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Measures such as the creation of a vehicle disinfection station, the establishment of 120 daily points to disinfect in the municipality with 12 people per shift and the average use of 6,000 liters of disinfectant per day. The Councilor for Emergencies and Civil Protection of the City of Lorca, Isabel Casalduero, has taken stock of the contributions that, so far, have been made by the Emergency Service in the fight against the coronavirus. Casalduero explained that "in a first line of action, with the aim of reinforcing self-protection mechanisms to guarantee maximum safety for service workers and volunteers and, to the extent possible, for workers in other essential services, The building located in the Comprehensive Emergency and Protection Center of Lorca was adapted, which previously used 061 as the headquarters of the Civil Protection volunteer group in order to have a second operational building in the event that any member of the staff turned out to be infected and minimize contact through physical separation reducing the risk between staff and volunteers.
" The Edil has detailed that "another of the protection measures has been the own development, and at very low cost, since own resources and donations have been used, of a 360 disinfection station, with the capacity to disinfect the interior and exterior of vehicles of the emergency service, ambulances, police vehicles and taxis, among others.
" "In addition, to generate defense barriers and decrease the viral load, 250 points have been established to disinfect throughout the municipality with the appropriate products, in measures and proportions designated by the Department of Health and following the guidelines set by the State Administration , locations related to health, nursing homes, public services, security, food supply, basic necessities and transportation to collaborate in periodic disinfection tasks, 40 of them being a constant disinfection focus ". Casalduero Jódar has indicated that "for the disinfection work, adaptation tasks have been carried out on the available equipment, so that two light vehicles have been integrated into disinfection tasks with high-pressure lances and proportioners capable of integrating the disinfectant product with the water tanks and a nebulizer gun has been installed to a self-contained breathing apparatus, for disinfection inside buildings.
Likewise, a new high-pressure pump and two motorized nebulizers have been purchased for use on streets with difficult access.
" The Emergency Councilor has revealed that "up to 12 people per shift have participated in the disinfection tasks, managing to disinfect 6 different points at the same time, both in the urban area of ??the city and in the districts.
In this way, An average of 120 points a day of disinfection has been carried out, including hospitals, pharmacies, nursing homes or shops, using an average of 6,000 liters of disinfectant per day.
" Isabel Casalduero thanked "the intense work that has been carried out and continues to be carried out by all the Emergency and Civil Protection personnel from the first moment, demonstrating, once again, their commitment and dedication to Lorca and its neighbors" and recalled that "all The measures adopted are included within the regulatory and operational framework established by the territorial plans for civil protection at the regional and local levels.
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Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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