Editor: Dennis Leiva
In order to attend events with a prospective vision in El Salvador, taking into account that the country is highly seismic, Disaster Risk Reduction Week 2024 will be held between October 14 and 18.
“As you know, in recent years we have been very emphatic about the need to test our capabilities and I am not only referring to those of the General Directorate of Civil Protection, the Directorate of Shelters, the Fire Department or other institutions. of the system, I am referring to Salvadoran society as such,” said the director of Civil Protection, Luis Alonso Amaya.
In addition, on Thursday, October 17, the National Earthquake Drill 2024 will be held at 11:00 am, which will simulate a magnitude 7.6 earthquake with an epicenter off the coast of La Libertad.
That same day, the intervention will be carried out in the Plaza Merliot shopping center, with the participation of the General Directorate of Civil Protection, the Fire Department, the Medical Emergency System, the National Civil Police, the traffic managers of the Vice Ministry of Transportation and the shopping center’s Occupational Health and Safety Committee.