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The Melaque Protección Civil del Estado provides emergency medical, rescue, firefighting, animal control, and disaster relief services covering a wide area from Tomatlán to Autlán de Navarro to the Manzanillo city limits. Equipment includes jet skis, a speedboat, 4-wheel drive vehicle, ambulance, 2 fire trucks, front-end loader, and dump truck. Personnel include 24 trained officials, a scuba-diving team, and a network of about 100 volunteers.
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Emergency personnel and equipment at the base. |
 Emergency personnel in training. |
 Luis Rodriguez Peña (with duct tape) and other emergency personnel capture a crocodile, which is later relocated to a nearby estuary and released. |
Information and photos provided by:
Luis Rodriguez Peña
Subdelegado de Región