April 26, 2024 Various news
It is organized by the regional department. It will take place from 9am to 5pm
PALERMO, 26 April – Tomorrow the third joint Civil Protection exercise dedicated to forest and interface firefighting will take place in the Casaboli forest, above the Pioppo hamlet of the municipality of Monreale.
The same activities have already taken place in recent days in the provinces of Catania and Messina. This was announced by the Regional Department of Sicilian Civil Protection, underlining in a note that “the aim of these exercises is to test in the field the level of training and operation achieved by volunteers specialized in the AIB and, at the same time, also to encourage a common line of conduct between all the operational bodies involved in the various activities of forecasting, combating and managing emergencies related to fire risk: Forestry Corps of the Sicily Region, Fire Brigade, Regional Department of Sicilian Civil Protection”.
“This one in Palermo – continues the note – is the last of the three planned joint exercises and for its carrying out the Casaboli Forest above the hamlet of Pioppo in the Municipality of Monreale has been identified. The site lends itself to the carrying out of activities both training courses on techniques to combat forest fires, but also for interface fires, given the presence of buildings near which it is possible to simulate such scenarios. The event will begin at nine in the morning and end at 5pm.
The fire brigade and forestry teams will lead the fire tests of the volunteers (around 200) coming from Palermo, Agrigento and Trapani. It will take place at 4pm. The final briefing to which mayors, administrators and technicians of local authorities were invited. During the exercises, the President of the Region, Renato Schifani, will stop by for a greeting”, concludes the note.
(ITALPRESS).
