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The municipal emergency device that has been established during the summer includes 3 lifeguards who will monitor the Calnegre beach every day, 4 that of the Puntas Village and another that performs mobile surveillance in the coves with a 4x4, as a complement to maritime surveillance , which also adds a boat
The Mayor of Lorca, Fulgencio Gil, has presented this morning the Plan Copla 2019 that will be launched in full on the beaches of Punta de Calnegre for the summer, ranging from July 1 to September 1, from 11 to 20 hours, as well as the last two weekends of the month of June (June 22, 23, 29 and 30).
The Mayor of Lorca explained that "the Lorca Consistory, in coordination with the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, launches the Copla Plan throughout the summer will have an important deployment of human resources and necessary materials that will lead to The services of surveillance, rescue and daily rescue along the 10 kilometers of Lorca coast, which covers from the beach of Parazuelos, in the limit of Mazarrón, to the beach of La Galera, with the municipality of Águilas.
Fulgencio Gil pointed out that "specifically, 3 professional aquatic lifeguards will watch the Calnegre beach every day, which this year revalidates the blue flag and the eco-beach flag, and 4 will do it at the beach of the Punta de Calnegre village. Calnegre beach is going to install a post of First Aid, Surveillance and Rescue, whose location will be in the center of the beach, will be formed by a surveillance post and a tower with assistance module and an amphibious chair for people with reduced mobility. On the other hand, a fixed post of First Aid, Surveillance and Rescue, with a watchtower, a pneumatic boat and an amphibious chair for people with reduced mobility, will also be established in the beach of Puntas de Calnegre (Poblado).
The First Edil stressed that "this year, as a novelty in the deployment of material means, has incorporated a jet ski to strengthen the rescue and rescue work in the Lorca coast and offer the best possible service to bathers who visit our It should be noted that it is a quick and effective means of intervening on a possible risk of drowning, and at the same time, they play a fundamental role in monitoring from the sea. "
The new bike incorporates elements that facilitate rescue and salvage work on beaches, such as its exclusive iBR intelligent braking and reversing system that stops it almost instantly, as well as better maneuverability in the directional control, equipped with a stretcher. rescue for the transfer of the wounded, in addition to life jackets and helmets that will allow us to take care of any rescue situation that occurs on our coast.
As for the personnel that will make use of this aquatic environment, it has recently received the training of Skipper / Rescuer of watercraft with the objective of training them for a safe and effective use in rescue operations.
This boat is scheduled to be anchored at Calnegre Beach.
Gil added that "in addition, we have the boat, presented last summer, with special design for rescue on beaches of 450 cm in length with reinforced keel, integrated command post and a novel mechanism of automatic inflation and deflation of a float sector to recover victims in the water known as the FRS system Also, as is usual, other parallel services are established, such as land and maritime mobile surveillance, while the terrestrial service is carried out with a 4x4 vehicle and 1 lifeguard from the beach of Parazuelos, border with Mazarrón, to the Siscal beach, and in maritime surveillance from Cala Honda, Cala del Ciscar, Junquera Beach, Cala de la Gruta, Cala Blanca, Los Hierros Beach, Larga Beach and La Galera Beach , limit with Eagles ".
The monitoring, rescue and rescue device is completed with a Basic Life Support Ambulance planned to act if necessary from the Municipal Emergency Center of Calnegre that the Murciano Health Service has been deploying since 2010. This base will also be equipped of a first intervention vehicle with a 500-liter motor pump in case of a small fire.
It should be remembered that the signaling flags will be placed in the respective surveillance and rescue posts, indicating the safety conditions of the bathing places through the colors red (danger and prohibition of bathing), yellow (caution) and green (safety).
From the Town Hall of Lorca we ask bathers and visitors for their collaboration to respect the state of the flags, as well as the instructions of the lifeguards.
In addition, after the final approval of the new Ordinance Regulating the Right Use of the Beaches of the Litoral of the Municipality of Lorca published in the BORM and currently in force, it addresses, among others, a title to the service of surveillance, rescue, lifeguard and security on the beach, being under sanctioning regime the breach of any of its prohibitions and rules of conduct.
These actions in the Lorca beaches are carried out in coordination with the General Directorate of Citizen Security and Emergencies, belonging to the Ministry of the Presidency of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, regional administration that participates in the Regional Plan for Surveillance and Rescue in Beaches and Salvage in La Mar (PLAN COPLA).
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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