Varese – They will also participate the Varese Fire Brigade to the air-naval exercise of search and rescue which will take place tomorrow, June 17, from 11.30 in the waters in front of the Lesa lakeside, on the Piedmontese shore of Lake Maggiore. During “LAKESARX 2024”organized and directed by Coast Guardthe rescue of a passenger ship with a fire on board will be simulated.
The initiative is part of the annual training program for the company’s staff Coast Guardbut it also wants to be an opportunity to celebrate the first birthday of the Lake Maggiore Coast Guard Naval Vessels Unit, who just a year ago settled permanently in Lesa under the guidance of 1st Lieutenant Sebastiano Valenti.
The exercise has the main purpose of testing the effectiveness of the collaboration between the various authorities, bodies and associations that in various capacities contribute to the lake search and rescue activity, which the Coast Guard has the task of directing and coordinating. In addition to the Lesa Coast Guard, the Fire Brigade of Novara, Verbania and Varese, the Cannobio Financial Police, the 118 Service, the Italian Red Cross of Verbania, Arona and Lesa, the Auxiliary Coast Guard, will participate in the event. the Verbania Nautical Rescue Team, the SOGIT Association, as well as the Arona Lakes Government Management which will make available the motor ship “TOPAZIO”, with the involvement of 15 naval vessels, a Coast Guard helicopter, two ambulances, a first aid point on land and the overall use of over 60 people including crews, aquatic rescuers, healthcare personnel and helpers. The various phases of the exercise simulation will be documented in real time by a drone of the Fire Brigade of the Piedmont SAPR Unit of Turin with the indirect vision of the images on a screen on the ground.
