Enjoy safe bathing, is the name of the campaign that launched this summer the Emergency Department of the Region of Murcia, with the collaboration, in this case, the City of Cartagena, as part of COPLA rescue plan on beaches, and, after passing through other municipalities, Monday has come to Cartagena, namely Cala Cortina, which has been chosen as the setting for the presentation of the second edition of this campaign.
The Councillor for Citizen Security, Francisco Aznar, accompanied by the general director of Emergencies, Manuel Duran, have been responsible to publicize the details of this initiative, which hopes to repeat the success of last summer, when he got off at more than half the number of people killed on the coast of the Region of Murcia, as claimed Duran.
In this sense, Francisco Aznar recalled that today the data is good, since there has been no drowning on our beaches, so that, in line users aware of beaches to bathe in safely, especially the most vulnerable sector, it is essential to always follow the instructions of lifeguards flags and checkpoints.
The campaign, under the slogans of prudence and caution, is the allocation of 70,000 bottles of water along 72 beaches with monitoring of the Murcia coast, including these bottles a series of tips, not logical, they have always into account, as suddenly enter the water if it is very cold, be careful if you have physical ailments or heart disease, observe the stability of the fund, extremely vigilant when children or elderly people, etc.
The goal is to enjoy a safe summer, which also contributes daily monitoring device on beaches, in acting 250 people, 13 rescue vessels and 13 watercraft.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena