Tuesday, July 15, 2014

SCT creates new disaster protocol

The Communications and Transport (SCT) designed a protocol that allows different levels of government to act in coordination to ensure connectivity in the risk of possible disaster and to effectively manage emergencies that impact the sector. The SCT general coordinator of centers José Antonio Rodarte Leal said that disaster risk is latent. Due to its geographical position, Mexico is exposed to a wide variety of risks by hydrometeorological phenomena and geological issues impacting the population, such as tidal waves, fires, floods, landslides or drought. He said that acting on the instructions of the head of the SCT, Gerardo Ruiz Esparza, the first actions presented are to restore connectivity and communication between the affected areas, ensure the arrival of help services and the supply of inputs, as well as the mobility of people. He said that the heads of the SCT in all states are tasked with acknowledging any incident or situation that arises in the federal road network, ports and airports to the central authority.
This also includes any other areas that are directly relevant to this department or other federal agencies where their support can help contribute to the peace and welfare of the population. It is reported that recently the SCT delegates met with the directors of the National Bank of Public Works and Services (Banobras), to implement more agile payment mechanisms of estimates through the Natural Disasters Fund (Fonden) This is so that, after the declaration of disaster come, payments estimates are generated in five days instead of 25, to restore normal conditions in the affected populations. In a statement, Rodarte Leal recalled that last year 42 disaster declarations in 23 states were enacted. He said only in Guerrero had the SCT implemented actions that allowed the rehabilitation almost immediately for Acapulco Airport to ensure more than 5,000 passengers were evacuated to Mexico City through 50 flights.
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