91 RESCUE OPERATIONS WERE CARRIED OUT IN THE MOUNTAINS BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER

Tobi Hughes·
Madeira News

By the end of September, 91 rescue operations had been carried out in the region’s mountains. According to the figures presented today by the regional secretary for Health and Civil Protection, Pedro Ramos, the year 2022 should tend to be the year that will register the most accidents in levadas and paths in RAM, since there are records in the Regional Command Operations for Relief ( CROS).

The regional secretary for Health and Civil Protection was present this morning at the opening ceremony of the course on “Training for Salvador-Recuperator-Search and Rescue on Land” (SAR), which will provide members of the heliported team with various skills for search and rescue in the mountains of RAM.

At the time, the official revealed that 91 rescue operations had already been carried out in the mountains, until the end of September, a number that is already the highest in recent years, with another quarter still to be completed to end the year. In the last three years, the numbers presented by Pedro Ramos are almost triple those recorded in 2020 and almost double those recorded in 2021. Compared to the previous year, by September, more than 35% of accidents recorded throughout the year had already been recorded for 2021.

Comparing with previous years, the 91 accidents and search and rescue operations in the mountains until September 30 are six fewer of the 97 registered in 2017, 11 less (2018) and one less (2019), these were the years before the pandemic. .

During the pandemic, due to circulation limitations, rescues fell by half, with 38 accidents in levadas and paths recorded in 2020 and 67 in 2021. Since there are records in the Regional Civil Protection Service, if the evolution of these occurrences, we may be facing the fact that 2022 will be the worst year in terms of accidents recorded in the mountains of RAM.

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8 Responses

  1. Like I said there is a need of a control to see if people take the right clothing and equipment .Above all don’t get away of the track and look where you walk and don’t take selfies when walking or even near the cliffs .

    1. Totally agree with this comment. The government should hire workers to work in the mountains checking if people take the correct gear and clothing. They should also hire people on the beaches to check if people can swim and take their swimming suit. On rainy and cold days we should have government workers downtown Funchal checking if people are using their umbrellas and coats so they don´t get a cold.

      1. Sarcastic like always . Left them go in flip flops and sandals , and high heels and take small babies in their shoulders this way they can bang their heads in the tunnels or fall down in the narrow passages or even fall of the cliffs add the pushchairs to also to see if they manage to across . And don’t forget take your dogs with leads to add more danger . And when hiking don’t forget take plenty selfies when walking in the narrow passages and near of the cliffs this way they can increase the accidents in the levadas . Enjoy you hiking in the levada . It seems that people lost complete any common sense and responsibility when hiking . If one day the accidents start to happening with more frequency who assumes responsibility ? Tell me ?

  2. Antonio Lamas

    Don’t forget also take for this demanding type of hiking your small toddler and the underage children’s to add to the mixture will be a great hike indeed . Neither they can’t handling this type demanding walks at all .And more should be age limit for this I seen many adults and children getting in trouble with their health because they can’t handle this type of hiking .

    1. Madeira is not a socialist government that needs to “limit” individual behaviours to “look after” people. Enjoy that sort of regime in lovely Sintra.

      1. Well don’t forget next time you go for a hike take with you your bicycle and the electric scooter to see how far you can go in the narrow passages cliffs and tunnels . Don’t go say to me that the behaviour of some people that go hiking like that lacks a complete of any common sense in their heads ? Neither is ” limiting people ‘ they lost complete their common sense if they want to die it is their problem .

  3. I’m beginning to see the seeds of a beautiful friendship push their way through the soil and amaze us all.

    1. Well the seeds will be going blow up by the wind and going to another soil without any water to develop.

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