The CECOPI Emergency Coordination Center extended road traffic restrictions by 48 hours due to the need to use heavy machinery in the work of emergency teams due to the disaster caused by DANA. The municipalities concerned are Aldaia, Alaquàs, Picanya, Sedaví, Paiporta, Benetússer, Alfafar, Massanassa, Catarroja, Albal and Beniparrell.
The measures are the same as those that have been applied until now and, in this way, circulation is limited except for attendance at health centers, services and establishments, compliance with work, professional, commercial, institutional obligations or legal or return to work. . place of habitual or family residence.
This was announced by the Director General of Fire Prevention, Rosa Tourisreporting at the last hour on the work taking place on the ground, after this last meeting of CECOPI, in which the president of the Generalitat Valenciana participated, Carlos Mazon, and the Minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Angel Victor Torres.
Furthermore, he clarified that one of the main tasks of the media that act in an emergency is the removal of waste. This is why CECOPI has been informed that its management will be carried out in two phases: a daytime phase for the collection of waste and effects in the collection areas and a nighttime phase for the transport of this waste to the collection areas and the careers.
This measure is put in place with the aim of being more efficient in collection and decongesting access roads during the day with heavy traffic.
Another important measure to highlight is that they allowed offices of National Police And Civil Guard for reports of missing persons by relatives, located in Algemesí, in the Centrale local police; in Alfafar, in the municipal social services building and in Albal, in the Tabacalera building, also at the headquarters of local agents.
Progress of operational work
Concerning the urgency and progress of the work on the ground, the priority remains the phase of research of possible victims and the troops are particularly focused on the area of Magro Riverthe Rambla of Poyo in addition to the mouth of the Turia and the The Albufera. This research is supplemented by canine tracking units.
At the same time, progress continues in the disposal of waste, goods and vehicles, water drainage, overhaul of building structures, canals, roads and railways, as well as in the restoration services such as distribution facilities water, electricity And gas. In this sense, and by sectors of activity: in the area that includes Aldaia, Alaquàs and Torrent, there are no longer large drains in the urban area, there are three underground passages that still need to be cleared and some accesses to the streets are blocked. Here, work continues to clean and clear the roads.
As for the Picanya and Paiporta area, there are practically no rescue plans left in the urban case and work is underway on three blocked underground passages, in addition to the removal of property and waste from the public highway.
In Benetússer, Sedaví and Llocnou, the work focuses on big rescue plans in the MN4 shopping center and the Albufera hotel. In this same area, the underground passage that connects Alfafar to El Saler. Meanwhile, in Alfafar and Massanassa, the urban centers no longer need drainage, work is mainly carried out on two other blocked underpasses and on the replacement of the sewer system. Finally, as in Catarroja and Albal, there are no more drains in urban areas and 60% of the roads have been cleared. Work is also underway to recover the access always neighborhood interior that remains blocked.
The Director General also recalled that, on the ground, more than 2,100 firefighters more than 40 organizations and 7,800 soldiers. In the area of citizen security, there are currently a total of 6,000 members of the National Police and the Civil Guard, more than 500 members of the various local police forces and more than a hundred agents of the Police. the Generalitat.
Recommendations to the population
Finally, Director General Rosa Touris reiterated a series of recommendations to the large population:
-Measures protection of the health after floods: Public Health recommendations must be respected in cleaning tasks, waste management or food preparation,
–Avoid travel: these people who can telework, who use this modality to facilitate their work.
