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Cartagena City Council has prepared the report of the Surveillance and Rescue in beaches, 2008, which involved Firefighters, Local Police and Civil Protection, which has become the twenty safest beaches on the coast of Cartagena to extending this device, enabling improved quality of services and taking our city to become the most Q for quality certificate is in Spain.
The device is located at the base of the Municipal Association of Civil Defence Volunteers and consists of a series of first-aid stations, surveillance and rescue-a total of 21, and a focal point, "and a range of resources and personnel which have been increasing.
In this regard, over the summer have worked daily in surveillance 71 people, and has had 3 bikes of water, 4 rescue boats, Sandy 3 bikes, 7 land vehicles and 2 ambulances.
With all these media have been carried out from 1 June to 30 September, a total of 3702 health care, rescue 262 people, 66 rescue boats, 209 5464 ambulance service and preventive actions, with 4 being the deceased, all causes other than immersion syndrome, mainly from heart attack.
Both the number of assists as the bailouts have increased over the previous year, due to the increased presence of troops on the beach.
Moreover, the fact that there has been drowning victims demonstrates the effectiveness of the Surveillance and Rescue, as well as increased awareness of the swimmers, who tend to follow the instructions of the lifeguards.
In the past five years, there has been only one death by immersion syndrome in 2006, and was due to ignored responders and alert after three times, had to be rescued and died by drowning.
Another significant finding came in 2005 when the number of health care was significantly higher, 7,344, due to the large influx of jellyfish.
The beaches included in the Plan are, in the Mar Menor, Los Urrutias and Loma del Castillo, who has had the device from 1 July to 31 August, Los Nietos, Islas Menores, Mar de Cristal, Playa Honda, La Gola, Cavanna and Cala del Pino, 15 June to 15 September.
In the Mediterranean Sea, have enjoyed Monteblanco Monitoring Plan, Cala Reona, El Portus, The Azohía and Isla Plana, from 1 July to 31 August; Galúa and San Ginés, from 1 June to 30 September and Lost Ship , Levante, Cala Cortina Calblanque and from 15 June to 15 September.
As for the beaches that are outside the device, are eight, which include the Pearl of the Levant, Cow Tongue, Paradise, El Vivero, Cala Flores, Playa Larga, Playa Negrete and the Gorguel.
In these areas have placed some information boards beach unattended, warning that in case of emergency call 112.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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