The Town Planning of the City of Lorca, Francisco Garcia, took stock of the first emergency work undertaken from the control center equipment for emergency technical assurance and clear debris from the city after the earthquake of 11 May.
The average daily number of props needed to prevent further damage to buildings affected by the earthquake is estimated at 3,000 and 900 boards, with which they have covered about 1,350 cleaning emergencies from heights, road clearing debris and shoring advised by citizens.
This statistic summarizes the work done by the 47 companies that participated as volunteers "from day one coordinated by the Technical Committee with technical municipal and Planning of the City of Lorca and the Ministry of Public Works and Planning to tasks of clearing debris, shoring and securing of buildings in worse condition. "
In this balance, says Garcia has not been computed "the brilliant performance and HEU also fire, which has also been coordinated with other services the Coordination Centre for Assessment of Damages, or those interventions on the initiative of expert teams without receiving notice of the concerned.
Overall, this has fifty companies to work for first responders around 300 personnel, qualified in the trade, or technical means and equipment.
The mayor of Urban also wanted to signify the high level of safety for such interventions as "not taken any professional regrettable accident while performing tasks, despite the risks that entailed.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca