The Coast Guard’s Mare Sicuro operation continues to protect the safety of swimmers and boaters
Very busy weekend for the Trapani Coast Guard with rescues and fines for violators as part of Operation Safe Sea.
The first intervention last Friday when the crew of the pneumatic dinghy stationed in Favignana intervened near the beach of the “Preveto” area, to pick up a tourist who had fallen on the rocks from an impervious and inaccessible area from land, who in the meantime had been rescued and stabilized on a stretcher by the medical staff of the 118 emergency health service of Favignana, who, however, were unable to transport her to another safe place due to the danger of the area where the accident had occurred.
The soldiers of the Coast Guard of Favignana, after reaching the beach by sea, also transporting the Doctor capable of providing more accurate care to the unfortunate victim, loaded her onto the vehicle and then transferred her to the water ambulance in service on the island which, right at due to the shallow waters in front of the “Preveto” location, she was unable to get closer. Yesterday, however, during the checks on the coast of Trapani, the vehicle patrol of the Port Authority ascertained the positioning of beach equipment which did not comply with the requirements contained in the specific authorization provision issued by the Territory and Environment Department of the Sicilian Region, making immediately remove the systems located near the sea shore but in the absence of customers who had rented them, imposing a fine of 1,032 euros on the owner of the business.
This morning, again the land patrol of the Port Authority of Trapani, during the course of as many checks in the Municipality of Custonaci, ascertained the opening of a bathing establishment in the absence of a lifeguard as well as the minimum and obligatory supplies and equipment to ensure the service. of assistance and rescue, such as skate, life jacket, fins, binoculars and diving mask, warning the owner to immediately close the Lido until the lifeguard service is restored, according to the requirements imposed by the Bathing Safety Ordinance, emanated from
Port Authority of Trapani on 11 June 2018 and notifying the concessionaire of an administrative report of 1,032 euros.
Finally, in the early afternoon of today, the military of the Local Maritime Office of Favignana fined with a further administrative fine of 1,032 euros some boaters who went ashore on the islet of Preveto, who had lit a fire on the beach, creating danger for the swimmers and alerting the police forces present on the island for an alleged
fire emergency.
