| From June 26 it will shine again after voracious fire |
Firemen see his service being in danger to the community
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Mitzi Mace
Washington Hispanic
A recent survey realized between 9.500 firemen's departments in the whole country revealed that the current economic crisis has affected them negatively and that of continuing for one more year the difficult financial situation there would be in danger the services that they offer to support sure communities.
The report “Supporting sure communities: a national firemen survey” realized with the support of Fireman's Fund Insurance Company revealed three challenges that face at present the departments. These are: deficit in the budgets, use of teams and obsolete devices, as well as a deficient recruiting process and to support in his positions qualified firemen. According to the survey more than 50 per cent of the departments of taking part firemen pointed out that the poor economy has forced them to increase his efforts to gather and to request more funds as result of the clippings in the local budgets. Of equal way 55 per cent agree completely that if the economic situation continues inalterably for the next 12 months, his skills will fall ill significantly to serve to the community.
“ This study helps to show the needs that face nowadays the services of the firemen ”, added the president of the International Association of the Fire chiefs, Larry J. Groud.
| They install teams of protection in 24 public swimming pools of the city |
They recognize DC as the capital of the sure swimming pools
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Mitzi Mace
Washington Hispanic
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| Mayor Adrian Fenty announces the beginning of period of the swimming pools in DC and that all the swimming pools expire with the safety requisites established by law. Photo PSC |
The public swimming pools of the District of Columbia opened his doors, but this year they offer more safety for the children on having expired with the requisites established by law to operate without putting in risk the life of the children. For such a reason in the presence of mayor Adrian Fenty, the Security Council of the Swimming pools (PSC, for his initials in English) recognized to the public swimming pools like the surest of the whole country. The District of Columbia not only has expired with all the requisites that demand the new federal standards on safety in the swimming pools but also he has installed teams of protection to eliminate any danger of death or damage for drowning, on having remained trapped or having been subsionado for the drainage system of the swimming pools or spas.
The safety law entered the Swimming pools and Spa Virginia Graeme Baker in effect in December, 2008 and it named him later that the granddaughter of the ex-secretary of the state, James Baker was dying caught in a swimming pool.
The Aquatic Division of the Department of Parks and Recreation began implementing a plan to modernize the drainage system in 2008. Additionally the District has received donations of teams of safety of PSC thanks to a cooperation with the private enterprise as Vac-Alert and Sting jointly with the company of installation American Pool Enterprises of Owings Mill, Maryland.
“We are very proud to recognize to the District of Columbia like the Capital of the Sure Swimming pools. The District has demonstrated that he has taken very seriously the requisites to prepare accidents for drowning and to remain caught in the drainages. The efforts of the District must serve like example to other jurisdictions”, expressed Danielle Kazmier, executive director of PSCo in his team of work on having named Neil O. Albert as the new manager of the District of Columbia.
Neil O. Albert,
The position to which it has been nominated Tanglerhini is considered to be that of advisers' higher status of politics for the Secretary of the Treasure and of the undersecretary in topics of development and execution of the budget of the agency.
With regard to the new manager of the city it is known that under his responsibility how vice mayor had to develop the strategy of the mayor in the project of improvement and substitution of pipes, as well as the allocation of more than 13 trillion dollars in projects of public - private housing, offices and parks. Of equal way it was the responsible of preserving housings to low cost and watching that DC keeps on being an attractive place where to carry on business.
Alarming numbers
According to the safety Commission of Products of Consumption, 2,300 children received treatment in the hospitals emergency rooms on having remained plunged in the swimming pools in 2004. The drowning in the most important second cause of accidental death between children from 1 to 14 years. In accordance with Safe Kids USA approximately 280 children younger than five years suffocate annually in the swimming pools, while thousands come to the emergency rooms of the hospitals. These accidents generally it takes place by the force of sucking of the drainages or systems of filtration of the swimming pools. The pressure that takes place is so powerful that even a strong swimmer cannot escape and in some cases even it turns out to be impossible to liberate them to the rescatistas. For more information visit www.poolsafetycouncil.org
Free parking
From Monday, June 1 the residents of the city of Rockville will be eligible to receive a coupon with a code that garage will be able to be used for 12 times for free parking in Rockville Town Square Parking.
The mayor and the Advice approved the measurement in April to cheer the residents up to visit the center of Rockville and to stimulate the tourism.
To claim the free bond, the residents must visit one of three facilities of the city designated in person between Monday, June 1 to December 31, it must present an identification with valid photo and tries residence.
For local information where to claim his code visits www.rockvillemd.gov/parking.
Walter Tejada will visit Bolivia
Walter Tejada, the most representative Hispanic leader in the county of Arlington, where the immigrant's biggest quantity lives Bolivian in the United States (USA) will come next week to Bolivia to give chats to young people of several universities of the country, on the experience of the immigrants and to demonstrate that “yes it is possible to fulfill the American dream” and to serve to the neighbor doing politics. It will be in the Peace, Cochabamba and Sucre. It diminishes air traffic in DC
Three of the biggest airports of the region of Washington are brought by less passengers and flights due to the global economic crisis. The numbers of passengers of the International airport Washington Dulles lowered 10.2 per cent in March compared to last year. The National airport Reagan, it diminished 8.5 per cent this month. And the International airport of Baltimore reduced 7.5 per cent of his passengers. The management of the airports they say that although most of the lines areas keep on serving to the biggest cities some they have eliminated routes, use smaller planes and reduce the number of flights.
Meter in campaign
With the Beginning of the warm climate and of the increase of the activities in the metropolitan area, the meter has thrown recently a campaign for the purpose of concientizar the use of the exclusive seats for persons of the third age and disabled. The authority of transit remembers the passengers that four seats close to the doors of every car or of the buses are reserved for persons of the third age, the disabled ones and other persons in need. Visible signs as arrows pointing towards the seats are settled so that the persons who do not have any physical problem sedate the seat. Meter does conscience across announcements at the stations and in the trains.
Alertness avoids thefts
The police of the County of Prince George's inform that from the beginning of the year the thefts have doubled in the area compared to last year in the same period, reason for which he recommends his residents to take measurement extraordinary to avoid to turn into victims. The Chief Roberto L. Hylton urged the residents to change his habits of daily, enclosed trip the times to enter and to go out of his hearths. Also to leave the burning exterior lights, to cut away shrubs that it might offer points of the secrecy and turns assaulted by strangers - especially in the night. The police inform that this type of crimes might be linked by the economic recession.
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