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The team of the Mobile Social Assistance Emergency Service (SEMAS) intensifies care for people at risk of social exclusion on days of high temperatures with the distribution of fresh water and caps and offering guidance on existing public resources for the homelessThe councilor for Social Rights, Pilar Torres, explained that "this service is developed by establishing personal contact, studying the particular situation of each person and generating a link that facilitates the process of intervention and social inclusion of these people living in a situation of exclusion "The Murcia City Council, through the Department of Social and Family Rights, headed by the mayor Pilar Torres, has attended this week to 15 homeless people at the beginning of the 'Operation heat', developed by technicians from the Mobile Emergency Service of Social Attention (SEMAS).This year's campaign has started this week with the attention that the City Council has provided to 14 men and 1 woman who are at risk of social exclusion and are homeless.The device launched by SEMAS offers water, food, clothing, transportation, emergency accommodation and transfer or accompaniment to entities in the third sector, such as Jesús Abandonado and Fundación RAIS, to the people served.Reinforcement during the summer seasonThe Department intensifies during the summer months care for people at risk of social exclusion, with the aim of mitigating the physical consequences of exposure to heat.The start of 'Operation heat' has coincided with the record this week of temperatures above 35 degrees in the municipality of Murcia.This social care is part of the project that the Government Team is following to provide support to the most disadvantaged groups.The councilor for Social Rights, Pilar Torres, explained that "this service is developed by establishing personal contact, studying the particular situation of each person and generating a link that facilitates the process of intervention and social inclusion of these people living in a situation of exclusion ".At noon and early afternoonThe SEMAS carries out a special monitoring around noon and in the afternoon, to avoid the health effects that prolonged exposure to high temperatures can cause.The service is organized in teams of two people, made up of a social worker and a local police officer, attending to the citizens most at risk, who are provided with the appropriate means of hydration, while being informed about the strategies They can adopt to reduce the impact of heat on your body.

They are also informed about the different municipal social resources at their disposal.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia