In Irkutsk Region, technical inspection of small vessels is temporarily suspended, and during navigation season GIMS inspectors will especially carefully check documents, equipment, and safety compliance. The material also explains which vessels are not subject to state registration, and how many patrol boats, cars, and inspectors will be used to monitor waterways. Rescuers also remind vacationers to wear life jackets and not leave children unattended near water.

In accordance with the directive of the Minister of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, technical inspection of small vessels has been suspended. When patrolling water bodies, a state inspector of the State Inspectorate for Small Vessels has the right to check the vessel operator for:
- a certificate of the right to operate a small vessel;
- a vessel registration certificate for the small vessel;
- the presence and conformity of the side numbers, and their correct placement on the vessel;
- the vessel’s equipment (life-saving equipment—life jackets, Aleksandrov line, fire extinguisher, boat hook, oars, lantern, bailer);
- the presence of signal lights and their compliance with requirements;
- the loading norm, passenger capacity, and restrictions by area and conditions of navigation.
Boats and other floating means that are accessories of the vessel, vessels with a mass of up to 200 kilograms inclusive and engine power (if installed) of up to 8 kilowatts inclusive (10.8 hp), as well as sporting sailing vessels whose length must not exceed 9 meters, which have no engines and are not equipped with resting places, are not subject to state registration with the GIMS bodies of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations.
In order to ensure the safety of the population on the water bodies of the Irkutsk Region during the 2013 navigation period, 38 GIMS patrol vessels and 26 vehicles, 104 state inspectors of the Federal State Institution “Center for GIMS of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Irkutsk Region” will be deployed.
The GIMS Department of the Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Irkutsk Region appeals to the region’s residents planning recreation on water bodies, asking them to observe water safety rules: on small vessels, wear life jackets and do not leave children unattended near water bodies.
Based on materials from the Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Irkutsk Region