A fundamental exercise «to verify our ability to respond and to identify any room for improvement. The objective is to ensure that Rome is always ready to face any emergency situation promptly and effectively.” Thus yesterday the prefect Lamberto Giannini described it the test carried out in Tor di Quinto by hundreds of civil protection operatorsof the ASL and 118 health services, and of the police forces in which an explosion was simulated during a demonstration during the next Jubilee 2025.
A smoke bomb simulated the explosion
A very realistic simulation, with the injured and even the debris caused by the explosion. A smoke bomb from the firefighters started the operations, followed by an alarm call from a citizen to 112. From that moment on, rescue operations began with the firefighters detecting toxic substances at the site of the explosion. The sorting of the injured in hospitals was simulated, the rescue coordinator and even the relatives of the panicked victims who interfered in the operations were also interviewed.
«Let’s analyze the data and see if anything can be improved»
«The exercise went well – adds the prefect -. Now clearly we will take some time to get all the reports and then do a debriefing and see if there is anything that can be improved, do some checks on the times and then we will certainly do another one soon also based on the experiences we have harvest”. The explosion of a truck bar in an open space was simulated, with gas cylinders and dispersion of toxic substances. «This is one of the many preparatory actions for the Jubilee For
be equipped to handle even situations that we hope to never have to
manage – says Giannini again -. We can say we have had an answer
satisfying and also very satisfying but we always need to improve on these things it’s not a matter of perfectionism, iPerfectionism maybe allows you to save a person. These are such extreme circumstances that even a small smudge can make the difference. So we must always try to do better. In the next few days therefore we will continue both the analysis activity and then on the basis of what we have seen we will meet with the protagonists and with those who could be involved, I think of the emergency response crews of the various entities”.
