February 17 • 13:16, 2026
Rescue Service summarizes the previous week
From February 9 to 15, 628 cases were registered in the Crisis Management National Center of RS of MIA of RA, out of which 162 were emergent.
Particularly, 57 fire cases, 2 accidents in life support utility systems and strong winds each, 12 rockfalls, 4 heavy snow, suicide attempts each, 7 blizzard cases, 16 black ice cases,13 fake emergency calls, 56 road traffic accidents, 8 fake emergency calls, as well as 177 household calls, 20 cases of fire threat, 19 fake calls on fire and 238 other cases.
207 cases of a stuck vehicle were registered due to weather conditions and other factors. The rescuers rendered assistance to 307 citizen and moved 230 vehicles stuck on the roadways onto a safe area.
There were 88 casualties and 11 victims during the past week. 9 people were rescued as a result of the rescue activities.