Informação: Regional Government creates network of tourist accommodation units available to health and civil protection professionals The Regional Government is creating a network of tourist accommodation units to support health and civil protection professionals wishing to live apart from their families during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Regional Directorate for Tourism has already registered about two dozen accommodation units that are available to provide their facilities, free of charge, to health and civil protection profe... Mais >> Informação: Press release from the extraordinary meeting of the Council of the Government The Extraordinary Council of Government of the Azores met in Ponta Delgada, as part of the regional action to tackle the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic, has assessed the situation regarding the measures already implemented, highlighting, among them, the following: • In what concerns the Azores Regional Civil Protection and Fire Service (SRPCBA), the Azores Health Line has been technically pre... Mais >> Informação: Regional Government delivers four-wheel drive vehicle to Nordeste Fire Brigade to reinforce rescue operations on hiking trails The Regional Secretary for Health delivered today a four-wheel drive vehicle to the Nordeste Volunteer Firefighters, which will improve "safety conditions" of rescue operations on the hiking trails of this municipality on the island of São Miguel.
Teresa Machado Luciano highlighted the new challenges arising from with the growth of tourism in the Azores and the Government's commitment to im... Mais >> Informação: Reorganisation of Civil Protection reinforces safety of populations, says Teresa Machado Luciano egional Secretary for Health highlighted in Angra do Heroísmo, the reorganisation of the Civil Protection system carried out in the last year by the Regional Government, stressing that it intended to "reinforce the safety of populations and the disaster assistance capacity on all islands of the archipelago."
In this regard, Teresa Machado Luciano mentioned the approval of the Legal Scheme o... Mais >> Informação: Marta Guerreiro says partnership with Madalena Firefighters guarantees “safer conditions” for those visiting Pico Mountain The Regional Secretary for Energy, Environment and Tourism highlighted the partnership with the Madalena Humanitarian Association of Volunteer Firefighters in the “preparation and training” of the rescue team to guarantee "safer conditions" for all those visiting the Pico Mountain,” an initiative that she considered of "paramount importance."
“We are renewing a protocol th... Mais >> Informação: Civil Protection holds conference on "Historical perspective of SRPCBA" in Angra do Heroísmo The Azores Regional Civil Protection and Fire Service (SRPCBA) holds a conference entitled “Historical perspective of SRPCBA” in Angra do Heroísmo on February 11.
This conference features speeches by the former President of the Legislative Assembly, Álvaro Monjardino, the President of the Azores Fire Federation, Manuel Soares, and the former Vice-President of SRPCBA, Ricardo... Mais >> Informação: Training provided by the Azores Civil Protection has increased more than 40% since 2017
The President of the Azores Regional Civil Protection and Fire Service (SRPCBA) revealed in Angra do Heroísmo that the number of training courses organised by SRPCBA in the archipelago has increased 43% since 2017.
"In 2019, we conducted a total of 211 courses, 63 more than in 2017, representing an increase of 43%," highlighted Carlos Neves.
These training courses are mainly directed to f... Mais >> Informação: Azores Civil Protection continues to promote Initial Intervention Course in Collapsed Structures for firefighters in 2020 The President of the Azores Regional Civil Protection and Fire Service (SRPCBA) stated that the Initial Intervention Course in Collapsed Structures for firefighters will remain a priority this year. "This is the first stage of search and rescue in collapsed structure training, which prepares firefighters to act in situations such as an earthquake or a landslide," said Carlos Neves. The SRPCBA Tra... Mais >> Informação: 2020 plan intends to improve Civil Protection infrastructures The Regional Secretary for Health stressed in Horta that “prevention and readiness in the assistance to populations are a relevant area" in the Regional Government's investment proposal for 2020. Teresa Machado Luciano spoke Wednesday at a hearing at the Committee on General Policy of the Legislative Assembly. On the occasion, she highlighted an estimated investment of about nine million Eu... Mais >> Informação: Civil Protection marks International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction The Azores Regional Civil Protection and Fire Service (SRPCBA) marks the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, celebrated on October 13, with the distribution and dissemination of flyers and posters. They are aimed at drawing attention to the measures to be taken in case of earthquake, which can make a difference and save lives. "Even though an earthquake seems to us a distant phenomenon,... Mais >>
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