When the Mèze rescuers spend their Sunday evening on the water… for nothing

Une sortie sur l’étang de Thau pour rien pour la SNSM de Mèze Facebook SNSM Mèze

Les bénévoles de la station de sauvetage en mer de Mèze ont été alertés, dimanche 7 avril, pour un tir de fusée de détresse.

Big day Sunday for the volunteers of the SNSM of Mèze. After intervening twice on a barge experiencing an engine problem, they were alerted just before 8 p.m., by the CrossMed La Garde, following the firing of a distress flare, according to a witness on land, in an area between the Pont-Levis and the Villeroy salt pans.

Vain searches

The rapid intervention boat was therefore deployed to carry out the search with a sweeping strategy between the Lycée de la Mer de Sète and the Castellas campsite on the lido strip.&nbsp ;But after an hour of fruitless searching, permission was given to them to return to port.

Two years in prison, 30 000 € fine

Faced with this false alarm, which multiplies during the summer period, it is worth remembering that the untimely firing of rockets for purposes other than reporting distress is considered a criminal offense. Indeed, for each distress rocket shot, a backup system is put in place with the mobilization of maritime resources. This kind of gesture is punishable by two years' imprisonment and 30,000 euros. fine if the perpetrator is found.