Normality is also coming to the sandy areas of the city. This year There will be no arches at the entrances to the beaches to count the capacity and the showers and footbaths will have water. For now, the City Council of A Coruña is going to maintain the fences, at least, during this month, but access will be completely free. Today the local government has announced the launch of a mobile application for urban beaches by which anyone can notify in real time that they are in an emergency situation.
And also to know the updated status of each beach, its tides, its alerts, its dangers or the number of incidents attended to so far as a way to prevent bathers, for example from the presence of escarapotes or jellyfish.
The Council has appealed to do not smoke on the beach and asks smokers to get on the walk to smoke, if necessary. Disposable ashtrays and garbage bags will be distributed. This year, surfers will have a water entry and exit area in Riazor and Orzán, for the good coexistence between the collective and the bathers. There will be no limits in the water.
This Monday will begin the repair of the ramp of Matadero beach, very damaged by storms, without stones in its final part.
More than 30 people will make up the security device on the beaches of A Coruña this summer
A total of 32 people, including lifeguards, ambulance personnel and patrons, will make up the safety device on the beaches in A Coruña this summer, as reported by the Councilor for Citizen Security, Juan Ignacio Borrego, together with the Councilor for the Environment, Esther Fontán.
There will be two more than last year and distributed in the sandy areas of A Coruña. Of them, 18 will be in the Riazor-Orzán-Matadero beaches. In addition, the city council will provide, in the contract, the use of 200 hours more than what was usual to use in case of events or special events that require lifeguards to prevent safety.
It will be for a beach season that will begin on June 15 and end on September 14 and in which, to ensure safety, there will also be jet skis, an ambulance with life support or rescue boards.
Confident that this year the number of assistances will be reduced -last year there were 532, mostly due to injuries and falls from rocks, with 18 people rescued-, the mayor has stated that this summer there will be, as a novelty, an application that will be can be downloaded for free to facilitate direct contact with the lifeguard in case of an emergency. “The user is geolocated”, he said in case of warning.
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