The Rescue and Mountain Intervention Groups of the Civil Guard (GREIM) carried out 534 interventions in Aragón last year, a figure slightly lower than that of 2022, when there were 544 aids. However, the number of people rescued was higher: 774 attended in 2023, 4% more than the previous year (then there were 743). Of the 774 people rescued, 393 were injured, 364 were unharmed and 17 died (one more death than the previous campaign), according to the balance presented today by the government delegate in Aragón, Fernando Beltrán, and the Chief General of the 8th Zone of the Civil Guard of Aragón, Francisco Javier Almiñana in the interpretation center Agramonte of San Martín de la Virgen del Moncayo.
The event, in which there was a rescue simulation, was also attended by the general director of Interior and Emergencies of the Government of Aragón, the managing director of 061, the head of the Security and Civil Protection Service of the Government of Aragón, the mayor of Tarazona and the president of the Moncayo region.
The profile of the person rescued during both summer and winter corresponds to a man between 41 and 50 years old who was not federated at the time of the accident. 23% of the injured come from Aragon and are followed by those from Catalonia (17%), foreign origin (10%) and the Basque Country (6%).
Regarding the type of activity, 45.7% were hiking, almost 12% were making a progression on rough terrain and 11.7% suffered an accident while canyoning. 33.7% of the rescues were due to trips and falls, followed by different physical problems (14.5%) or consternation (9.41%).
The Aragonese Pyrenees remains the point where most interventions were carried out (84.4%), followed by the Sierra de Guara (11.2%) and the Iberian System (3.7%).
Along these lines, the rescue group that has carried out the most interventions has been that of Boltaña, with 136 rescues and 204 assistants. Next, there are Benasque (127 interventions to 199 people), Panticosa (95 performances and 137 attended) and Jaca (79 and 100, respectively).
The government delegate and the chief general of the 8th zone have recalled that no one is free from an accident in the mountain - tourists, occasional hikers or expert mountaineers - and have insisted on the importance of following the safety councils: planning, equipping properly and acting prudently. Fernando Beltrán also thanked the Civil Guard for their work with “great effort, dedication and preparation.”