Month: November 2017

Don’t forget the safety equipment when walk in the sea

A boat trip is for sure a lot of fun. But between the weather, the equipment on board and the prolonged exposure to natural light, some recommendations are essential to navigate safely. Especially if you have children!

 

Before going out to sea, check carefully the schedules and coefficients of the tides as well as the weather forecasts, so as not to be surprised by the variations of the nature. Also ensure that everyone on board has a safety lifejacket that fits their size. Everyone must also leave with their sunglasses and a cap or hat to protect the eyes, the head … and thus avoid sunstroke.

 

On the side of the skin, apply sunscreen before leaving on all visible parts, even on your whole body in anticipation of a dive in the open sea. Take with you the tubes of cream for regular applications. Yes, despite appearances and feelings, the clouds let a large number of UV rays that can weaken your skin. Finally, even if the end of the holidays is approaching and your skin is already tanned, do not worry! Tanning certainly limits the occurrence of sunburn since your skin has become accustomed to sun exposure. But the risk 0 does not exist, let alone at sea on the surface of which the impression of freshness and moisture easily masks the force of the rays. A high visibility safety vest is eye catching for keeping your safety.

 

Before leaving, check that your basket will be enough to sustain everyone’s stomachs. Think of the practical and nutritious picnic formula, and plan for 1 liter of water per person if you leave for the day. Know it, to go to sea with an empty stomach exposes to seasickness! Be careful however to fatty and heavy meals. They can cause difficulties of digestion often misguided on board. In addition, do not forget the pharmacy kit with its lot of bandages, anti-nausea, mercurochrome, scissors and tweezers.

 

In the piloting department now … if you have to do little tricky maneuvers, your children will have to sit, both hands on fixed supports, buttocks well set, especially if the toddlers are light weights. In the best case, tell the young people to stay in the cockpit for maximum safety.

 

Finally, never leave a child alone on board or at the controls of the boat even they wear the safety clothing. And despite the concentration you show, always keep an eye on the actions of your toddlers. Also plan a child’s difficulty in staying in place for a long time. If it starts to get agitated, try taking a break where everyone can let off steam.

 

The security inspectors of the city armed with safety vest

“The attack on the Champs has shown that every uniformed agent is a target,” exclaims Nathalie Kosciusko, president of the LR group at the Paris Council. Faced with this observation, his political party wants to change the armament and safety uniform of the security inspectors of the city of Paris (ISVP), and will file a wish in this direction to the Paris Council which begins this Tuesday.

 

“Trained and equipped with lethal weaponry”

On April 21, a hundred security inspectors, on strike, had gathered in front of City Hall to demand a “development of their weapons.” At the call of the CFTC and the UCP (Union of Paris executives), this movement was intended to claim “at least initially a non-lethal weapons” for the more than 1,000 municipal officers tasked with combating the “incivilities” of everyday life. Currently they are equipped with a Tonka and a tear gas bomb “when terrorists are equipped with a weapon of war,” note Republicans.

 

Favorable for several years to an “armed municipal police”, NKM recovers from the security file and asks that the security inspectors can “without distinction wear a tactical bulletproof safety jacket“, that “the totality of the ISVP profits from a non-lethal armament, defensive bullet launcher (LBD) or electric impulse pistol “. Finally, the LR Group wishes that the “voluntary ISVPs be trained and equipped with lethal weapons”. Some political parties remain opposed to this development.

 

“It would be a disturbing rise in rank,” reacts David Billiard, co-chair of the Ecology Group of Paris (GEP). On the side of the municipal executive, we do not comment this wish but we recall the work in progress on the issue.

 

“We are not closed”

“We are not closed to the question of strengthening the armament to improve the mission of the agents”, one recalls to the city hall. After the strike movement of the agents, a delegation of agents was received at the office of the mayor. An administrator has been commissioned to study rapidly the conditions of any weapon allocation, lethal or non-lethal.

 

“We will work with the agents to assess the needs of their missions. We want them to do their job in the best conditions, “AFP Colombes Brussels, security assistant to the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, told AFP, recalling that the agents had already been equipped with bullet-proof safety vest.

 

 

Municipal agents in safety vest are ready to assist the citizens

Forty municipal agents from Thiensville will come to lend a hand in case of disaster. The city set up Friday, October 27 the device of the communal reserve of civil security.

 

Their fluorescent vests on the shoulders, a badge on the chest and the torch that is waiting on the table, the forty or so municipal agents of Thiensville are now ready to assist the citizens. Friday, October 27, the city has formalized during a solemn meeting, the creation of a communal reserve of civil security. A first in Moseley for this device created in 2004, which allows volunteers to support relief units during missions.

 

The flood of 2016, the click

The memory of the 2016 floods in the North Moseley sector is still in everyone’s mind. “We had a lot of people who were flooded at home,” recalls Pierre Cluny, Mayor of Thiensville. “The communal reserve would have been activated to repatriate the population, distribute food and reassure”.

 

That’s what prompted Dannie to get involved in this new scheme: “My neighbors were here to help me, it’s a balm to see that there are people who care about you and who help you when you’re in trouble, so there’s no reason we cannot do the same thing.” This responsibility will be at all hours of the day, as needed. “Disasters do not happen between 8 am and 5 pm so if there is anything, in the middle of the night for example, I put on my safety vest and boots, I take my tools and I go for it,” says Martine, in charge of the early childhood center within the city.

 

Three days of training

But before being operational, civil servants will benefit from three days of training. They will (re) learn the first aid gestures (the PSC1 diploma) or how to react in the event of a nuclear emergency, with the nearby Catena plant. A good sting reminder rejoices Roland, employee at the health department of Thiensville: “How to react with people under stress. Now, do not be stressed and communicate it as little as possible”.

 

In 2016, Nancy was the first city of Lorraine to set up a communal reserve of civil security. But unlike Thiensville, it’s not limited to municipal officials and police in reflective vest. But Pierre Cluny, the mayor of the Moseley city assures him, they were numerous to want to volunteer.

 

 

 

Operation “Well seen together”: what security for cyclists

In association with the General Insurance Agents and with the support of road safety, France Bleu Saint-Etienne Loire offers a special day “well seen together” this Friday, October 27th. The opportunity to question is the safety of cyclists in Saint-Etienne.

The transition to winter time takes place this weekend. It is synonymous with a significant increase in the number of road accident victims, especially among the most vulnerable, pedestrians and cyclists. Indeed, the night falling an hour earlier, pedestrians and cyclists are less visible because of this lack of brightness. AGEA and France Bleu are therefore organizing a “Well Seen Together” prevention campaign and offer our listeners a visibility kit including: a yellow reflective vest with reflective stripes, a yellow backpack with reflective stripes, a reflective bracelet, adhesives to stick on bicycle frames. Come see us this Friday.

 

What security in Saint-Etienne?

Good visibility is not everything. For good cycling, especially in the city, you need bike paths. And obviously, in Saint-Etienne, it misses a little. It is enough to settle at an angle of the place of the Hotel to realize the problem. First there are very few cyclists. And most importantly, they do not know where to put themselves. The first rolls on the tracks of the tram, the second on the sidewalk and Miguel, a young student, are down from his bike! Too many people, too much danger, and do not even try to convince him to take bi-directional cycling.

 

It’s very dangerous “- Miguel, Saint Etienne cyclist

“It’s super dangerous! I prefer to make a detour and take the streets in the direction of traffic of cars that take double-meaning,” says the Stephanotis. “And if I’m really in hurry, then I get off my bike before being honked by cars that do not understand what I’m doing there and for good reason, the signage is on the ground and they do not see it.”

 

So Miguel often finds himself, like others, on the tracks of the tram, yet forbidden. And it’s not just downtown that’s a problem. Pierre-Yves has been pedaling for 20 years in Saint-Etienne, but it’s been a long time since he ventured on the boulevards: “The cycling network of Saint-Etienne lacks continuity, for example on the boulevards, there is only fragments of bike paths, without continuity we have to go down often on the roadway.” With all that, Saint-Etienne is one of the biggest French cities in the field. Only 0.9% of the working population moves by bicycle in the Loire against almost 4 in Isere and even more than 6% in the Bas-Rhino.

 

And the town hall does not seem to really take the problem seriously. First, the physiognomy of the city is what it is. “We are not going to drop the buildings to widen the streets of the center”, assistant in charge of the town hall of Saint-Etienne. Then, the city has created 18 new kilometers of bike lanes for two and a half years thanks to the zone 30 in the city center, but these are not kilometers of protected bike paths, they are the famous double-senses that do not please cyclists without high visibility vest… Saint-Etienne does not want, like other cities, to deter cars from entering the center. “There is no question of reversing the balance of power between cars and bikes; it is not up to us to encourage people to take the bus, their feet, their car or a bike.”

 

Road safety: pay attention to the accident

The over-accident is the cause of many deaths on the roads each year. This double drama can be avoided by respecting the safety instructions, in particular that concerning the wearing of the yellow reflective vest.

 

On the Internet, the Gendarmerie reports two recent events to raise awareness. Last week, in the Nerve, on the A77, a heavy truck came crashing into a van of gendarmes of a Road Safety highway platoon, but also a van of the interdepartmental direction of the roads. The three gendarmes and the patrolman managed to hide behind the guardrails; however, a serious injury was reported.

 

The previous Sunday, in the Gironde, on the N89 between Bordeaux and Lilbourn, a vehicle carrying six people from the same family is forced to stop on a band of emergency stops following a fuel outage. The whole family straddles the guardrail for shelter, but finds itself near an unlighted side road. In the rain, a 10-year-old girl is then hit by a motorist. She will die in the night following her injuries.

 

Two facts not so different: in the event of an accident, it is imperative to remain vigilant and respect the instructions of road safety, the wearing of the fluorescent vest, the setting up of the warning triangle, the list not being exhaustive.

 

 

Pedestrians in safety vest: be visible on the roads

In 2014, 499 pedestrians were killed in France and 4,323 admitted for their wounds, according to statistics from the National Observatory of Road Safety (ONISR). Since 2010, the mortality of this category of users is constantly increasing.

 

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At night, accidents are more frequent and more serious. The share of pedestrians killed at night represents 47% of the pedestrian mortality, or 233 pedestrians. It is a little stronger than that of all users killed at night (41%). But this proportion varies according to the environment: pedestrians killed at night represent 32% of the pedestrian mortality in the city (342 of which 110 at night), 73% of the pedestrian mortality on roads outside urban areas (113 of which 83 at night) and 91% pedestrian toll on motorway (44 of which 40 at night).

 

At night or in fog, pedestrian groups should be visible

Wearing retro-reflective equipment, such as the yellow safety vest, is not required at night or in low visibility. Road safety only recommends that pedestrians wear light-colored clothing or retro-reflective tape to be visible at 150 m instead of 30 m.

On the other hand, the Highway Code provides that “at night, or during the day when visibility is insufficient, the processions, convoys, processions or groupings of pedestrians must be indicated at the front by at least one white or yellow light.

 

Wearing yellow vest for drivers stopped on the roadside

Since July 2008, motorists and truck drivers have to wear a yellow vest when they are forced out of their parked vehicle on the road or by the roadside. Since 1 January 2016, this requirement also applies to drivers of two or three-wheeled motor vehicles. In addition, the Labor Code requires the use of high-visibility clothing for workers working on roads and highways during construction work or temporary danger.

 

Raising the awareness of the youngest

Many local initiatives to protect pedestrians have been adopted. Departmental councils require the wearing of the yellow vest for children who use the school bus. Since the start of the school year 2015, a half-day of awareness of good behaviors and basic safety rules has been introduced in high schools. Wearing retro-reflective tape or fluorescent visibility elements on clothing, school bags or armbands is recommended.

 

Police forced to use outdated bulletproof vests

Brussels some have been for more than two years and their ballistic resistance is no longer guaranteed.

 

Polemic within the Midi police zone, which covers the territories of Anderlecht, Forest and Saint-Gilles! According to our information, members of the staff of the Anti-Crime Brigade (BAC), sort of special units of the federal police but at the local level, use daily Class 4 bulletproof safety vests, the most resistant, for missions which are attributed to them. But it comes back to us that all of these bulletproof vests are out of date since last year.

 

When a vest is out of date, it means that the structure no longer guarantees the safety of the officer because of several factors including humidity. “Result: the impacts are much heavier which leads to an increased risk of bruises, bruises or fractures of police intervention,” says Alain, police advisor of the Midi area, who arrested the police college.

 

But that’s not all. The 21 staff members of BAC Midi Zone use a kit to transfer Level 2 inmates, considered dangerous. “Despite the increase in level 2 prisoner transfers that LAC staff members have been facing for several months, they have only one kit, which led them last year to borrow material from the federal police to make the transfer of detainees in the best possible security conditions for them and for the prisoners concerned who must also wear these reflective vests, “adds Alain.

 

Only here, the class 4 bulletproof vests that are in this kit are also out of date since … 2014. The parties were therefore forced to make their own makeshift repairs to make the vests operational.

 

On the side of the Midi police zone, we recognize that problems have occurred in the delivery, but that the situation is now in order. “We ordered 30 vests last year, divided between the different police services,” said Marie Verbose, spokeswoman for the area. “In addition, an order was made for 80 additional chasubles that were delivered last week and will soon be distributed to BAC staff.”

 

The Midi police zone is a candidate to be a pilot zone to equip some of its personnel with tasters, these electric impulse guns. The information was confirmed by the spokesperson for the area. An idea that had already been proposed by police advisor Alain: “This non-lethal weapon sends two electrodes that release a discharge that temporarily blocks the nervous system and briefly immobilizes the affected person to allow the police to intervene and proceed with his arrest “, commented Alain in safety clothing, police advisor in the Midi area, who arrested the college.”These tasters would prevent the police from having to use their service weapon to ensure their integrity while guaranteeing the safety of those arrested.”

 

Safety equipment was handed over to Comorian fishermen

The first batch of safety equipment for safety at sea, intended for the fishing communities of the Comoros, was handed over to fishermen last Monday in the premises of the National Directorate of Fisheries. The handover and reception ceremony was conducted by the vice-president in charge of the Ministry of Fisheries.

 

This equipment, totaling 21 million Comorian francs, disbursed by the World Bank, consists of 70 global positioning systems, 140 lifejackets, 140 waxed, 140 pairs of gloves, 225 hand-held fires, 75 smoke, 150 parachute flares and 70 mirrors. Tools are that will improve the daily working conditions of fishermen and promote the culture of safety at sea.

 

On this occasion, the Vice-President stressed that these materials will meet the regulatory imperatives and, taking into account the economic difficulties of the sector, the Comorian government has made the fisheries sector a national priority in the process of emerging country by 2030.

 

Abode in safety clothing said that this safety equipment at sea is very useful because the fishing sector “contributes 8% of gross domestic product (GDP) and provides 32,000 direct and indirect jobs”.

 

The Resident Representative of the World Bank in the Comoros, Rasht Petrel, argued that this equipment, intended for Comorian fishermen, is among the results of the Cores project which ended on April 31st. This project is being replaced by another named Sailfish, the first project of governance of fisheries and shared growth in the South-West Indian Ocean, said the Resident Representative.

 

As for the Commissioner in charge of Agriculture and Fisheries, Amada Vises Ali wears the safety vest, he said that “our sinners must take their responsibilities because for the Comoros to be an emerging country, we need the contribution of each of us, all categories”.

 

Bulletproof vests and heavy helmets for firefighters too

It is the air of the terrorist time, the violence of the moment and the national direction of the civil security which advises it. Rescue services are encouraged to equip themselves more heavily for their own protection. “We do not have any equipment obligation,” says Lieutenant-Colonel in safety vest. “The national doctrine does not impose, it recommends. But it is hard to imagine a director engaging his workforce with nothing “adds the crisis management specialist. The Moseley subscribes and follows in the footsteps of the departments that crossed it before it which, unlike others, did not have to host matches of the Euro 2016 football that precipitated the application of the measure.

 

In detail, three Magellan rescue centers, “where three teams of six men per guard, plus one nurse,” were trained, will receive personal protective equipment (PPE). A pack consisting of a level 3 ballistic helmet, without reinforced visor like that of the police or gendarmerie. “It does not work on a victim.” This explains the preference of the SDIS for a splinter mask that “looks a bit like ski goggles”, illustrates Christophe Retinoid. “The extraction (of a victim, Ed) is physical. We made the choice of lightness and practicality. ”

 

After the head, the body will be dressed in a reflective vest (four, in front, behind and on the flanks), of a ballistic level 4 (resistant to ammunition of war). Black with a red flocking, “it is not very visible, but enough to identify us in the field. We are on sites where many orders and where tight tactical coordination “involves knowing who is in action. At this added weight, lifeguards add lighter accessories like knee pads and cut-resistant gloves. Finally, the staff will also have on them a tourniquet to pose oneself on a member or that of a wounded comrade.

 

It is necessary to extend the list with the collective equipments like rigid trays and flexible stretchers on which the victim is strapped and that one can tow a few meters with a cable to put it in the shelter. The radio exchange system integrates earpieces for communication as discreet as effective in a noisy environment. “We are on agile devices to be reconfigured permanently,” says Christophe Retinoid. “We have always adapted.” Trained to the nuclear, radiological, biological and chemical risks (NRBC), the reliefs add a mention “terrorism” which pushes them until the paradox of being equipped like police forces to assist victims.

 

The adaptation of the equipment to circumstances led the Department to open an envelope of 50 000 € for the purchase of new safety equipment. The market has been launched according to precise specifications and the rescue centers concerned should not be long in coming. “There were a lot of things we already had,” says Lieutenant-Colonel Retinoid, SDIS 57. The bill is therefore limited. At the same time, the SDIS has increased the so-called “Damage Control” training with its staff. An effort launched for eight months and continues to teach the greatest number of firefighters.

 

“Even though we changed air with Charlie, the trigger of conscience,” the Bata clan had an influence on how to operate, said Lieutenant-Colonel Retinoid, SDIS 57, as Nice did too and as the next attack will likely bring a new evolution in how to intervene in risky contexts.

 

The importance of the lifejacket

A few days before the beginning of the summer season, the Atlantic Maritime Prefecture wishes to recall the importance of the lifejacket. “The safety vest saves life”. Here is the message that wants to pass the Atlantic Maritime prefecture a few days before the beginning of the summer season.

 

“Since the beginning of the year, on the Atlantic coast, the sea has taken away several lives of seamen, professionals or boaters, who have fallen into the water without a lifejacket. Without a lifejacket, the chances of survival are very low, even if help arrives quickly on zone “, explains the Premark in a statement published this Tuesday.

No deaths with a lifejacket in 2016 and 2017

 

“As the summer season kicks off with a strong increase in water recreation, the Atlantic Maritime Prefecture is reminded of the importance of wearing a safety jacket or PFD (integrated buoyant suit). “, she adds. In 2016 and 2017, no person who fell into the sea and wearing a lifejacket lost his life.

 

In its communiqué, the prefecture also reminds some safety instructions: “to prevent accidents: check equipment and safety equipment, check the weather, tidal coefficients and strength of currents, do not overestimate its capabilities “,” to be an actor of his rescue: to be able to alert the rescue: VHF (VHF 16) or telephone (196: direct number to the CROSS), have informed his family of the expected time of return, do not leave alone and have a crew member to give the alert, to be able to wait for help: wear a lifejacket or PFD, be seen: wear brightly colored reflective clothing and equipped with warning equipment for the night (flashlight. ..).