Officers from the County Police Headquarters in Bolesławiec:
A beautiful, sunny weekend lies ahead, and many people have already decided to go into the forest to pick mushrooms today. There will certainly be many more visitors in the Lower Silesian Forests during the days off, which is why officers from the County Police Headquarters in Bolesławiec and the Police Station in Osiecznica have begun cooperating with the State Forests to inform mushroom pickers about the dangers and the obligations of people entering the forest. At forest car parks and on information boards, the services distributed basic safety rules for mushroom pickers.
Police officers left information under the windscreen wipers of cars parked at the edge of the forest for people heading out to pick mushrooms: what to remember, what to pay attention to and what must not be done in the forest.
How not to get lost in the forest?
- inform your family and friends about your trip to the forest, indicate the area where you will be staying and when you plan to return
- take reflective items or flashlights with you; thanks to them, you will be more visible at night
- if you take a dog with you, it must be on a leash
- do not carry valuable items with you; you will avoid losing them
- for safety reasons, do not enter military training grounds, due to the risk posed by unexploded ordnance
- if you take children or elderly people with you, do not let them out of your sight
- remember distinctive features of the area and the numbers on boundary posts, which will help you find your way back more quickly
- if someone gets lost, becomes separated from the group and remains in the forest for an extended period, they should call the emergency number 112 and, if possible, report where they are located—you should look for a granite boundary post; the number shown on the post will make it possible to quickly determine where the missing person is
if the missing person finds their own way back, they should immediately notify the police that assistance is no longer needed.
How not to get robbed?
- when going into the forest, secure your vehicle properly, lock the doors and windows, and leave the car in a visible place so that it does not become an easy target for thieves
- do not leave valuable items in the vehicle, such as navigation equipment, a laptop, mobile phone, handbag, wallet or documents.
What else should you remember?
- remember that motor vehicles are prohibited from entering the forest, open fires are prohibited in forest areas and littering the forest is prohibited
- do not block entrances to forest roads, as most of them are fire access roads.