“Learning to live with risk,” said Paco Dávila, provincial civil protection leader of the Risk Management Secretariat, adding that “there are adverse events on a daily basis, the dangers are latent, when leaving home we are already exposed to risk However, the population must be prepared to act in these situations”. However, a lot will also depend on the actions of society, that is, prevention continues to be the best option to avoid having to regret the human and material losses when these disasters occur, the question is: can catastrophes be faced?
Situation. One of these events occurred on the night of Sunday the 26th in Alausí, the landslide caused terrible losses, the question is: can catastrophes be faced? in which exact figures are not yet available, because the first response institutions continue with the rescue work, however, it was an announced situation, since, on February 19, the Risk Management Secretariat already gave the yellow alert, that is to say, the authorities had to proceed to the evacuation of the inhabitants and to control the passage of vehicles. However, they should be joint processes between public and private institutions, because it is not only a matter of issuing data or reporting on what can happen, but also determining strategies to be carried out, said Dávila.
Actuate. Alausí has geological faults, for this reason, work must be done on prevention and not forget the risks, since it is important that citizens know some of these suggestions mentioned by the leader: be aware of the place where we are located, the type of construction that the houses have, know how many there are and where the emergency exits are, the place where people should go for their safety and evacuation routes; All the answers to these questions help to find the threats that are around us and thus recognize our vulnerabilities that are very evident, and the most common are “never being prepared and not considering the risks,” Dávila concluded.