Due to the new alerts before the passage of Tropical Storm Fiona and its eventual impact on the country, the mayor of the National District, Carolina Mejía, ordered this Thursday the activation and maintenance in permanent session of the Committee for Prevention, Mitigation and Response to Disasters of the National District (PMR-DN).
As a result of the recent reports of the climatic conditions issued by the National Office of Meteorology (Onamet), in the person of the forecasting meteorologist, Wagner Rivera, it is reported that the Mayor’s Office of the National District (ADN) permanently maintains its brigades carrying out site interventions for the reorganization of the city due to the passage of Storm Fiona and to respond to its impact.
Fiona: Expected to arrive in the Leeward Islands today.
the mayor Carolina Mejía called on citizens to keep following up on the information and recommendations offered by emergency agenciesand to inform through the pertinent means of any situation that requires assistance from the council.
Likewise, He asked the population not to take the bags of waste out into the streets on rainy days, to avoid clogging the scuppers and drains.
Prevention and Response
As part of the preventive work that is being carried out, from the DNA Urban Cleaning Directorate, they reported that They have been sweeping and collecting solid waste since yesterday. throughout the capital.
Likewise, the Communications Directorate of the council reported that the immediate activation of the Special Emergency Communication Protocol was ordered to report on forecasts, respond through social networks so that citizens can report and receive immediate attention.
From the Fire Departmentreported that they have their 15 stations, 24 firefighting units, 3 rescue units, 2 boats, 4 jet skis, 280 permanent firefighters and 400 volunteers available to the public.
Tropical Storm Fiona forms in the Atlantic
Civil Defense It has 13 chainsaws, 235 volunteers, 1 fast water boat and rescue teams.
Also present at the meeting were the general manager of the District Fire Department, Brigadier General José Luis Frometa Herasme; the director of the Municipal Police, Iván Gómez; the secretary general of the council, Ricardo Ayanes; as well as representatives of the Civil Defense, Red Cross, Ministry of Environment, Politur and council directors.
Saying committee is made up by the ADN, the District Fire Department, the Municipal Police, the Civil Defense, Onamet, Conani, Public Health, institutions that have brigades, equipment and tools to deal with emergencies that arise during the events of the hurricane season.
In Invivienda of SDE they say they live in Venice because of the conditions of the streets
