Batumi lifeguards awarded for bravery after professionals save 40 holidaygoers over a month
Over 320 lifeguards are patrolling the Black Sea coast and the shores of rivers and lakes throughout the country. The salary of seasonal lifeguards was recently increased by 25 percent compared to previous years. Photo: Emergency Management Service/Facebook.
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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.
Photo: Emergency Management Service/Facebook.
The Georgian Emergency Management Service awarded the lifeguards for “exceptional bravery and merit”, with Lasha Tvauri, the Deputy Head of the Firefighting and Rescue Department, handing commemorative presents to Zaza Bukia, Irakli Goguadze and Irakli Tsintsadze - professionals from western regions of Adjara, Guria and Samegrelo.
Photo: Emergency Management Service/Facebook.
Malkhaz Abesadze, the Head of the Water Rescue Team of Tbilisi, also received a special award, the Service said, adding each of the rescuers had “performed several difficult rescue operations at risk of their own lives in the last month”.
Georgian lifeguards have saved 40 individuals from drowning and provided first aid to 14 over a one-month period.
Photo: Emergency Management Service/Facebook.
Over 320 lifeguards are patrolling the Black Sea coast and the shores of rivers and lakes throughout the country. The salary of seasonal lifeguards was recently increased by 25 percent compared to previous years.
The Emergency Management Service has also urged the public to obey instructions of rescuers during the holiday season and follow safety rules.
A total of 320 lifeguards and 50 patrol vessels equipped “in accordance with European standards” will patrol the Black Sea coast and the shores of rivers and lakes throughout Georgia this summer, the Georgian Interior Ministry said on Thursday.
Four high-speed Defender patrol boats have been added to the fleet of the Georgian Coast Guard with the financial support of the European Union, the Interior Ministry announced on Thursday.
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).
The Emergency Management Agency has awarded 15 rescuers for saving the lives of people in Georgia’s Black Sea resort towns.
Tourists visiting Georgia's Black Sea city of Batumi are now offered an updated card featuring discounts of up to 40 percent for accessing around 50 sights and venues around the city, Adjara Tourism Department announced on Wednesday.
The Emergency Situations Management Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia has purchased four high-speed rescue boats to increase the effectiveness of rescue operations, the Ministry said on Tuesday.