Rescue Commander of Palanga: The worst of all, when parents do not even put lost children at risk

J. Pirožnikas, commander of the seaside rescue operations in Palanga, says that the number of dangerous incidents reported by the increase in safety information on the beaches has decreased significantly. Although there are still cases when it comes to fighting not only people who are not safe in the water, but also those who are intoxicated by alcohol.

"It is believed that we find the vacationers of yesterday, which are heavy mornings. We wake them up and ask you to leave the beach because they are drunk. If they leave the beach on their own, we do not contact the police. But there are those who contradict, seize the savior for overtures and explain that they must be as they want, not as the laws say, "says Pirožnikas.

With regard to drunken people, the savior points out that The saddest thing about having young children on the beach with parents who drink. There have been dozens of incidents this season, when faulty child parents do not even spoil.

"There is a big problem with children – when we ran about 40 missed children, but the problem is not that children get lost – it's normal when there is about a Millions of vacationers, times can be difficult, the problem comes when we find a lost child, but we can not find his parents, "says the savior.

" Parents do not spoil their children. We searched the compound for an hour.There was a case where dad came with an alcohol scent and started taking care of his little ones to the savers for whom he left their resting place. It is a culture of some vacationers, although there are now stricter laws protecting children.I was very stuck in this case, I wanted to crush the irresponsible father, "- said J. Pirožnikas.

The LRT.lt portal J. Pirožnikas also spoke about the general safety of the beach and revealed that the number of fellers is decreasing: "During the 11 years of rescue, we learned a lot and found a way to solve problems.The first year we started to rescue – in 2007 – was very scary. There were such statistics that people scoured at the end of the beach and in the other we did not manage to save them.

Then we started the preventive work and we started to work on them. discipline, make our leaflets, all the beach.Today, I can rejoice that this summer, there was not one person engulfed.Six vacationers shouted, but they all managed to save .

Rescuers start their t go to the seaside early in the morning: walk around the beach, looking for misconduct, grudge of offenders. Although, in bad weather, the rescuers raise and prohibit the signals to the sea, all the vacationers do not take them.

"If I said that everything is fine and that there are no such people, I would dare. The problems are really. Holiday villages from all over Europe come to Palanga, many vacationers are Russian speakers, people of other nationalities. They may not know the rules of the beach as well, but we try to inform – the rules are already written in Russian and English, "- J. Pirožnikas.

" We are happy that There are holidaymakers on Palanga beach. who take alcohol or swaddle in young children. They call our short number and inform. We are happy to help people in the past. They arrogate the other vacationer, help the rescuers to handle the drunken vacationers, block us ", – the rescuer does not hide his gratitude.

J. Pyroznikas warns that even in the case of calm waves, the sea is dangerous.It is true that d & # 39; Other water plans look similar to the danger for the professional.At a recent meeting with government officials, the rescuer called for the safety of vacationers.

"I recently participated at the meeting of the Federation of Lithuanian Water Economy Professionals and Government. We discussed that there is a very big problem – not only at sea, but also in general in the water. Sad figures – until the day of the meeting in Lithuania, about 90 people were drowned. It's very scary.

We think of how it is possible to stop it so that people do not go through the same troubles. We went to the municipality, we wrote a letter and now we are working with the Ministry of the Interior, where we will try to present our proposal to the working groups. We have ideas on how we can avoid it because we practice a lot on the beaches of Palanga, "says Pirožnikas.