The Provincial Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management in Gdansk, after a positive review of the application, has granted the Maritime Search and Rescue Service in Gdynia funding in the amount of more than PLN 1.12 million for the purchase of 4 UTV-type rescue vehicles with trailers with a seating and standing set for the rescuer, as well as 9 sets of drones with thermal imaging, along with the training of 55 pilots.
The Maritime Search and Rescue Service in Gdynia performs public tasks of strategic importance for the Baltic Sea region, with particular emphasis on the Polish area of responsibility for maritime search and rescue as well as protection of the marine environment.
The investment will contribute to the improvement of public safety by increasing the potential of rescue services.
The investment will contribute to the improvement of public safety by increasing the potential of rescue services.
The effect will be to improve the effectiveness of the SAR Service's operations preventing the occurrence of extraordinary environmental hazards and supporting the elimination of their effects, as well as searching for and reaching the victim and reducing the effects of direct threats to health and life in the event of extraordinary environmental hazards, or monitoring phenomena and eliminating the effects of natural disasters due to the size of search areas.
This will also enable the adaptation of operations to natural conditions - minimizing the effects of operations in protected and naturally valuable areas by reducing the adverse impact of the movement of heavy rescue vehicles on protected and naturally valuable areas.
The purchase of rescue UTVs and drone kits and pilot training will be carried out using the provisions of the Public Procurement Law.
