Help is coming from the air: how and who is evacuating people from the water surface in Crimea
CrimeaPRESS reports:
The employees of the State Institution of the Republic of Crimea «Krym-SPAS» conducted a training session on working with the standard rescue equipment of the Mi-8 helicopter during the evacuation of «victims» from the water surface. The training session was attended by 8 rescuers from the Simferopol emergency rescue squad of the State Institution of the Republic of Crimea «Krym-SPAS» together with pilots of the Simferopol aviation unit of the Southern aviation rescue center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia. The practical session took place in the village of Nikolaevka, Simferopol district.
Employees of the Simferopol ASO GKU RK «KRYM-SPAS» practiced actions to rescue simulated victims from the water surface during the day and at night.
In the helicopter hover mode, 18 descents and ascents were made from a height of 30 m to provide assistance to a person who was «carried away to sea by a strong wind.» In addition, employees of the State Institution of the Republic of Crimea «KRYM-SPAS» performed 12 descents and ascents in the dark using a winch in the helicopter hover mode at a height of 30 m to a prepared site.
photo: press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry in Crimea
source: press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry in Crimea
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