Month: August 2018

Always ready to rescue at sea

Rescuers at sea, all volunteers, offer their time and expertise and help those who need to be rescued at sea. For this, they are trained throughout the year.

“Christian, you will simulate a waterway. We’ll send you a guy with a motor pump. We’ll give you the trailer and we’ll get you back.” This is the program of exercise this afternoon in three sentences. The role of the castaway will be played by a small unit, which usually serves as a school boat. On board, Christian, who is one of the bosses of the SNSM. He is the one on call this week. And a boater: Stephan. As soon as it is said, the future castaways leave the harbor.

Port exit

The star of the class SNS 156 bears the sweet name of Sainte-Anne-du-Port. She is moored at the beginning of the pontoon, ready to fly to the rescue of anyone who needs it. Cyril, who is in command, gives his instructions before departure. “One of the boaters will be on the boat. We will transfer the motor pump. Then we will pass the trailer, with the small crowbar. We cast off the moorings. We leave the harbor.

At a surprisingly slow speed. If it was a “real” intervention, for people drowning, would we go faster? “No,” Cyril answers. In the port, the speed is limited to 3 knots. With its 14.80 m, the SNS 156 moves a lot of water. There is no question of causing an accident, of shaking the pontoon, or a child on the deck of a sailboat falling into the water. ”

Here comes the call for help, clearly identified as an exercise. The small boat allegedly in distress is near the buoy “As you can”, the name of a wreck that sank there. The buoy is a cardinal east: it is east of the danger. And we go to the east of the buoy.

A floating reflective vest that supports two people

In addition to Cyril and Christophe, aboard Hervey Duchesne, chief of the bridge, and three boatmen: Yvonne , Yves and Vincent Le Roy. All four wear self-inflating vests orange, 225 newtons. Vests with reflective tapes that can hold two people on the surface of the water: the rescuer and the rescued. This gives an image of the physical commitment one is willing to offer when one decides to give his time to the SNSM.

The other two, the boss and the radio, who remain at the bridge, wear blue vests with reflective materials of 150 newtons. Dialogue at the VHF: “We are two on board,” report the shipwrecked. “Did you go for two? Asks Christophe. ” Yes. – You donned your lifejackets. – Yes. ”

Pairing

Cyril decided: “We will start to couple on his port side. The boaters prepare the tusks, these kinds of big balloons that protect the hull when moored against another ship or along a dock.

Here we are with our castaways. The pairing maneuver (mooring the two boats side by side) is not as simple as you would think. “We have to start again here, guys,” Cyril said, stiffening the rear hawser. While the water is flat and there is little wind, a small Beaufort, the two boats rattle a lot against each other.

The pump, the trailer

The pump is transshipped on the small boat, as well as one of the boaters. Rescuers always leave one of them on the boat they are rescuing. Someone who is used to handling a pump, who knows what to do when towed, and who can reassure stressed sailors if necessary.

The trailer is over. We pull the small boat after 50m hawsers. All are well, end of the exercise, each one returns to the port in an autonomous way. The exercise was profitable: “Taking couples. We do not often, says Cyril. It is rare that the weather allows it. We always have things to improve.

Now the VHF is crackling. It’s a call to help a real one, that one. But this one will not be for us: it is located on the other side of the Channel, in Falmouth, on the English coast.

Brigades reinforce all summer to make clear beaches

In the hand, at the wheel of a tractor, near the summer, the Syndicate intercommunion does Dunes of Flanders (SIDF) applies to orchestrate the cleaning of the beaches of Bray-Dunes, Dunkirk, etc.. In summer, ballet of agents is growing to treat the coastline. The point of the device.

Evacuate with shovels

The mechanical cleaning of the beaches intervenes on the top of the dikes and on certain parts of the foreshore: “We work only in the urbanized zones, on a significant time slot, from 6 am to 9 pm. This allows to cover the different times of the day, Karl, technical adviser on the cleanliness of the beaches at the SIDF. The activity is more intense in summer, from 6 am to 11 am, two agricultural tractors pass in the four communes. These devices make it possible to plug holes and stable gaming platforms. The washing of dikes and the collection of baskets occurs several times during the day. “The afternoon team crosses the dike with an electric vehicle, at the appropriate size for the walking area. We try to be present according to the weather. Sometimes a passage is not enough. This was the case throughout the month of July, overflowing with vacationers.

Yellow reflective vest on the back, garbage bag and clip in hand, it is at dawn that the ballet cleaners start on the stretch of sand stretching from Dunkirk to Bray-Dunes. The vest with reflective tapes can protect them to increase visibility at night. Before, during and after the season, the SIDF organizes a manual pick-up on the areas polluted by the marine discharges and the dune space, fragile places, less accessible by the machines. A mission delegated to the association: “Between June 1 and September 30, a team of six people in professional reintegration ensures this task, says Christophe, director general of union services. They also intervene at crucial moments, during a large influx, as is the case in the summer, but also to the Milo band, the feast of the Music, The Good Adventure, etc. Their main enemy: the macro-waste rejected by the sea or left by the walkers. The ballet cleaners who wear safety clothing with reflective materials try to pick-up those macro-waste.

Convey the message

To accompany these actions, the SIDF tries to “make the summer eco-friendly”. For this, he recruits during the two months of vacation, a dozen young people, who travel the territory to distil messages to beach users, in addition to perform, also a manual pickup. “This” Beach Protection Brigade “was an experimental action for two years in Bray-Dunes, continues Christophe. We expanded it to the four communes. It is in this way that one can manage to improve cleanliness. We seek to deploy our action by all possible means. The SIDF also notes a “good appropriation by the citizens” installed in autumn, which encourages the walkers to deposit the waste found on their way.

Immaculate School. It rolls before the holiday

Every year, the pupils of the CM2 classes of the primary school of the Immaculate end their year of introduction to road safety by a beautiful bike ride.

“We did upstream several actions,” says the Chief Warrant Officer Jacques, commander of the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Brigade Departmental Gendarmerie.

“Citizenship of law, internet license – they all stalled – good safety behaviors in the bus and finally an awareness of the practice of cycling, with a theoretical part in class, and a practical part in the playground to know if they were able to go on the road. This is the last sequence, the great epic.

On the program, by a convoy of 6, controlled distance, helmet and mandatory yellow reflective vest, and several accompanying adults, gendarmes, teachers and parents. With a good pace, students arrived on site faster than other years. They did a relay race to wait for the picnic hour where the 7 students who for the first time since the operation had not passed the practical test, had to work at the school.

After the meal, the BPDJ launched the challenge of the orienteering race and the teams had the opportunity to search at their own pace for letters arranged in the wooded area and to reconstruct a phrase on the theme of safety: “the cyclist has a fragile head. The return continued in a good mood.

In order to cope safely, the police give important tips.

The new school year is imminent. For the youngest among the students begin a exciting new period of life and many great challenges. One of them is the way to school, and in order to cope safely, the police give important tips.

Explore school way together:

Even before the first day of school, parents and their child should explore the future school route to explain the correct behavior in traffic and in hazardous areas. It is important that always the safest way is used, even if this is perhaps not the shortest. When changing the street side children should use crossing aid, such as traffic lights or pedestrian crossings. Even when coping with the school route, “practice makes perfect” – the more often the path is walked together, the better the child gets used to the right traffic behavior.

Conversely, children also adopt false and dangerous behaviors, so adults should always lead by example. Likewise, the wrong behavior of other road users serves to explain to the child how to do it right. Eye-catching, colorful, reflective clothing helps children to be seen better and faster by other road users. Reflecting tapes and applications on clothing and satchels additionally enhance the effect.

School bus:

Even if the child goes to school by bus, parents should pay attention to the proper behavior and warn them of danger: never cross the street in front of or behind the holding bus, but wait until the bus continues and clears the view is. When disembarking on passing cyclists and passing pedestrians pay attention and not jostle when boarding and keep enough distance. Although the waiting time on the bus can sometimes be long, time should not be spent playing games.

Drive with the car:

When traveling by car, it is important to ensure the proper securing of all passengers. Children up to the twelfth year of age and a height of less than 1.50 meters need a suitable child seat – without proper security. Children in the car have a seven times higher risks of being seriously injured or even killed by an accident.

Missing or inadequate security can be punished with up to 60 Euros and a point in Flensburg. If several children are affected, it can be punished with 70 Euros and a point in Flensburg.

The child should only get in and out on the side facing away from the traffic. Every road user should be particularly attentive in the coming weeks around the beginning of school. And it is important to wear a reflective vest when cycling outside at night. Even as a pedestrian or cyclist, children can be a good example. The field of vision of a child is one third smaller than the adult.

Distraction – mobile away on the way to school:

Children and adolescents are now reluctant to use the mobile phone. The accessibility of their children is important for parents, but the cell phone on the way to school has lost nothing in the hand and should stay in the satchel, so that the small road users fully focused on the way to school and the traffic. For adults, it also means: be a role model, keep your fingers away from the phone!

School accidents:

In 2012, there were still 171 school-leaving road accidents, but the number dropped to 124 in 2015. In 2016, the number increased to 133 and in 2017 there were 138 accidents of this kind. 19 people were seriously injured and 115 slightly injured.

Through various actions such as the “pedestrian pass” in day-care centers and schools, the action “little feet on the way to school” or the use of honorary school route guides, the police and various partners are supporting this exciting time in the lives of the smallest road users.

Everything for a safe shooting festival

The shooters on the weekend, 10 to 13 August, want a nice shooting festival – and above all, the safety of festival. For this, they have done everything again and put a safety concept on their feet.

Already 14 days ago, all participants sat together: volunteer fire department, police, German Red Cross, public order of the community and the shooters. Since then nothing stands in the way of the festival weekend.

“We have to register the parades “, explains Michael, organizer of the shooting festival. The approval was given the circle – with the same specifications as last year. “That calmed us down,” says Pache. Nothing was changed in the process.

During the parades – picking up the royal couple with a march on Saturday and a big parade on Sunday – the main focus is according to Pache on the main street. “This is blocked off with beacons provided by the community,” says Pache.

Folder for removals wanted

As in the past year, red-white cordon tape, signs and folders in safety vests are enough in the Tempo 30 zones that the shooters carry out in their moves. “So far, a lot of folders have reported,” says Pache. He could still use three to four helpers. If you are interested, you can contact Michael Pache at Tel. 01 76/64 39 17 31. He suspects that, as in the past few years, there will still be briefs. “We always get it.”

“We are on the safe side”

“On Saturday and Sunday, we are on the safe side during the parades.” Michael Pache is very satisfied with the support of the participants. Especially the local fire department emphasizes the organizer. For the children’s parade in the family afternoon on Monday, the effort is less. “The parade does not take place on the street,” explains Pache. The children are working on the church behind the royal couple.

The security concept of the shooters, however, does not only include the parades. Also, the bird shooting on Saturday and the [Q] -stall party on Friday evening must be safe. “The bird shooting range has been completely renovated,” says Pache. There are certain rules that must be complied with. “It’s all in line with the rules. We have no security concerns, “emphasizes the organizer.

[Q] stall is a big event

The [Q] -Stall-Party is meanwhile a major event for the shooters with more than 1100 party guests. As in the previous year, the members have again taken care of a professional security service. The shooters have decided for the company Galicia Security from Unna. “They did a good job last year – with a lot of tact,” says Pache. “We trust in it again this year.” The police also drive more patrol.

A look at the past shooting festivals shows that the holidays went quiet overall. Several years ago, some guests thought they could steal signs that stood on the road. Since then, the shooters have illuminated the parking lot. Should there be problems on the shooter’s field or in the tent, the shooters would use their house right, explains Pache.

So far, the “village character” has always come through at the shooting festival. “People want to celebrate together peacefully,” says Pache. And so it is again this year: “We all want to have a nice party.”

With brains and technology

“What the man does with power makes the woman with technology and brains”, says Manfred Bader, freelance forestry master. Under his guidance, six interested women now learned how to use the chainsaw.

The first of two course days was entirely devoted to the theory: Felling techniques were involved, as well as the construction, maintenance and care of the chainsaw, and a first aid course was also on the program.

In safety clothing and armed with a power saw, it went on the second day. At a felled tree, the women – they mostly came from surrounding communities – practiced cutting techniques, before they went to sell themselves.

When asked why there is an extra chainsaw course for women and the demand for them continues to increase, the experts learned that there are more and more women owning a piece of woodland. But that’s not necessarily the main reason. The fact that it is simply funnier among women and they can ask open questions. And: In a mixed course, they would sometimes be treated by the participating men. “As if we were not done for the job and at home we were only allowed to do the initial work,” said one participant.

Instructor Bader has specifically addressed in his course that women have to deal with the handling of the chainsaw unlike men and answered their questions. The course is not means simpler or work in the forest is less dangerous. Bader emphasizes.

This is also confirmed by district manager Silvia from the Department of Food, Agriculture and Forestry: “Forestry is one of the most dangerous jobs, which are why you always have to be in the forest for at least two,” said Silvia. But tree felling is not only dangerous for the workers. Even walkers disregarded again and again the barriers and thus put themselves in mortal danger. “Blocked roads may under no circumstances be entered,” Silvia warned.

For one falling tree can outline another. This is not always aware of hikers. Again and again, there are fatal accidents such as a cyclist, which disregarded the barrier and was killed by a tree, said Silvia.

As new methods and techniques for tree-growing are developed over time, Bader recommended visiting such a course every few years, not just to learn new things but also to refresh what he has learned.

50 safety vests for kindergarten

A bicycle day is common for the kids of the Kindergarten. Once a month he is on the program. However, head Silke Lange admits to our newspaper that it was somewhat problematic in the last six months. The public road behind the kindergarten cannot be easily blocked… Now, the parking lot or the fire department area.

Yesterday, however, the day was very special, even if you could not use the wheels because of the weather. In the morning, namely the children got a visit from the company of ATU. Representatives of the workshop and retail chain brought the children 50 reflective safety vests. Proud as the Spaniards, the little ones ran around in the facility. And so that they were used symbolically right, the educators played a video for traffic safety to the little ones. The so-called melon test showed how wearing a helmet and a vest with reflective tape affects one’s own safety and learned other important things about behavior on the road.

Not only the children, but also Silke Lange, were happy about the present. Therefore, the institution had applied last year in the ATU campaign fireflies. It did not work out. It was successful this year. Of the 105 registered children, 30 are new school children – for whom the reflective vest plays a major role. But you can also use them differently, for example, during trips to the kindergarten, in order to recognize the registered children immediately.

 

Left, right and left again

Six preschool children of the Cake Community kindergarten SBI have been taking the pedestrian license these days. Traffic educator Gabi Meister came with her traffic guard. Leon, Jacob, Amelia, Sam, Luca and Johanna joined with zeal in the important topic of traffic education. Preschoolers are already brought along many personal experience on the subject of traffic safety. Gabi Meister first set up a crosswalk dummy and practiced safely crossing the road in this way in the multipurpose room. The next step was to “unveil” a traffic light and compare the difference between driver and pedestrian traffic light. Numerous situations of road traffic from the perspective of the children were discussed in detail. So everyone agreed that the ball game should take place better in the garden and not or on the street. Like a mantra, the road crossing at the zebra crossing was practiced: “Look to the left, look to the right and then to the left again, eyes open – that brings it”. Important: The outstretched arm, clearly visible to the driver, as a begging barrier. The children had quickly internalized this. Thus one could finally go outside.

Dressed in safety vests, the preschool children, accompanied by Gabi Meister and an educator, marched in the direction of school. The drivers stopped in exemplary fashion and friendly at the zebra crossing and let the children cross the street. “Unfortunately, this is not always the case,” said Gabi Meister. She and her two colleagues, Ina Maier and Eva Braun, experience it again and again that cars do not stop to let the practicing children cross the street. Recently, a child was being outraged because the hurrying postman was too slow.

The boys and girls always wear safety vests with reflective tapes are easy to recognize, especially as they usually form a group. Children dealing with traffic safety are often hesitant and anxious and want to do everything right on the day of training. That can take a few seconds. In there, the traffic was low and so kept the children calm and mastered their task effortlessly.

Another problem sees Gabi master parking in the five meter security area before and after the zebra crossing. This should be kept free. Because children are not naturally as recognizable as adults. On the way between kindergarten and crosswalk many street signs which made of reflective materials were discussed. The sidewalk was consistently cut, even if a parking lot had to be bypassed. The children knew exactly that the emergency vehicles of the police, the fire department, ambulances, the THW and ambulance cars are allowed to pass everywhere. They have to be careful when they hear the siren. An electrically powered car rushed quietly past the children’s group and was an instructive example of not relying on hearing alone.

After returning to kindergarten, the six new “traffic experts” received their pedestrian license. As youngest road users, they will soon be able to apply their new knowledge on their way to school. Gabi Meister was very satisfied. “You only exist once,” she told the children to use what they had learned. That shone on the future first graders.

Balance SIAT: traffic accident investigations

At the national level, there are 11 people who were killed due to traffic accidents in the country. The accident was recorded at kilometer 2 of the road to Chaka, when a van traveling on this route ran over a woman identified as Clara, 55, who without wearing reflective clothing with reflective tapes.

Captain Daniela explained that there were three factors that influenced the tragedy.

“First of all we must consider that the accident occurred at 02.40 in the morning on Monday, that is to say at night and in a place where the lighting is very bad,” he said, referring to the null existence of lights on that route .

“Second, the victim was walking along the road itself, along with another person and none used reflective clothing or light; That’s why the driver saw them when he already had them on him. In fact you can see that he tried to avoid them and if he did not, he could have run over both of them. “he said.

But the most important thing was that “both the driver and the pedestrian were drunk. For this reason the driver was stopped and formalized on Monday morning,” explained the expert in traffic accident investigations.

The woman was assisted by SAMU personnel, since after the warning of the emergency units she was still alive, however, her death was confirmed about 40 minutes after the accident.

The balance of the SIAT also reflects a high rate of impaired drivers in the region, mostly due to speed.

According to data, whose personnel only carried out traffic checks, more than 100 parties attended between Saturday and Monday at 7:00 p.m.

“Most of them traveled on routes that cross through Neuquén, San and Tranquil, and show how important it is for people to know that we are not only focused on controlling Route 5 South or the Tate Route, but it also shows that despite all the campaigns and all the efforts of Carabineers and other authorities, there are still many people who do not respect traffic laws or take self-care measures to drive, “said Captain.

Most of the infractions were due to speed, followed by those who were notified for driving without the corresponding licenses and, in a third group, those who drove in vehicles without the daily technical review or with technical deficiencies.

With death of Clara the number of deaths due to traffic accidents amounts to 36, so far in 2018. This, out of a total of 70 serious accidents investigated by the SIAT. Most of them were not wear reflective vests when go outside at night.

As has been the trend for several decades, the abuses continue to be the main cause of death in the region and this year there are already 12 fatal cases. The rest of the deaths were recorded in 11 collisions, eight crashes and five rollovers.

And even though this long weekend has ended, “we believe that the maximum traffic flow we will see next Sunday, when the winter holidays end. This weekend saw a relatively low flow, since only those who had to return to their jobs returned. “they said in the SIAT.

How can I identify the census takers

On July 23 will start the XII Population Census and Housing VII, therefore, between this date and August 16 you will receive the visit of the census takers who will ask you questions about your family.

However, there is a question that you may be asking yourself: how can I identify them? The National Institute of Statistics (INE) made this day the official presentation of the uniforms.

Census takers will be identified with a blue reflective vest and gray reflective tape with three logos embroidered opposite: the census on the left side; and that of the INE and the United Nations Population Fund in the law.

In the back they will also have the census logo and the identification of logo in white letters which are made of reflective heat transfer vinyl.

In addition, they will carry a card that identifies them, in which the DPI number of them will also appear, and a blue cap with the census logo embroidered on the front.

For their part, the coordinators will use a similar, but gray uniform. Consider that each interview lasts between 30 and 50 minutes. Although it is not necessary for the censuses to enter your home, you can attend them in a shady place or where you consider it appropriate.