As a closing ceremony, the Park of Prevention will be placed on the Paseo Lorenzo Guardiola |
This morning the activities of the Week of the Prevention of the Consortium of Fire and Rescue Extinction of the Region of Murcia (CEIS) that takes place in Jumilla from 22 to 26 January have been presented in Murcia.
The Mayor of Jumilla, Juana Guardiola, the General Director of Emergencies, José Ramón Carrasco, the Councilor for Education of Mazarrón (host city from 15 to 19), Patricio Sánchez, the CEIS manager, Alfonso García, the director of the Professional Association of Firemen Technicians, Gabriel Muñoz, and José Manuel Martínez, representative of the Mapfre Foundation.
The mayor said that "it is important to influence prevention in the older and younger population because it is important to be informed in this regard with the aim of improving the numbers of deaths in fires"
The objective of these conferences organized by the Mapfre Foundation, Professional Association of Firemen Technicians, the CEIS and the City of Jumilla is to transfer to the population, through lectures and demonstrations, knowledge for fire prevention and advice on how to act in case that they occur.
Talks have been prepared on school and home self-protection in all the schools of the municipality, which will take place from Monday 22 to Friday 26. In all of them guides adapted to different ages, both in Spanish and English, will be handed out.
On Wednesday 24, there will also be two talks: one in the morning (11.00 am) at the Day Center of the Imas (Paseo Lorenzo Guardiola) aimed at seniors;
and another in the afternoon (7.30pm), at the Roque Baños Cultural Center, about self-protection at home, in neighborhood communities and small businesses, open to the public.
In addition to the talks in the schools, on Thursday at 11.00 a simulation of emergency and evacuation is planned in the community of neighbors of the San Francisco Building (Reyes Católicos avenue).
On Friday morning, from 9.30 am, the Park of Prevention will be placed on the Paseo Lorenzo Guardiola with the assistance of students from the schools.
There will be an inflatable smoke house and recreational activities with recommendations to follow in case of fire.
The closing of the week is scheduled for that same day at 13.30 in the Prevention Park itself.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla