Rescuers urge citizens to observe safety rules on water bodies
Every day, the divers of the State Emergency Service rescue people in the reservoirs. Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for rest on the water to become fatal.
So, this morning, the Rescue Service received a report that children disappeared in the village of Dospnoe, Odessa district, while swimming in an artificial reservoir. SNS divers arrived at the scene, who removed the bodies of two 13-year-old boys from the water.
At the scene of the incident with the parents of the dead, the psychologists of the State Emergency Service work. All details of the incident are being investigated by the police.
But in Kirovograd region, rescuers from the reservoir retrieved the body of one man, two more managed to save.
On October 1, at 10:46 a.m., the 101 Rescue Service received a message requesting assistance in the search in the river. Southern Bug of a man whose belongings were discovered on the banks of the river.
The personnel of the 21st state fire and rescue unit removed the body of the deceased man from the reservoir and transported to the shore.
The cause of death and the circumstances of the incident are established.
In addition, at 18:34 the Rescue Service “101” received a message that in the village of Oleksandrivka, Kropyvnytskyi district, on the river. Tyasmin's boat capsized and needed help to rescue two men.
Rescuers from 29 fire and rescue units with the help of a boat reached the victims and removed them from the reservoir. The rescued were handed over to ambulance workers for examination.
In turn, the rescuers of the State Emergency Service urge citizens to observe the rules of safety on the water, because your life depends on it. Due to the abnormally warm autumn, many people continue to swim in the reservoirs.
Remember that rest on the water is allowed only in specially designated places designated by local authorities and equipped for this. It is safer to rest on the water in the light part of the day. Swimming is allowed in calm windless weather at a water temperature of at least +18°C, air not lower than +24°C.
Do not go into the water in an unfamiliar place, avoid fast-flowing water, do not enter the water drunk, never swim alone, especially if you are not confident in your abilities. Bathing on the “wild beach” or in an unfamiliar place, do not dive from the shore, slide, tree.
You should enter the water slowly, carefully trying the bottom with your foot. And it is better to swim where there are rescue services, especially watch out for children: their behavior in the water is not predictable.
In general, since the beginning of the year, the number of deaths in the water bodies of Ukraine has already reached 889, of which 86 are children. The death toll is up 45% from the same period last year. Last week, 13 people were killed, including one child.
State Emergency Service of Ukraine
