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Matinhos - For a minute, parents are distracted, the child decides to play a little further and ready: in the midst of so many people, all the sun umbrellas appear the same color and all the children of the same size. Even that only lasted a few minutes despair, just the idea of having lost his son on the beach is enough to make parents more than worried. "No I do not run that risk. Yesterday even saw a girl who was lost and then found the family, "says the dentist Claudia Arima, Arima Mei mother of Anna, 2 years, that is a girl without a bracelet to identify the neck. "The bracelet is to spend," reports Claudia.
According to the fire, until yesterday the number of lost children on the beaches of the coast was 147. "Most occur on busy beaches. All these children were found later, some quickly, others not, "said Lieutenant Leonardo Mendes dos Santos, public relations of the Fire Department.

The numbers are not considered alarming by the authorities. That's because until now the season was moving 20% on last year. "They came more vacationers and cases have not increased in proportion. We had been doing preventive work in recent years and that helped, "explains the major Zanatta Antonio Neto, the Social Communication of the Military Police. According to PM, the work of prevention would be the main reason for the significant decrease of cases - in the same period last year the number was 245, almost one hundred more.

Minimizing the risks

In addition to information campaigns, a major strategy of the PM and the Fire Brigade is to distribute identification bracelets that take the name of the child and contact with parents - eendereço phone. "The bracelet does not prevent the child being lost, but it helps to be found. Still, they do not diminish the responsibility of parents, who must maintain constant vigilance, "says Santos.

So far 20 thousand were distributed bracelets and necklaces. By the end of the season will be 180 thousand. "We had to ask for more. Last summer were distributed 20 thousand. This year many parents asked, to ask the children, "points out the lieutenant.

To impede the child to stay away from parents for a long time, just the accessory to avoid exposure to certain risks. "It can enter the water without being observed and drowning. You can also leave the beach, go to the streets and suffering trampling. Even the 10 years the child needs an adult around, "said Alessandra François, coordinator of the training program for mobilizing the NGO Child Safe.

The couple Antônio Alves Neto and Jamil Maluf, parents of Yasmim Maluf Alves, 3 years, will take the bracelet. "It is very important that it is identified with the bracelet. So we are more tranquil, "says the father of Yasmim.

Palmas to find parents
The vacationers in Balneario Camboriu (SC) found a different way to signal the disappearance. You just lost a child that someone starts to clap. "Usually a person puts her on the shoulder, hit pads, and all who are around will also clapping, until the parents are. It is a custom brought by Argentines who attend the Santa Catarina spas, "says Osnir Mocellin, lieutenant colonel of the 7th Battalion of the Fire Department of Santa Catarina.

In just one day, in two hours, the lieutenant saw four children were found in this way. "The right is leaving at the Fire Department, but people prefer to first try clapping. And usually it right, "he says. (JV)

How to proceed
To avoid hassles during the season, just follow some guidelines

- Never leave children alone.

- Write on identification bracelets that are being distributed by the Military Police and the Fire Department throughout Seaside, the name of the child and responsible, contact phone and address on the beach.

- Talk to the children and arrange a reference point for them is lost.

- When children are playing in the sea, make markings in the sand, the place is (the umbrella or tent, for example) to the sea.

- If you lose a child, seek leave a family in the place where you were. The child will try to return to that place and everyone is out to seek it, the reunion will be hampered.

- In case of disappearance, call 190 or the PM look for a police officer or firefighter.

- If you find a lost child, call 190 and take it to the post of PM or the nearest Fire Department.

- Talk to the child that is lost. Ask the name and try to find some useful information such as names of parents or guardians, where she was lost, the phone (preferably mobile) of those responsible. Pass all this information to the authority will take to occur.

Source: Military Police.



Source: Gazeta do Povo

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