THE GOVERNMENT MAINTAINS ASSISTANCE TO PROVINCES AFFECTED BY FIRES AND FLOODS
The Government continues to collaborate with Neuquén, Mendoza and Chubut to
combat forest fires in those provinces and keeps helping evacuees in Chaco,
where urban and rural areas remain flooded due to heavy rainfall recorded
last week. Staff of the National Fire Management Service (SNMF) works in
the department neuquino Collon Cura, with the use of a spotter plane, a
fire hydrant and a helicopter. The latest report from the National System
for Integrated Risk Management (SINAGIR) indicates that the focus is under
control. The agency reported that in Chubut and Mendoza are kept air means
available to control outbreaks of fires that are active. While the
Argentine Army has three Unimog trucks in sizing and a helicopter to
collaborate with chaqueñas forces in assisting people affected by floods in
several towns in the central and southern parts of the province. The works
are carried out in collaboration with the municipality, provincial Civil
Defense, firefighters, police and agents of Public Health. People who are
evacuated in the province belong to the towns of Las Breñas, General
Pinedo, Napenay, Sáenz Peña, Charata and Castelli. Moreover, the SINAGIR
tracks the status of Nevados de Chillan Volcano in Chile, following the
issuance of volcanic material that affected only the area near the crater,
and that the orange alert is maintained in the area. National authorities
are in contact with Civil Protection Neuquen province, bordering the area,
which reported no involvement in Argentine territory. The SINAGIR is a
mechanism of coordination of resources of different ministries and national
agencies that aims to provide, in coordination with the provinces, a
comprehensive and effective response nationwide emergency situations. It
depends on the Cabinet and is run operationally from the Ministry of Civil
Protection Ministry of Security, which constantly monitors the situation to
provide assistance at the request of the provinces against water
emergencies, fires or other contingency.
combat forest fires in those provinces and keeps helping evacuees in Chaco,
where urban and rural areas remain flooded due to heavy rainfall recorded
last week. Staff of the National Fire Management Service (SNMF) works in
the department neuquino Collon Cura, with the use of a spotter plane, a
fire hydrant and a helicopter. The latest report from the National System
for Integrated Risk Management (SINAGIR) indicates that the focus is under
control. The agency reported that in Chubut and Mendoza are kept air means
available to control outbreaks of fires that are active. While the
Argentine Army has three Unimog trucks in sizing and a helicopter to
collaborate with chaqueñas forces in assisting people affected by floods in
several towns in the central and southern parts of the province. The works
are carried out in collaboration with the municipality, provincial Civil
Defense, firefighters, police and agents of Public Health. People who are
evacuated in the province belong to the towns of Las Breñas, General
Pinedo, Napenay, Sáenz Peña, Charata and Castelli. Moreover, the SINAGIR
tracks the status of Nevados de Chillan Volcano in Chile, following the
issuance of volcanic material that affected only the area near the crater,
and that the orange alert is maintained in the area. National authorities
are in contact with Civil Protection Neuquen province, bordering the area,
which reported no involvement in Argentine territory. The SINAGIR is a
mechanism of coordination of resources of different ministries and national
agencies that aims to provide, in coordination with the provinces, a
comprehensive and effective response nationwide emergency situations. It
depends on the Cabinet and is run operationally from the Ministry of Civil
Protection Ministry of Security, which constantly monitors the situation to
provide assistance at the request of the provinces against water
emergencies, fires or other contingency.