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The Surveillance and Rescue Plan of the Region of Murcia features a total of 250 workers in 71 ensure that there are beaches in the region and in the 122 towers rescue this year.

On Tuesday a mock rescue was carried out in the Levante Beach Cabo de Palos

Now in peak season of summer in the coastal area, the Plan Monitoring and Rescue Beaches and Rescue at Sea Region of Murcia, Ballad Plan 2014, is at full capacity to ensure the safety of swimmers in the 71 beaches in our region.

This year the security device, coordinated by the Autonomous Community, the various security bodies and the municipalities of these beaches like Cartagena, incorporating a total of 250 workers and 122 posts, towers and chairs nearby, to ensure safety, welfare and enjoyment of the coast of Murcia as well as 5 boats, 2 and 3 Sea Rescue helicopters.

This was advanced on Tuesday the Minister of the Presidency, José Gabriel Ruiz, the Security council, Mariano García, and the coordinator of Civil Protection Cartagena, José Navarro, explaining the details of the device Ballad Plan in the Region in the beach Levante Cabo de Palos.

The presentation was also attended by the general coordinator of Safety of the City, Juan Antonio Calabria, and the fire chief, Francisco Gómez.

Bathers this cartagenera beach were witnesses and a mock rescue four swimmers, one with symptoms of drowning, which were served according to the protocol of the Ballad Security Plan. The purpose of these actions is to minimize the risks on our beaches in summer and that victims have a quality of care in the shortest possible time, today clarified the coordinator of Civil Protection.

PUBLIC AWARENESS

The presidential advisor recommended to Murcia to follow the recommendations to prevent any incident occurs, although there is increasing public awareness and each year there are fewer penalties for failure are to be directed by security personnel., This summer, as the mayor pointed out, there have only been a penalty earlier this peak season for not respecting the red flag that prohibits bathing on the beach.

In last July have been a total of 24,000 attentions which have been carried out on our beaches, among priests, information, assistance, rescuing people or boats, up 37% from last year attentions.

This year on the coast of Cartagena, has been 4 deaths in the sea, as the Security council added 3 after hours Ballad device, which is 11 to 20 hours and up to 19 hours in the Mar Menor. All were seniors whose death has not occurred because of the sea, as the Minister added.

It is very important that they are accompanied by the possibility of dizziness or other ailment on the beach and follow the recommendations of Civil Protection to prevent such incidents, Mariano García added.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena