump into the water from boats, boats, berths, as well as structures that are not adapted for these purposes;

- dive in untested and unequipped places;

- swim behind the buoys that mark the boundaries of the swim;

- swim on objects that are not intended for swimming;

- enter the water for children unaccompanied by adults.

Everyone should know the dangerous places and features of the reservoir in which he is going to swim, since there may be boulders, flooded logs, pieces of iron, glass and other objects in unequipped places.

 

 

Press Service of the

Ministry of Emergency Situations

of the Republic of Kazakhstan