More stamps than ever before

 

During the past two weeks, the Mari students have been walking to school diligently. And wore safety vests. Now there were certificates for it.

 

In the past two weeks, the Mari students came to school “safe and visible”: namely with a neon yellow safety vest and preferably on foot. There was a stamp on their stamp card. And so every morning there were lots of yellow "fireflies" in the schoolyard at the stamping point to pick up their stamps.

 

At the end of the campaign, the class representatives, in Corona times of course with a mask and on behalf of the whole class, received the certificates. It was worth it again: "A total of 2566 stamps could be collected, that was more than ever before," writes the school in a press release. "The great community achievement was entered in the action certificate, which is now publicly displayed in the school hallway."

 

The certificates of recognition for each class are posted in the classroom to remind all children to keep wearing the vests, especially during the darker months of the year. "Because with a vest," says headmistress Angelika Wiedau-Gottwald, "the children are much better seen on the way to school."

 

With this campaign, the school supports the annual call by the German Children's Fund and the German Transport Club to increase the safety of children in road traffic, it says in conclusion.

Vests, signs, and safety ... What changes for hunters from this 2020 season

 

Since October 15 and the entry into force of a decree from the Ministry of Ecological Transition in the Official Journal, hunters will have to revise their habits somewhat. It makes 3 concrete actions mandatory - as reported by the Chasse Passion and Chassons.com websites - to reinforce safety when hunting.

 

Neon vests

Article 1 ( L. 424-15 of the Environment Code ) now requires you to wear a fluorescent safety vest during collective hunting hunts with large game. "The waistcoat can be integrated into a brightly colored garment such as a t-shirt, jacket or cape", specifies the decree.

 

Signage

Any organizer of large game hunts must post temporary signs before the start of the hunt and remove them once they are finished. These signs must be placed on the shoulder or near public roads (municipal, departmental and national roads) to indicate the main entrances to the hunting area.

 

The issue of providing information to other nature users on these secondary axes is essential to increase everyone's safety.

 

Security

Last point of the decree: hunters will, every 10 years, be made aware of through training in basic safety rules, at the request of the National Federation of Hunters (FNC). "Holders of a hunting license have a period of 10 years to meet this obligation to upgrade", specifies the order of the Ministry of Ecological Transition.

 

The Departmental Federation of Hunters will be responsible for setting the terms of information and convocation. The content of this safety training is currently being finalized by the FNC after consultation with the French Biodiversity Office. Also, a departmental security commission will now have to be set up in each departmental or interdepartmental federation. Its opinion will only be advisory.