ARMENIA’S WATER RESCUERS TO GET NEW SPECIALLY EQUIPPED OFF-ROAD VEHICLE
YEREVAN, June 7. /ARKA/. Armenia’s minister of emergencies Armen
Yeritsyan will give the special water rescuers team a new ZIL 131 Kung
offroad vehicle Friday, the press office of the ministry reported. The
vehicle is equipped and has a heating system.
In particular, the vehicle is equipped with an inflatable boat,
a portable power generator, a breathing apparatus, a device for
underwater examination, breathing balloons, summer and winter rescue
uniforms, halogen light fixtures, stretchers, and etc.
Currently the water rescue team s carrying out lifeguard services on
two beaches of Sevan Lake.
According to the ministry of emergencies, the group rescued 34 people
in 2012; there were 11 drowning cases in the period.
In 2013, the ministry recorded four drowning cases, one in Sevan and
three in other water basins. -0–
From: A. Papazian
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