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Effective Fire, Local Police and Civil Protection of the City of Cartagena have participated this afternoon in a mock carbon monoxide leak in the factory premises of SABIC Innovative Plastics in the Aljorra, organized by the company and the ministries of Presidency and Industry, Enterprise and Innovation.
The exercise has served to update the External Emergency Plan (Planquisa) and evaluate the responsiveness of the agencies involved, in order to take the necessary corrective measures
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The drill has mobilized 200 people to the emergency services of the company and the security bodies of the municipalities of Cartagena, Murcia and Fuente Alamo and media personnel and Murcia Health Service and members of the Guard Civil.
Specifically we have simulated an accident would cause a leak of carbon monoxide and a toxic cloud, which would be a category 3 accident with possible casualties, property damage, serious injury or environmental changes over large areas and outside the establishment.
Also activated the emergency plan within the company, the External Emergency Plan of the Autonomous Region in Level 1, scheduled for accidents that can be controlled by means of intervention in the area of the Autonomous Community, not attached previously the Municipal Plan, require the implementation of measures for the protection of persons, property or the environment.
The drill began about 11:30 with receiving a 1-1-2 call from a technician of SABIC, which reported the Emergency Center of the Region of the accident.
The accident involves activation of the External Emergency Plan and mobilizing Advanced Command Post has coordinated from the place closest to the emergency, responders Action Groups consist of fire, health, Civil, Local Police Forces and state security bodies and the Red Cross.
E l chemical safety group, composed of technicians and specialists from the region and the city of Cartagena and technicians of the company, has been commissioned to assess the stage of the emergency, the situation of the plant and its environment.
It was also informed members of the Plan Advisory Committee, which includes representatives from the departments of the Autonomous Community involved in the emergency, representatives of the City, the Delegation of the Government in the Region of Murcia, the company concerned, the law enforcement security and how many people are considered appropriate.
For exercise, alerted the beginning and the end of emergency stocks and La Mina Aljorra by audible warning sirens installed for this purpose and by other means, to population centers and facilities that would be affected if an accident of this type, advising them to s and remain in their homes with the doors and windows closed.
It also gave notice to the rest of the population through social networks like twitter and the website of the City of Cartagena.
The developments have been closely followed personally by Council on Security and Decentralization, Mariano Nicolás García and Ángel Bernal, and General Safety Coordinator City of Cartagena, Juan Antonio Calabria, who have moved to the area.
At the end of the simulation, the mayor of Public Safety has provided a first assessment of the operation. At first all went well, the kids have been confined to the school and the other residents in their homes.
They have also worked warning alarms, firefighters have been sampled and bounded a security perimeter, Mariano commented. Was fully activated the emergency plan, he concluded.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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