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| The City Council prepares its various municipal services after the warning for rains that can accumulate more than 25 liters in an hour | The City Council has prepared a special device in light of the forecasts of heavy rains and storms from the State Meteorological Agency for tomorrow Friday.This special device is made up of different municipal services such as Local Police, Civil Protection, Firefighters, Traffic, Aguas de Murcia, Street Cleaning, Public lighting and Parks and Gardens, as well as the Mobile Emergency Service and Social Assistance (SEMAS)According to the AEMET, tomorrow Friday the municipality enters a yellow alert for rains, which can accumulate more than 25 liters per square meter in an hour, and storms.In this way, the special device of the Local Police for surveillance and control of the municipality's flooded areas is activated, which will be operational while these weather conditions last.The operational units of the city and districts will periodically review, according to the advance of rainfall, all those places where there are risks due to accumulations of water or road and street cuts due to the existence of boulevards or natural rainwater passages.The purpose of this plan is to intervene as quickly as possible and immediately meet the requirements of the residents of the municipality to minimize the effects of possible heavy rains, establishing priority actions.The Local Police will deploy its troops in the urban area and districts to take the necessary measures to regulate and cut traffic, using fences and police tape.
Likewise, it is controlled that there are no incidents that endanger people and vehicles.Firefighters will be in charge of draining the water, putting out fires in power lines and draining flooded basins, as well as rescuing people and drivers trapped in flooded areas, if necessary.The Civil Protection volunteers will form a checkpoint to collaborate with the Local Police and Firefighters in those situations that are necessary.For its part, the Cleaning Services will work on the elimination of water bags and puddles using vacuuming machinery, placing the displaced containers and cleaning the drag caused by the rain.The operators of the Park and Garden Service have been reviewing the large trees in sensitive areas for weeks to anticipate possible branches falling and cleaning the leaves and scuppers located in the gardens.
In addition, sand has been collected as an initial shock measure to avoid flooding in the event of flooding.The municipal company Aguas de Murcia has also carried out the scheduled cleaning of scuppers located in the urban area of ??Murcia and districts, specifically in critical points associated with flood zones in order to guarantee the correct evacuation of rainwater.The Mobile Emergency and Social Care Service (SEMAS) will be on alert to meet the basic needs of those who need it.The council will inform all citizens of the situation through their Twitter accounts (AytoMurcia) and Facebook (@Ay AyuntamientoDeMurcia).Likewise, the Local Police Twitter will also be active 24 hours a day, offering up-to-date information on the incidents that take place.
He will do so through his Local Police Twitter channel (@MurciaPolicia).
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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