Next Monday, September 19, the National Simulacrum 2022whose purpose is to carry out an exercise to prevent the measures taken by the government and the population in the event of a earthquake.
At a press conference, the CDMX Government, via Myriam Urzua you comehead of the Secretariat for Comprehensive Risk Management and Civil Protection (SGIRPC), invited the population to join this preventive exercise.
El Financiero gives you the details of the drill for this 2022, which It will take place on September 19 at 12:19 p.m. That date marks the 37th anniversary of the earthquake measuring 8.1 degrees on the Richter scale that shook Mexico and marked its history; It is also the 5th anniversary of the 2017 earthquakes.
What will be the earthquake hypothesis during the 2022 National Drill?
The CDMX authorities announced that the earthquake hypothesis will be magnitude 8.1 with an epicenter 42 kilometers (km) northeast of La Mira, Michoacanat a depth of 16 km, which would be severely perceived.
Likewise, Myriam Urzúa pointed out that the loudspeakers of the Command, Control, Computing, Communications and Citizen Contact Center (C5) they will reproduce the Seismic Alert at 12:19 p.m. on Monday, September 19.
“The Center for Instrumentation and Seismic Recording, CIRES, will activate the alert at 12:19 p.m. on Monday, September 19, through the loudspeakers placed on 13,860 poles operated by C5, as well as on the television and radio stations that they have this service; in addition, of the public and private buildings and schools in Mexico City that have these receivers installed”.
The objectives of the 2022 National Drill
Urzua Venegas highlighted at a press conference that once the seismic alert stops sounding, the head of government, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardothe Emergency Committee will be headed in the C5 and the Pyramidal Territorial Coordination of the Protocol of the Seismic Emergency Plan for Mexico City.
He stressed that the objectives of the preventive exercise are:
- Reinforce and improve the preventive, communication and response actions of the City Government in the event of earthquakes.
- Check the response capabilities of the emergency care bodies.
- Evaluate the operation of the Seismic Emergency Plan Protocol and.
- Measure the diffusion and response times of the Seismic Alert.
Which agencies will participate in the drill?
To carry out the 2022 National Drill, the authorities involved in the exercise are:
- The Secretariat for Comprehensive Risk Management and Civil Protection (SGIRPC).
- The National Civil Protection Coordination (CNPC).
- The Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSCP).
- The Command, Control, Computing, Communications and Citizen Contact Center (C5).
- The Heroic Fire Department (HCB).
- The Seismic Recording and Instrumentation Center, CIRES.
- The Medical Emergency and Rescue Squad (ERUM)
- The Regulatory Center for Medical Emergencies (CRUM).
- The Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA).
- The Secretary of the Navy (SEMAR)
In addition, it is expected that the deployment of authorities, security elements and medical care will be:
- 16 thousand 429 policemen.
- One thousand 639 police vehicles.
- 5 condors.
- 10 cranes.
- 20 ambulances.
- 15 ambulances.
- 3 rescue units and transit elements.
- Tours with quadrant chiefs in city halls.
- Review of public transport.
- 15 Civil Protection operational elements will be in charge of managing 6 units: 2 fire pumps, 2 multipurpose rescue vehicles and a telescopic handler.
It is worth mentioning that to participate in the drill, 10 thousand 810 properties have been registered. In addition, citizens can register their properties on the website preparados.gob.mx/blog/index.php?q=simulacronaiconal2022which will remain active until midnight on September 18.