During the recent week (from December 14 to December 20) the units of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine performed interventions to prevent emergencies, ensured rapid response to accidents and consequence relief, fire-fighting, and other rescue activities.

The number of fires in the residential sector in the winter increases many times. Only in recent days has the Rescue Service received a number of reports of fires in the private sector, often caused by violations of fire safety rules and, in particular, the improper operation of heating equipment. Often the consequences of such fires are quite tragic.

During the recent week (from December 7 to December 13) the units of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine performed interventions to prevent emergencies, ensured rapid response to accidents and consequence relief, fire-fighting, and other rescue activities.

Comprehensive work is underway to prevent the spread of Covid-19 coronavirus infection in Ukraine. In cooperation with local authorities, rescuers disinfect social facilities, decontaminate sections of roads, sidewalks, etc.

Extinguishing fires that occur in vehicles is not uncommon for rescuers. The Rescue Service constantly receives reports of fires in cars, trucks and agricultural machinery. Most often, ignition in vehicles occurs due to malfunction of parts or system of power supply, engine overheating, violation of the rules of safe operation, as well as due to arson, etc.

Because of decrease in air temperature in Ukraine, the number of fires in the residential sector is being traditionally increased. In order to maintain a comfortable temperature in the house, the citizens often disregard the safety rules during the exploitation of heating appliances and stove heating, which leads to fire. Fires in the private sector are extremely dangerous, as they usually threaten not only the residents of the house, where they appear, but also the citizens living nearby.

Pyrotechnic units of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine carry out daily work to survey the territory of the country, detection, seizure and destruction of explosives from past wars. In the past 24 hours alone, on December 7, 46 trips were made, during which 286 munitions were found.

During the recent week (from November 30 to December 6) the units of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine performed interventions to prevent emergencies, ensured rapid response to accidents and consequence relief, fire-fighting, and other rescue activities.

Frequently, ignoring the warnings of the Rescue Service, as well as despite poor weather conditions, the citizens go hiking in the mountains, others go to the forest, and fishermen - to the ponds. Such a thirst for self-admiration and self-confidence often leads to sad consequences.

After sudden deterioration of the weather in Ukraine, the rescuers had to help drivers who became hostages of the weather. Wet snow, ice and gusty winds have brought inconvenience to roads in some parts of the country.

Pyrotechnic units of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine conduct daily surveys of the country, detection, extraction and destruction of explosives, both from the past wars and modern ammunition. Since the beginning of the year, the SES pyrotechnics have made 13,287 interventions, during which 68,043 explosive devices, including 1,892 aircraft bombs, have been detected and destroyed.

Unfortunately, the coronavirus infection has not yet receded. Therefore, the specialists of the Rescue Service continue to actively and tirelessly disinfect objects with a mass concentration of people. In particular, at the request of local authorities, rescuers carry out sanitation in potentially dangerous, in terms of the possibility of spreading the infection, places: public transport stops, playgrounds and sports fields, as well as roads, sidewalks, premises for various purposes and adjacent territories. During the performance of these tasks, SES personnel wear special suits, masks, goggles, as well as disposable protective gloves.