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Russia - High alert mode introduced in Krasnodar due to bad weather

Russia (bbabo.net) - According to the decree, which was signed on Friday by the mayor of the Kuban capital Andrey Alekseenko, the document will be valid from 21 to 24 January. The reason for the introduction of the high alert regime is a sharp deterioration in the weather: according to weather forecasts, heavy rains, snowfall, hail and strong winds are expected in Krasnodar.

- All city and municipal services, emergency teams of resource-supplying enterprises around the clock must be ready for any emergency situation in order to cope with it as quickly as possible if necessary. For non-fulfillment or poor work, we will ask everyone personally, - said the head of the city, quoted by the press service of the municipal administration.

According to the mayor, 74 units of snow-removing and water-pumping special equipment are ready to work in such conditions. Also, in the event of a deterioration in the situation, 24 vehicles are planned to be used to pump water from the roadway. In the coming night, 32 combined road vehicles will clean and de-icing the roads. And early on Saturday morning, the press service noted, ten more cars will be added to them (they will be provided by the Ministry of Transport and Road Facilities of the region).

- More than 2.3 thousand special boxes have been installed in the city for the treatment of de-icing materials of streets and intra-quarter territories, - the mayor's office specified. - 1.7 thousand tons of anti-icing material has been prepared. About 630 employees of the garbage company and 34 units of special equipment are ready to start processing.

The situation on the roads of the capital of the region is monitored around the clock by employees of the Center for Monitoring Road Traffic and Transport and the EDDS of the city.

According to the regional Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, on the same days, in accordance with emergency warnings and operational forecasts, in several other municipalities of Kuban (Gelendzhik and Novorossiysk, as well as Abinsk, Seversky, Tuapse, Slavyansky and Crimean regions), there is a possibility of incidents. Their source can be heavy precipitation in the form of rain, rain with sleet, downpours, combined with thunderstorms, hail and strong winds of 20-25 m/s, in some places up to 29 m/s.

To monitor the situation on the territory of the region, the work of 88 operational groups of fire and rescue garrisons and municipalities was organized. The combat crew consists of 23 fire pumping stations and 22 hose trucks.

In addition, as the press service of the department said, the aviation group of the Main Directorate is "in readiness for actions according to its intended purpose." It consists of three helicopters and five unmanned aerial vehicles.

By the way

In case of emergency, call "010" or "112" from mobile phones.

Russia - High alert mode introduced in Krasnodar due to bad weather