150 individuals rescued from drowning in Georgia’s Black Sea region of Adjara this summer
The Emergency Management Service urges the public to obey instructions of rescuers during vacations and to follow the safety rules as much as possible. Photo: The Emergency Management Service.
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Georgian rescuers have saved a total of 150 individuals from drowning in Georgia’s Black Sea region of Adjara this summer, reports the Emergency Management Service (EMS).
Five rescuers – Giorgi Sakheishvili, Zuriko Chkhartishvili, Giorgi Velijanashvili, Irakli Goguadze, and Ia Okropiridze have been awarded for outstanding bravery today.
Deputy Head of Firefighting and Rescue Department Lasha Tvauri has awarded five rescuers for their 'outstanding bravery' today. Photo: The Emergency Management Service/Facebook.
At the risk of putting their own lives, health and safety in danger they saved others from drowning”, reads an official statement of the EMS.
The Emergency Management Service urges the public to obey the instructions of rescuers during vacations and to follow the safety rules as much as possible.
The EMC reminds the public once again that:
- It is strictly forbidden to enter the water during storms
- Children should not be left alone or without attention on the beach and in the water
- It is forbidden to enter the water while drunk
Georgian rescuers have saved four shepherds from an artificial island created by the Mtkvari river flooding over in the village of Kvakhvreli in Gori municipality, announces the Emergency Management Service of Georgia.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has posthumously awarded with a state medal Shota Karseladze who rescued a 14-year-old girl from drowning in the Mtkvari River in Tbilisi on July 3.
Georgian rescuers have saved a minor from drowning at Tbilisi Sea. The minor, who had swum some 20-25 meters away from the shore, was taken out of the water safe.
Georgian rescuers have saved four Czech tourists after they got trapped in an avalanche in the winter resort of Tetnuldi, in the western Svaneti region of Georgia yesterday.
Lifeguards working in Georgia’s Black Sea city of Batumi were on Saturday awarded for their bravery after saving holidaygoers and providing first aid to them throughout the past month while on duty on the coastline.
Rescuers of the Emergency Management Service of Georgia found four individuals drowned in the Dzusa River late on Saturday in the village of Zeda Sazano in Terjola municipality, and still managed to pull out one survivor from the river.