They call on the community that lives along the river banks to exercise caution and report any emergency.
Authorities In the department of Meta, prevention and monitoring plans for water tributaries have been activated due to heavy rains. that have been recorded during the first days of the year 2025, and that can cause sudden increases and threats to the population.
For this reason, organizations such as Fire Departments and Civil Defense carry out inspection visits to rivers such as the Ariari, Guape, Meta and Upía with the purpose of verifying their channel and level, which have begun to increase due to the constant rainfall.
“We inform that it was carried out monitoring of the Ariari River on the Alcaraván bridge due to constant rains and normal levels are evident within its channel. The community is recommended to exercise great caution on the river bank; In case of emergency, report,” the fire department of Granada, Meta, said through its social networks.
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On the other hand, Jorge Martínez, departmental director of the Civil Defense, issued a statement of tranquility by ensuring that they have a relevant response capacity to address any risk scenario that may materialize.highlighting the resources available in terms of mobility and rescue.
“We have important mobility capabilities; we have 4×4 vehicles such as trucks, ambulances, motorcycles to monitor the different water tributaries. The same capabilities in water rescue equipment such as boats, inflatables with all the available elements such as life jackets, paddles, aquatic ropes , stretchers and all this equipment that will strengthen the response capacity,” he said.
Likewise, he assured that In terms of communications, they have satellite radios to guarantee communication in any emergency. that may occur in territories where the cell phone signal is not available.
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Finally, from the different fire departments of the department A call has been made to the community that lives on the banks of the rivers to exercise caution and promptly report any emergency that may arise.
Source: Integrated Information System
