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Due to an organisational change, the Swedish Armed Forces are phasing out
a
type of Rescue boat (SRC 90 E). They were originally purchased for
transportation
of wounded soldiers and sailors. Some of the SRC 90 E, are
already serving
in as rescue boats in The Swedish Sea Rescue Society. In
2005, SOLVE received
a preliminary offer from the Swedish Armed Forces to
take over 16 of the Rescue
boats, free of charge, for use in LV. A condition
for the offer was that Sida (the
Swedish International Development
Authority) approve the offer. Regrettably this
has not been
done. Hence, the boats now have been transferred to different institutions
in Sweden. At
present there
are 6 rescue
boats
remaining.
In order to improve the situation concerning rescue operations on the LV
SOLVE is now looking on other possible solutions such as:
- building
rescue
boats in
shipyards
around LV.
These
boats must
be cheap
to be able
to be
bought for
the
fishermen,
their
cooperatives
and
unions.
The boats
must be
able to
take part
in all
kinds of
rescue
operations
on LV
- actively
looking
for rescue
boats in
different
parts of
the world
in order
to be able
to
recommend
procurement
by
regional
and/or
local
authorities
around LV
Other important measures in order to improve sea safety for the lakeside
population are:
- training and education of fishermen working on LV
- finding cheap and suitable lifejackets for fishermen
- improving existing fishing boats in order to prevent them from sinking due to
overload
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