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The Councillor for Citizen Security of the City of Lorca, Belén Pérez, along with the mayors of Women, Antonia Lopez, and Mayor, M ª Carmen Ruiz, presented the Campaign for Family Protection against the risk of domestic accidents, which aims to reduce the number of domestic accidents in the town of Lorca.

Perez noted that "according to various studies, 52% of accidents occur at home, with children, the elderly and women aged 25 to 44 segments of the population most vulnerable to these accidents."

Given these data, the mayor noted that "it is a priority for the Government Team of the City of Lorca, to develop the necessary efforts to protect our children, women and older domestic accidents, so by the Service Municipal Emergency, we will develop this campaign of prevention and protection. "

Family Protection Campaign aims to educate the most vulnerable sectors of the population lorquina in prevention of accidents, resulting in families with a culture of self-protection.

Thus, cross-action was developed with various councils, governments and groups involved in the welfare of these sections of the population, by conducting an information campaign and ongoing training, with three parallel lines of work aimed at children, women and older .

This campaign will be conducting information sessions for one hour with each sector groups, workshops of four hours, ten-hour courses, as well as prevention advertising campaigns.

The personnel who carry out these activities is part of the Municipal Emergency Service.

With regard to the prevention of accidents in children, Perez pointed out that "51% of child accidents occur at home, being the leading cause of death in children under four years.

In Lorca are 14,953 children between 1 and 14 and, therefore, prevention of accidents in this sector is a priority. "

Thus, in the development of this campaign will seek to promote social awareness of accidents in the home to the smallest, used in this conscientization 'age-appropriate presentations, brochures comic format for children, guidance for parents, carers and staff teachers and many other initiatives. "

For its part, the City Council of Women, Antonia Lopez, said that "14,499 women in Lorca are the age group most at risk of accidents, between 25 and 44 years, so we have an important responsibility in improving the safety levels of these people. "

As for women, the campaign will target "groups of women, domestic workers and women in general, which will be formed to avoid risks and to respond to critical situations."

As for the action line of this campaign concerning the elderly, the City Council Mayor, M ª Carmen Ruiz Jódar has indicated that "according to a study by the Foundation Mapfre, loa over 65 years experience in the home environment a large number accidents, so this campaign will be very important to improve the safety of more than 12,000 seniors living in Lorca. "

The campaign mainly based on lectures to groups of seniors, advertising campaigns, courses, guides and brochures, as well as self-protection workshop for local association to have.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca