The Public Awareness Exercise for Seismic Risk – A Terra Treme will be held again next Tuesday, November 5th, at 11:05 am, when the entire population is invited to stop for a minute and practice the three gestures that can save lives: duck, protect and wait.
The exercise promoted by the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC), in collaboration with several public and private entities, aims to train the population on how to act in the event of an earthquake.
“The exercise involves performing 3 simple gestures that can make a difference to those who practice them in the event of an earthquake. The action takes place over a period of one minute, during which participants, individually or collectively (families, schools, companies, public, private or association institutions), are invited to perform the 3 self-protection gestures: duck, protect and wait”, explains Civil Protection.
In the Algarve, and with the support of the Municipality of Silves, a main event of the exercise will be promoted at the Dr. Garcia Domingues Basic School, in Silves».
At the end of this action, a LIVEX Exercise will take place, «with the movement of real resources on the ground, for sectoral testing of the Special Civil Protection Emergency Plan for Seismic Risk and Tsunamis in the Algarve, in the Search, Help and Rescue Intervention area, with 7 different scenarios – PROCIVALG_24.2, in the municipalities of Portimão and Silves», according to ANEPC.
In Praia da Rocha, in partnership with the Municipal Civil Protection Service of Portimão, «the pilot project sirens of the population warning system, installed in that bathing area, will be activated, with subsequent evacuation of people and animals from the identified risk areas, through the marked routes to the meeting points, carrying out the emergency procedures that follow a tsunami alert».
With all this, civil protection aims to teach the population to “know what to do before, during and after an earthquake, namely to know the preventive measures and self-protection behaviors to adopt, this is the purpose of this day that we propose to all citizens”.
In the 11 editions already held, «the initiative has had significant support from the school population, thanks also to the involvement of the Directorate-General for Education (DGE) and the Directorate-General for School Establishments (DGEsTE)».
«Over the course of successive editions, the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority has sought to broaden the reflection and debate around the issue of seismic risk and knowledge about what to do before, during and after an earthquake to all sectors of civil society, particularly within the scope of the inclusion of people with disabilities, in order to achieve greater resilience, both individual and collective, among the population».
Throughout the country, the Regional Emergency and Civil Protection Commands (CREPC) and the Sub-regional Emergency and Civil Protection Commands of ANEPC will promote, in partnership with local educational communities, Fire Departments, Municipal Civil Protection Services and other civil protection agents, awareness-raising actions on the subject of seismic risk and self-protection measures to face it, as well as carrying out the exercise A TERRA TREME.
ANEPC invites citizens and entities to participate and register online, «reinforcing its commitment to safety and preparedness for seismic risk. This edition of A TERRA TREME coincides with World Tsunami Awareness Day, highlighting the importance of an informed and resilient society in the face of natural disasters».
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