Due to the forest fires recorded in recent days in the region and the unfavorable weather conditions, the mayor Francisco Azcué convened municipalities of the department as well as members of different organizations, Volunteer Firefighters and Sappers with the objective of forming an Emergency Committee.
In that framework, the Municipal President announced the Declaration of the Fire Emergency in our city, inviting the remaining localities to join.
The meeting was held at the Convention Center, where the Emergency Committee Operations Room will operate permanently, which was placed under the charge of Mauricio Alegre, who will coordinate actions between the different internal areas as well as logistics with the different institutions that are involved in the fires.
Present were the Vice Mayor and President of the Deliberative Council Magdalena Reta de Urquiza; the Secretary of Government, Luciano Dell´Olio, as well as the mayor of La Criolla, Ariel Stuker; the mayor of Los Charrúas, Andrea Imoberdorff; Martín Dri, Coordinator of Municipalities of the Uruguay Corridor; representatives of the Business Collaboration Group (ACEs) and authorities of the local Volunteer Firefighters and Sappers barracks; among others.
COORDINATION IN THE FACE OF THE EMERGENCY
In this regard, Azcué pointed out that “we have decreed a fire emergency in the city of Concordia and we have convened the Emergency Committee, as we do in the face of this type of episode with certain characteristics, as has been the case with flooding, but this time due to the fires that have affected us throughout the department”.
Therefore, in addition to the institutions that are part of the Emergency Committee, we have also summoned the mayors of the other localities, who have joined with very good disposition. The decision responds to “the specific characteristics that the fires have; the flooding affected us more as a city, but the current situation already transcends borders and requires joint work”, he added.
In that sense, Azcué recalled that last Sunday “we had two large fires, one in Calabacilla, where 280 hectares were burned, and another at the north access of Concordia, where 240 hectares were burned. We were there, working on-site with the mayor of La Criolla, with the mayor of Los Charrúas, together also with the provincial government and the Nation”, he highlighted.
COMMITTEE
Regarding the permanent operation of the Emergency Committee, the Municipal President informed that the Operations Room will be based at the Convention Center, adding that at the same time “we, within what is the organic structure of the municipality, will have different coordinators for the actions that must be developed, such as the Secretariats of Human Development; Urban Development and Health”.
REQUEST TO THE COMMUNITY
Finally, the mayor of Concordia insisted on making a request to the community. “We want to be very clear with the citizenry: we need there to be responsibility, there to be commitment, I ask you earnestly, do not burn trash, do not light fires, do not throw cigarette butts”, he pointed out.
“These are very easy measures to comply with, we ask for that commitment because this depends on everyone, each one has to do their part because irresponsible actions put human lives at risk. In this last fire, we even had a firefighter who was hospitalized and I ask you to take this seriously”, he stressed.
JOINT WORK
For his part, Officer Oscar Ramos of the Sappers Fire Corps highlighted the formation of the committee, since “here an exchange of ideas and proposals is produced, where we can manage to unify everything because we are in a very critical stage”.
The head of the Volunteer Firefighters Corps of our city, Cristian Bravo, pointed out that the current conditions of this season “require us to be prepared, and the meeting precisely addressed that issue of how to persuade in some way so that the community helps us, the institutions that work in fighting fires, and manage to raise awareness about it”.
Finally, the president of the Board of Directors of Volunteer Firefighters, Oscar Arce, made it clear that during the fire outbreaks that have originated throughout the department, the guard over the city of Concordia is not neglected: “We want to reassure the resident that always, either at the Sappers or at the Volunteer Firefighters, a permanent guard remains to deal with simultaneous emergencies”.
In that framework, the Municipal President announced the Declaration of the Fire Emergency in our city, inviting the remaining localities to join.
The meeting was held at the Convention Center, where the Emergency Committee Operations Room will operate permanently, which was placed under the charge of Mauricio Alegre, who will coordinate actions between the different internal areas as well as logistics with the different institutions that are involved in the fires.
Present were the Vice Mayor and President of the Deliberative Council Magdalena Reta de Urquiza; the Secretary of Government, Luciano Dell´Olio, as well as the mayor of La Criolla, Ariel Stuker; the mayor of Los Charrúas, Andrea Imoberdorff; Martín Dri, Coordinator of Municipalities of the Uruguay Corridor; representatives of the Business Collaboration Group (ACEs) and authorities of the local Volunteer Firefighters and Sappers barracks; among others.
COORDINATION IN THE FACE OF THE EMERGENCY
In this regard, Azcué pointed out that “we have decreed a fire emergency in the city of Concordia and we have convened the Emergency Committee, as we do in the face of this type of episode with certain characteristics, as has been the case with flooding, but this time due to the fires that have affected us throughout the department”.
Therefore, in addition to the institutions that are part of the Emergency Committee, we have also summoned the mayors of the other localities, who have joined with very good disposition. The decision responds to “the specific characteristics that the fires have; the flooding affected us more as a city, but the current situation already transcends borders and requires joint work”, he added.
In that sense, Azcué recalled that last Sunday “we had two large fires, one in Calabacilla, where 280 hectares were burned, and another at the north access of Concordia, where 240 hectares were burned. We were there, working on-site with the mayor of La Criolla, with the mayor of Los Charrúas, together also with the provincial government and the Nation”, he highlighted.
COMMITTEE
Regarding the permanent operation of the Emergency Committee, the Municipal President informed that the Operations Room will be based at the Convention Center, adding that at the same time “we, within what is the organic structure of the municipality, will have different coordinators for the actions that must be developed, such as the Secretariats of Human Development; Urban Development and Health”.
REQUEST TO THE COMMUNITY
Finally, the mayor of Concordia insisted on making a request to the community. “We want to be very clear with the citizenry: we need there to be responsibility, there to be commitment, I ask you earnestly, do not burn trash, do not light fires, do not throw cigarette butts”, he pointed out.
“These are very easy measures to comply with, we ask for that commitment because this depends on everyone, each one has to do their part because irresponsible actions put human lives at risk. In this last fire, we even had a firefighter who was hospitalized and I ask you to take this seriously”, he stressed.
JOINT WORK
For his part, Officer Oscar Ramos of the Sappers Fire Corps highlighted the formation of the committee, since “here an exchange of ideas and proposals is produced, where we can manage to unify everything because we are in a very critical stage”.
The head of the Volunteer Firefighters Corps of our city, Cristian Bravo, pointed out that the current conditions of this season “require us to be prepared, and the meeting precisely addressed that issue of how to persuade in some way so that the community helps us, the institutions that work in fighting fires, and manage to raise awareness about it”.
Finally, the president of the Board of Directors of Volunteer Firefighters, Oscar Arce, made it clear that during the fire outbreaks that have originated throughout the department, the guard over the city of Concordia is not neglected: “We want to reassure the resident that always, either at the Sappers or at the Volunteer Firefighters, a permanent guard remains to deal with simultaneous emergencies”.