The company that runs SIRESP on Wednesday assured that the system was “registering no power supply problems” in connection with the fire in Odemir, adding that it was “the only communication network that remained constantly active” in the region.
In a statement sent to Lusa, the state-owned company Siresp SA, which manages and coordinates the state’s emergency and security communications network, said the data collected shows that Portugal’s Integrated System of Emergency and Security Networks (SIRESP) network has “transmission, coverage (terrestrial and satellite) and energy reservation in the Odemira region based on generator sets”.
“The network has not recorded any problems with power supply: neither in normal power supply, nor in the included batteries during a power outage, nor in groups of generators that are mobilized before the batteries run out,” the company said, adding that the SIRESP network is currently time provides coverage to the rural fire area of Odemira through base stations Odeseix, São Teotónio, Alto do Foya and a mobile station.
According to Siresp SA, from Saturday 2:00 pm to Wednesday 9:00 am, 224,906 calls were registered on the network, with only “special congestion situations” occurring, with an average delay time of 1.94 seconds and a maximum delay time. out of 26 seconds.
The company also pointed out that “special difficulties” may arise when “security reasons do not allow mobile stations to be placed in shadow areas where fire is spreading,” and operatives in such situations are advised to use the direct mode.
The latest assessment by the Civil Protection indicates that the rural fire that broke out on Saturday in Odemir was contained this Wednesday at 10:15, but there are still spots that deserve attention, especially on the southern front, where many re-ignitions are expected. . day.
According to the Algarve Regional Emergency and Civil Protection Commander Vitor Vasa Pinto, the area covered by the fire in Odemir, which later spread to the Algarve, is about 8,400 hectares.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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