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The program of the Blue Flag is intended for municipalities, which develop tourism services, and secures compliance with certain requirements for environmental protection and service quality. Municipalities that have beaches and piers, which correspond to the established requirements, can seek for receiving the Blue Flag sign – the sign of international beach and pier quality. Seeking to receive the Blue Flag, municipality and institution that supervise the beaches are obligated to satisfy a number of requirements in the categories of water quality, environmental protection and information, safety and services quality.
Facts about the Blue Flag:
- The Blue Flag is granted by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) – the international non-governmental organization of environmental protection.
- Beaches and piers are awarded with the Blue Flag.
- Only municipalines can seek for the Blue Flag award for their beaches.
- The Blue FLag is granted for one season only. Responsible institutions assume the obligation to take off the Blue Flag if the beaches do not correspond to the requirements set.
- Country‘s national organization of the Foundation for Environmental Education examines the Blue Flag beaches during the season.
Neringa‘s Municipality was the first one in Lithuania to start participating in the Blue Flag program, and already in 2002 Nida‘s beach was awarded with the Blue Flag. In 2004, Juodkrante‘s beach was awarded with the Blue Flag as well.
Clean water of beaches‘ bathing-places, qualified lifeguards and medical personnel working on the beaches and first aid means, the beaches are cleaned and ordered on the daily basis, restrooms (including the restrooms that are adjusted for challenged people), special tracks that are adjusted for challenged people, telephones, fontains of drinking water, motor car traffic prohibited on the beaches – these are the main features of the Blue Flag.
You will find all of this on the Blue Flag beaches of Neringa‘s Municipality!
We invite you to contribute to the Blue Flag program:
- Throw the trash into the trashcans.
- When having a rest, follow the rules of beaches‘ usage.
- Strictly follow the rules of safe behavior in water.
- If it is possible, use ecological vehicles and public transport for communication.
- Do not walk your home pets on the beaches.
- Keep vehicles only in the intended sites.
- Do not maim the flora and destroy the dunes fortifications.
- Upon departure, make sure that you are leaving clean resort.
Have a good and pleasant rest on the Blue Flag Beaches!
The main requirements of the Blue Flag program for beaches:
- Water of the bathing-places is to be inspected twice a month during the season. Results of the water quality are to be present on the beach announcement boards.
- Unclean sewage does not access water pools.
- During the season, the beach is to be cleaned on the daily basis.
- It is forbidden to drive motor cars and motorcycles on the beach.
- Tents are to be placed only in specially intended places.
- The beach trashcans are to be handled on the daily basis during the season.
- Qualified lifeguards are working on the beach during the season.
- Rescue means are to be certified.
- Doctors are to be working or first aid means are to be present on the beach during the season.
- The beach is to be adjusted for challenged people (special restrooms, telephones, tracks).
- Scheme, rules of behavior on the beach, information about nature sensitive zones on the coast territory are to be present on the boards beside the main tracks which lead to the beach.
- A municipality that participates in the Blue Flag program is to implement various activity of environmental protection, seeking to involve the society into this activity.
- Local government ecourages usage of ecologically clean vehicles.
RULES OF BEACHES‘ ATTENDING AND SWIMMING
1. General part
These rules define the main requirements and norms of beach attending and behavior in water, which seek to secure and maintain the order and safety of the visitors in the water. When visiting the beach, please, follow the present rules and advice of the lifeguard.
2. It is necessary to know
2.1. Having visited the beach, familiarize yourself with information boards and signs of the beach, which will inform you about conditions of swimming and norms of obligatory behavior on the beach;
2.2. Respect the flags and simbols that are on the beach, read the signs and obey them;
2.3. Arriving to the beach, find out whether the lifeguard is working, and what are their working hours;
2.4. Ask the lifeguard for information and instructions;
2.5. Make sure to get the phone numbers of the beach lifeguards.
3. On the beach it is forbidden to:
3.1 . Litter;
3.2 . Walk dogs and other animals on the beach;
3.3. Consume alcoholic beverages;
3.4. Willfully organize entertaining facilities and sport grounds;
3.5. Place tents;
3.6. Build a fire;
3.7. Damage and break information signs and tools;
3.8. Park vehicles outside the intended sites;
3.9. Wash and repair vehicles;
3.10. Violate public order.
Advice for safe behavior on the beach:
1. Do not swim:
1.1. when severely overheated;
1.2. for more than 15-20 min.;
1.3. after having a heavy meal or when very tired;
1.4. after dark;
2. Swim only in the territory supervised by the beach lifeguard.
3. Do not jump into the water, when unsure that bottom of a water pool is clear and the depth is sufficient.
4. Do not wade into the water deeper than the waist level, if you cannot swim.
5. If you are tired, having a spasm, fell into a stream, try to evaluate the stuation calmly and call for help by stretching your arm and smashing it against the water surface, shout trying to draw others‘ attention to yourself.
6. Do not leave children swimming in the water without supervision.
7. Do not let children swim with the inflatables and airbeds without supervision of adults.
8. When noticing a drowning person, call for lifeguard immediately and draw the attention of other visitors.
Four rules for children:
1. Do not swim separately from others.
2. Do not dive in unfamiliar places.
3. Do not push others and do not jump on others.
4. Know where to apply for help in case of an accident.
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