Rescuers warn of the danger of frozen reservoirs
Rescuers warn: severe frosts do not guarantee a safe rest in the crisis! So, since the beginning of December, 31 people have drowned in the water bodies of the country, three of whom are children.
In particular, a terrible event occurred on the evening of December 23 at a pond in the village. Razdolnoe of Kakhovsky district of Kherson region. There at 18:20 from law enforcement officers to the State Emergency Service received information about the disappearance of two children, who probably fell under thin ice. The DPRCH-4 department consisting of 4 people and 2 pieces of equipment was sent to search for the missing, as well as the diving department of the Kakhovsky Main Canal Department was involved in the composition. Already at 21:20 at a distance of 7 m from the shore, from a depth of 1.5 m, the employees of the State Emergency Service lifted the body of one of the boys, and at 22:50 divers found the body of the second boy.
On the same day in Poltava region, at 10:20 to a pond in the village. Fish by the diving and rescue department of CU “Rescue and Diving Service of Poltava Regional Council” found, removed from the water and transferred to police officers a man born in 1980, who fell under the ice and drowned during the walk. At the same time, it was possible to save another tester of fate: at 12:30 on a bet in p. A man born in 1966, who fell under the ice while catching fish, rescued a man born in 1966 by Rossoshenka district, a local resident and police officers, before the arrival of DPRC-1 rescuers. The victim was taken to the hospital with hypothermia.
A mountain fisherman was also rescued in the Vinnytsia region on December 24. It happened on the pond “Vinnytsky” in the city. Nemyriv, and a man born in 1966, who went fishing on thin ice, was rescued by local residents.
Therefore, in order to prevent the increase in the number of accidents in water bodies in winter, rescuers are strengthening preventive work among the population.
Dear citizens, take note of some tips for behavior near and on water bodies when the ice is still too thin.
Keep the following in mind:
- you can go out on the ice only in stable frosty weather;
- it is forbidden to go out on ice, the thickness and strength of which are unknown to you;
- it is necessary to cross reservoirs in specially designated and equipped places for this;
- it is forbidden to ski from a steep bank to ice untested for strength and thickness;
- it is forbidden to gather in a crisis in large groups in one place;
- you can not go out on the ice: at the junction of rivers; in case of rapid flow of the river in this place; in the presence of boards, sticks and other objects frozen in the ice; in case of different colors of ice; during a strong temperature drop and warming;
- do not consume alcoholic beverages near water bodies;
- keep an eye on the leisure of children and explain to them the danger of thin ice.
If an extraordinary event happened to you, or you witnessed one, do not delay, call the Rescue Service on 101!
