2023-11-09 09:13:00
With a great drill, oil companies, local committee and municipality of Añelo They will test the reaction of the emergency system. The device will be carried out this Thursday and will imply the total closure of traffic on Route 7 for at least three hours.
The person in charge of Civil Defense of Añelo, Luis Angeloni, in dialogue with Diario RÍO NEGRO highlighted the importance of the procedure since it will allow “evaluate the reaction times of the companies and their connection with the community’s activity.”
The official explained that the initiative is being coordinated by the Industrial Emergency Response Plan with Impact on the Community (Preic). A multi-sector entity made up of business institutions, in this case YPF, and also public institutions such as Civil Defense, Police, Transit and Health, among several others.
The drill will recreate a road incident between a chemical transport truck and a private vehicle. As a result of the collision, the spill of harmful products and the emanation of a toxic cloud in the collision area will be simulated. The Champions firm, a company contracted by YPF, will work there.
The exact point of the event will be Provincial Route N°7 within the municipal ejido, which is why the road will be blocked to traffic from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. approximately. In that sector there are two educational establishments a few meters away, the CPEM 39 and School 350, For this reason, in addition, a “confinement” maneuver will be carried out for teachers and students.
“In schools the procedure will be a confinement, not an evacuation, the difference is that confinement implies the removal of people to a safe area within the same building, they will not be removed,” explained the Civil Defense representative.
Angeloni explained that since the creation of Preic, Last year, several devices were being articulated by the municipality with YPF, which is the company with the greatest presence and relationship with Añelo.
“This is extremely important, it will test us all, from the tasks on site and the transfer of people to the diversion of traffic on Route 7, which is extremely intense at that time.”he highlighted.
They will simulate a toxic cloud in Vaca Muerta and cut Route 7 in Añelo on Thursday: what is the Preic
He Industrial Emergency Response Plan con Impact on the Community (Preic) It is a work team made up of provincial and municipal State agencies, companies and community actors.
Among its main tasks is the creation of action protocols to prevent the impact of industrial emergencies on communities, and if they occur, mitigate them in a coordinated manner between the response agencies of the State, companies and the community.
This is an initiative promoted by the state company YPF. Each team is coordinated by the mayors, and in the operational task this is represented by Municipal Civil Defense officials. The work structure is distributed in a coordinating team, that defines the strategic guidelines of the plan, formed by the mayor, business managers, and representatives of different leaderships; and three operational teams.
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