Be the first to comment!New ERRC watch tower installed at the Blue Lagoon, Comino
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Ministry for Gozo workers have recently built a watch tower for the Emergency and Response and Rescue Corps (ERRC) lifeguards stationed at the Blue Lagoon, Comino
The structure will give emergency response workers a vantage point when watching over the lagoon, an area which is visited by thousands of bathers during the summer months.
Last summer, ERRC assisted 706 bathers who got injured or found themselves in difficulty while swimming at the Blue Lagoon, at Ramla Bay and at Marsalforn, the three locations where it carries lifeguarding services.
ERRC lifeguards use a hydro ambulance to transport injured bathers to the Mgarr or Cirkewwa terminals.
As announced at the weekend, the Gozo Ministry in collaboration with the ERRC for installed marker buoys over three diving wrecks at Xatt l-Ahmar in Gozo, the Karwela, MV Xlendi and Cominoland.
Xatt L-Ahmar is a popular diving site and the buoys make it easier for divers to locate the wrecks.
