28.3.2012.
The City of Lorca and the Government Office have coordinated this morning the staff of local police, National Police, Civil Protection, municipal, ADDITIONS, 061, firefighters, private security, support staff and Red Cross volunteers to collaborate in developing good the shows.
The Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, has been reported after the meeting of the Safety Board Safety Special Easter Special Plans Security and Emergency to be developed jointly by the City Lorca and Murcia Government Office to ensure the proper conduct of processions and the ability to react to correct any alleged incident.
Jodar explained that "to the proper functioning of safety devices and emergency from previous years and the experience gained so far by all municipal services in various emergencies, staffing to improve security in the municipality referred to in these plans for Lorca Easter 2012 will be very similar to that developed in the previous two years, which saw increased human and material resources compared to previous years. "
In this sense, the mayor explained that "given the strength of local police, National Police, Civil Protection, municipal, ADDITIONS, 061, firefighters, private security and Red Cross volunteers, they will reach 550 people displayed on this device, which will start at 16:00 on Thursday 29 March and will end at 01:00 am on Monday, April 9. "
The mayor also explained that "this device will have about 75 vehicles, including the 061 ambulance units, basic life support and advanced, an SUV, a vehicle for the disabled, police vehicles, fire, rapid intervention and assistants, among others. "
In addition, the entire staff of the National Police in Lorca is included in this device.
The Security and Emergency Plans, which have been agreed between the Council and the Government Delegation in the Local Security also refers to the placement of an emergency lighting and public address, a command and coordination center and a hospital campaign in the Alameda of Columns.
External security, perimeter security and internal security
The main day of this force will be on Good Friday, Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, when the parades are held Passionate Bible in Avenida Juan Carlos I.
In this sense, enabled three main areas of action to ensure safety.
In the outer perimeter provides external monitoring of the scope of influence of the processions, to prevent the absence of the village and neighboring districts for attending the parades become easy target for property crimes.
Moreover, establishing a security perimeter to narrow the area of ​​influence of the processions, closing it to traffic, regulating it and diverting it; while informing citizens.
Finally, in the inner perimeter and an auxiliary of the "Race" the agents inform the citizen, will assist and protect people through continuous monitoring of the area.
The application of the Easter special device has been implemented in part during the days before the processions, both for the preparation of logistics infrastructure (assembly of boxes, transfer and deployment of thrones and chariots, etc..), As the needs of their own guilds (thrones tests, ...).
Local police will also be present in the processions that take place in districts with De La Hoya, in order to address any possible impact.
28 zones with a total of 11,000 parking spaces on the occasion of Easter
The Mayor of Lorca has also reported that Lorca and visitors will have this Easter than 11,000 parking spaces in 28 areas, in order to facilitate access to the processions, but Francisco Jodar has encouraged "to get around the city to walking and enjoying the good atmosphere that presents at this time. "
These parking areas include the courtyard of the Institutes Ros Giner and Ibanez Martin, the complex plot between the Europe and the railroad, a plot next to the new Mental Health Center in Santa Clara Avenue (corner of old auctions and Poet Gimeno Castellar), Calle San Fernando, in Lane Boilermakers and the Alameda Dr. Martinez Minguez, in "La Quinta" or by the Colegio Juan Gonzalez, among others.
In addition, underground parking will be available from the Plaza Colon, Old Market Square, Plaza de San Vicente, Catwalk, Asprodes, and the usual parking area of ​​the Garden of The Wheel and located next to impound lot of vehicles, the Plaza de Bulls, the Lorca-Centro Medical Center, Sports Complex Europe railway station San Diego, San Diego shopping center, an old convent of La Merced, Alameda de Cervantes, among others.
A new hospital next to the railway station
A new feature this year is that in addition to the Health Care Clinic and Hospital Campaign that usually installs the Emergency Municipal Service behind the presidency, another Red Cross field hospital installed near the railroad station.
The Malls to Santa Quiteria as preferred routes of escape
However, the result of the special experience we have in this county in emergency improvements have been made as the establishment of the zone of malls in the direction of Santa Quiteria as preferred routes of escape in the unlikely event that may cause alterations public order (due to human concentrations, health risks, natural hazards, ...).
The plan also provides emergency assembly points, in the unlikely event if necessary, the parking Mall San Diego, the square of carriages, the parking lot of Lorca Center, Plaza Colón and Calderon, the esplanade of the institutes and the Fairgrounds Garden of The Wheel.
The Mayor also pointed out that the City Council, in collaboration with Fire Consortium, we have reviewed the facades of the path of all the processions and its surrounding streets to avoid the risk of landslides of debris, some actions have been carried out and continue to take place throughout the city since 11 May.
In this sense, also mobilized a group of professionals from the Department of Planning to act quickly in the event of any incident occur be competent.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca