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San Javier increases its Copla Plan resources this summer and will have 19 surveillance posts and 15 proximity chairs, two amphibious vehicles, two rescue boats, two ambulances, three fast-action all-terrain vehicles, a jet ski and a motorcycle with a staff of 76
Last year, the municipality of San Javier carried out some 5000 assisted bath attentions on the beaches of Santiago de la Ribera and La Manga del Mar Menor, which represents half of all the assistance provided in the Region of Murcia, the mayor said today. of San Javier, José Miguel Luengo, who presented with the Councilor of the Presidency, Pedro Rivera, the plan of the Copla 2019 Plan in San Javier, on the Barnuevo Beach in Santiago de la Ribera.
The bathroom assisted by beach lifeguards using amphibious chairs, which can be requested at all surveillance posts, both in Santiago de la Ribera and La Manga, enriches the surveillance, rescue and emergency services on beaches, said Luengo, who highlighted the expansion of a surveillance post in La Manga del Mar Menor, with a total of 19 posts, 14 in La Manga and 4 in Santiago de la Ribera to which are added 15 proximity chairs with which the surveillance radius is extended .
The service has a total of 76 people trained in emergencies to ensure a daily presence on beaches of 50 troops that will be operational from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. every day.
The mayor of San Javier, José Miguel Luengo said that the municipality of San Javier is above the national average in the period of assistance on beaches that covers from June 1 to September 30 "which shows the commitment of the City of San Javier in improving the safety and accessibility of our beaches, which also includes an increase in human and material resources. "
Luengo valued the implementation of the new Municipal Emergency Service, recently awarded, which has led to several improvements such as the incorporation of two amphibious vehicles of great traction, one of them equipped with a transport system for victims who can start an emergency from the ground without needing the presence of a boat.
Multipurpose vehicles in any emergency, will operate this summer on the beaches of the Mediterranean in La Manga.
The improvement of resources includes three all-terrain vehicles adapted as polyvalent rapid intervention vehicles that allow first sanitary assistance, and a new salvage vessel for La Manga based at the Tomás Maestre port, during the opening hours of the Copla Plan, which adds to the boat Albufera operating 24 hours and two ambulances.
A water motorcycle and a motorcycle are added to the endowment of resources that "place San Javier as one of the municipalities with the most monitored beaches in the Region of Murcia," said the mayor, José Miguel Luengo.
The Minister of the Presidency, Pedro Rivera, also highlighted the effort of the City of San Javier both in the safety and surveillance of its beaches and in other services such as the assisted bath and emphasized the "Safe Bath" campaign that has been launched this Summer through the 061 with a series of tips to reduce incidents including the preventive attitude of bathers and respect for the indications of the personnel of surveillance and rescue.
During the presentation of the resources of the Copla Plan in the municipality for this summer, which was attended by many of the lifeguards of the service, a demonstration of the assisted bath was carried out with a helper to which the lifeguards of the Barnuevo beach stand placed , helped by a small crane in an amphibious chair in which they put it into the sea.
Afterwards, a mock rescue of a bather in distress was carried out with the intervention of the lifeguards of the surveillance post and the mobilization of a rescue motorcycle with which they took the body to the beach where a team leader and two service operators attended. guard of San Javier, and a medical ambulance from 061.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier
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