This year, there have been around fifteen mountain rescues in the province of Alicante, including one that resulted in a deadly accident. Similar to 2024, the Provincial Firefighters Consortium’s Special Rescue Group (GER) responded to up to six events that happened on the summits of various municipalities and regions in January of last year.
In addition, there have been numerous evacuations in the mountains of the province of Alicante in February, including the helicopter search for a woman, the death of a hiker, and injuries to cyclists. In contrast, there were none during this time last year.
Alicante is clearly one of the provinces with the highest number of deaths and rescues in the mountains, ranking fifth in terms of evacuations and among the top four in terms of fatalities, according to the 2024 total balance compiled by La Gistería. Six of the 61 interventions that the various rescue organisations and security agencies visited over the course of the previous 12 months had fatal outcomes.
In May of 2024, the first fatalities in the Alicante mountains took place. In July and August, there were two more fatalities. Another fatality occurred in October, and December was a terrible month with two more. One of the casualties was female, while the victims’ ages ranged from 40 to 71.
In the highlands, two of the six fatalities happened in the Xàbia municipality, which is close to Granadella. A heart attack claimed the life of a 60-year-old guy, while a cardiorespiratory arrest claimed the life of a 70-year-old hiker. Falls were the cause of two further recorded deaths in the l’Alacantí region. A 71-year-old man from Cabeçó d’Or was involved in the first case, while a guy who had fallen from the Serra Grossa in Alicante was involved in the second. A 64-year-old man fainted on the way to Pico del Águila in Callosa de Segura, and another 45-year-old woman fell in Altea, adding to the litany of catastrophes.
55 rescues concluded with the word “life” for the victims, according to statistics gathered by La Gistería. But among the causes, falls accounted for 27 interventions, injuries or injured ankles for 9, disorientation for 4, falling on rocks for three and falling on rocks for the same amount, and heat strokes and knee injuries for two. The remaining ones were brought on by bad weather, disappearance, heart attacks, thirst, and discomfort.
36 men and 17 women were evacuated in 2024, with the rescued individuals ranging in age from 20 to 84. The Montgó Natural Park in the Marina Alta was the location of the most interventions in the province, with a total of eleven. The Peñón d’Ifach, which saw five rescues, and the Puig Campana, which saw four interventions, come next.
Maritime Rescue responded to 422 crises.
Rescues occurred in the waters of Alicante as well as in the mountains. According to Salvamento Marítimo, there were 422 emergencies in the previous 12 months in 2024. According to the organization’s overall balance, 1,341 persons received assistance, and 305 were rescued on their own.
Additionally, they report that 228 out of 356 boats had emergency situations involving leisure vessels, accounting for 50% of those helped, while 25% were in dangerous or overcrowded vessels. They claim to have used their own resources to save 287 individuals in 17 tiny boats.
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