Swimming season: the Ministry of Emergency Situations urges to observe the rules of safety on the water

Since the beginning of the bathing period (from June 1), 72 people, 27 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 Turkestan (14), Kyzylorda (8), Almaty (7) and East Kazakhstan (7) regions.

Thanks to the work of rescuers and police officers patrolling the coastal territories of reservoirs, 59 people were rescued, including 8 children.

In order to prevent the death of people on water bodies, employees of civil protection bodies carry out preventive work. Thus, more than 323 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. So, about 1000 people were brought to administrative responsibility for violating the Rules of being in public places, and 14 people were brought to administrative responsibility for violating the Rules of General Water Use, more than 1000 people were warned.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations calls for compliance 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