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João Gomes Cravinho spoke at the opening ceremony of the station and the Correo Marítimo, in the fishing port of Quarteira, municipality of Loulé, where he was accompanied by directorGeneral of the National Maritime Authority (AMN).
“We are meeting the needs of a population that goes to the beaches and uses the waters also because of their experience -the fishermen- and the athletes who do sports in the sea and who need the support of this structure ”, said the Minister of Defense.
The minister revealed that since May, the first aid station has already intervened in “51 events”, which represent “lives saved” and “because of that” the investment made by the Chamber has already been recovered.times Municipality of Loulé and Docapesca, In collaboration with AMN in “fulfilling this ambition, which corresponds to serving the population in the best way.”
I or directorGeneral of the National Maritime Authority stressed that the crew of the lifeguard station “now has facilities in the port of Quarteira“, which allows” half an hour “of preparation and” faster response “than having to” move a boat from the port of Ferragudo“, in the municipality of Lagoa, almost 40 kilometers awayncia.
Whereas no âscope The national system “is balanced,” Vice Admiral Luís Sousa Pereira classified the situation as Quarteira as the “most urgent and worrying”, with “some adjustment that can be made” in the other stations to focus “more on the type of vessel and not its location”.
Sousa Pereira said that this is “a process in stages”, and now it is in Quarteira a container semi-rigid six meters with two 60 horsepower engines, with, until the end of the year, a reinforcement with “another medium capacity ship with two 250 HP engines”.
In Quarteira At the moment, there will be four crew members, with a gradual plan that aims to equip all stations with “six elements”.
The Algarve now has six rescue stations (Sagres, Ferragudo, Quarteira, Olhão, Tavira and Vila Real de Santo António) in a total of “26 crew members”.
On this occasion, the maritime post was also inaugurated, which will house the elements of the Maritime Police that until now were in a rented premises “in the middle of the city” and that now have “better conditions”, revealed Sousa Pereira.
“This is two by two, because we have significantly increased the capacity of Act noscope surveillance and rescue, but we have also created better conditions for our men and women who work in the AMN to continue with this desire to provide a quality public service ”, he defended director-general of AMN.
During this visit to the Algarve, the Minister of National Defense also inaugurated the Monument to the Ex-Combatants of Other, in the interior of Louletano County, and paid tribute to the natives of that town who fought in the service of the country.
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