He Huelva City Hall (PP) and especially the municipal employees from the capital of Huelva gave a lesson in coordination and performance, responding in an exemplary manner to the strong storm who tormented the region, who maintained the red warning for rain And storms until three o’clock in the afternoon this Friday DANA. Fortunately, the warning was reduced to orange until midnight. Additionally, it also maintains the orange level due to rain in the regions of Aracena, Andévalo and Condadoand yellow for storms, according to the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet).
He heavy rainstorm which hit the province of Huelva in the last hours gave rise to barely around twenty interventions in the capital without any significant personal or material damage being noted, as indicated by the The town hall in a note, in which he stressed that throughout the day this Friday The Municipal Emergency Plan will remain active.
Thus, he emphasized that “all” the troops of Civil Protection, Local Police and Firefighters as well as the emergency, technical and professional services municipal enterprises worked “intensely” throughout the night to respond to the various alerts received, as well as in their own actions to ensure that the rains do not cause major problems.
The hardest moment happened around 4:20 a.m. In response, the mayor activated the Municipal Emergency Plan level 1. In this sector, and until 5:00 a.m., there was rain of 30 liters per square meter. As a result of this, the AEMET raised the level to a red warning, which remained active until 3:00 p.m.
The entire system was coordinated by the Municipal Emergency Plans Advisory Committeechaired by the mayor, Pilar Miranda (PP)gathered in the Cecopal in the Local head office.
He Committee was composed of head of civil protection services, Miguel Ángel Gómez; THE technical architect Anabel Cisneros; he Fire Chief, Javier Bayo; he Chief of local police, Miguel Ángel de la Rosa; he director of SEIS, Lorenzo Julián; and his The town hall with the Advisors for Citizen Security, Milagros RodríguezAnd Presidency, Alfonso Castro.
The mayor herself accompanied the head of Civil Protection at the Town Hall in the coordination of the entire system during the night and day of this Friday, and thanked “the enormous effort provided by all the troops mobilized”.
Preventive work
“The city was prepared, with a system perfectly coordinated by Civil Protection”, and “thanks to the prevention work of all municipal professionals and companies like Waters of Huelva“We were able to respond to the storm without recording any bodily injuries and only specific material effects,” he said before explaining that these were focused on certain garages where water entered, in particular in the lower areas of the city.
Pilar Miranda toured the capital since early morning to inspect the effects in all the neighborhoods in the company of Civil defense and the Advisor for Citizen Security and Mobility, Milagros Rodríguezand was able to verify that in some areas of the roundabouts puddles occurred due to the confluence of the flow, which were resolved by the technicians. As a preventive measure, it was decided to reduce traffic on Manuel de Falla Street, next to the Colombino neighborhood. The mayor recalled “the need to follow safety recommendations, as well as to avoid all unnecessary outings throughout the day.”
Previously, as part of the preventive measures adopted by the Municipal Council, a state of emergency was established on Thursday afternoon, which “allowed all resources and municipal personnel to be available to deal with any eventuality.” Moreover, since Waters of Huelva And Infrastructure The city’s usual maintenance and cleaning tasks have been stepped up “to ensure rain drainage”.
Active emergency plan
Throughout the day this Friday, Municipal emergency plan. An Infrastructure team will reinforce the means already deployed to examine and inspect public furniture as well as lighting or common spaces which could have been affected in the coming hours.
Given the orange alert for rain and thunderstorms issued yesterday by AEMETthe municipal company of Waters of Huelva reinforced the work teams and maintained a special detention of its personnel, trucks and machines on alert to deal with the greatest diligence any emergency that may arise in the city.
In the early hours of the morning, the company’s special unit composed of the unit head and eight workers under the supervision of the operations director and the general manager of Waters of Huelvahave strengthened the guarding and surveillance of connections with the remote And remote responsible for telematically monitoring possible incidents in the city’s sewer network, with particular monitoring of the 35 pumping stations distributed throughout the city responsible for pumping rainwater and wastewater to the wastewater treatment plant. wastewater located in the Pinar marsh.
Since the activation of the red notice, interventions have been carried out with two trucks equipped with a sublift drive device, and a vehicle equipped with a pipe and scupper cleaning device, in the lower area of the city , highlighting the actions carried out at Marismas del Odiel; Barriada de la Navidad and Barriada de Santa Lucía, in the Molino de la Vega neighborhood and in the city center; Germany Avenue, Doctor Rubio Avenue, Gravina Street, Italia Avenue and Plaza del Punto.
All actions were coordinated with the Huelva City Hall, Local Police and Civil Protection. Likewise, the company’s Communications department monitored incidents, published publications and monitored the evolution of alerts overnight on social networks.
