The National Emergency Management and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC) will have about 300 staff to assist pilgrims heading to the Fatima shrine in an operation that will take place from Sunday to Monday.
ANEPC said in a statement that “Operation Fatima 2024” will last for two days, starting Sunday, during which it will “ensure the provision of relief and assistance to thousands of pilgrims traveling to the Fatima shrine for religious ceremonies.”
The operation, carried out by the Subregional Command for Emergency Management and Civil Protection of Medio-Tejo, “aims to increase the power and response speed of the devices that implement the Integrated Defense and Relief Operations System and the Integrated Emergency Medical Care System, as well as such, ensuring effective and ongoing institutional coordination within civil protection structures,” Civil Defense said in a statement.
ANPC adds that the goal is also to “ensure the mobilization, readiness, commitment and management of the use of protection and assistance assets and resources, and to anticipate specialized reinforcement capabilities through pre-formatting and pre-positioning of assets and resources and the implementation of a flexible planning matrix.” which will minimize the impact of a large influx of citizens at the venues of celebrations.”
The operation involves approximately 300 operatives from the ANEPC operational structure and the fire departments of Lisbon and the Tagus Valley, the Municipal Civil Protection Service of Ourem, the ANEPC Special Civil Protection Force, the National Institute of Emergency Medical Services, the Portuguese Red Army. Cross, the Republican National Guard and the National Scout Corps.
Other civil and religious organizations are also involved, such as the Association of Employees of the Church of Nossa Señora de Fátima and the local health department Medio Tejo.
ANEPC also indicates that operational command of all forces and organizations comprising the device will be established adjacent to the sanctuary by establishing an operational command post at San Miguel College, relocating the center to that location. Command-tactical unit.
The international anniversary pilgrimage in May to the Fatima shrine, 107 years after the events at Cova da Iria, is led by Cardinal Juan José Omella, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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