The Ministry of Emergency Situations organized aerial monitoring of bathing areas, recreation areas and forests

June 10, MINSK . With the arrival of the warm season, the Ministry of Emergency Situations conducts aviation monitoring at bathing areas, recreation areas and forests. This was reported to BelTA by the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

During the first ten days of the month, 8 people became victims of the water element. Last summer, 212 people died in the water, of which 18 were children . In most cases, the tragedy could have been avoided by observing simple rules of safe behavior.

To prevent death of people in water bodies, as well as to stabilize the operational situation with fires in natural ecosystems, the Ministry of Emergency Situations is carrying out a set of preventive measures to inform the population about safe behavior in water bodies and forests. One of such preventive measures is air raids on bathing places and recreation areas for the population, which have been carried out in the country for more than a year. This weekend, air patrols are carried out by three aircraft stationed at the airfields of Lipki and Vitebsk. In addition, drones are used to monitor recreation areas and identify unauthorized bathing areas.

During today's overflights of the Vitebsk and Minsk regions, recreation areas were monitored to draw attention to the problem of deaths in water bodies, inform about safety rules, as well as identify unauthorized swimming places and violations of the rules for protecting people's lives on the waters. Through loudspeakers, vacationers were reminded of the basic rules of behavior on water bodies, warned about the inadmissibility of being in the water in a state ofALCOHOL intoxication , and also urged parents to control children in the water.

Also, during the air patrol, monitoring of the fire hazard situation in natural ecosystems was carried out. This type of observation is very relevant, because in order to prevent wildfires, restrictions and bans on visiting forests in 114 regions of the country have been introduced. Monitoring from the air makes it possible to detect fires in forests at the initial stage, and this, in turn, contributes to their rapid elimination and minimizes the consequences of their occurrence.