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Francisco Jodar appreciates this recognition to the city, "which serves as an incentive to keep going, because they are engaged in Lorca is a stronger city."
The Special Representative of the Secretary General of United Nations Margareta Wahlström, stressed that Lorca "emphasizes the importance of good management and the ability to excel and develop on a case like this."
The Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar has collected this morning that the "Damir Cemerin" Luis Aguilera award Lorca, which has been delivered to the mayor at the National School of Civil Protection by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of the Interior , and the Special Representative of the Secretary General of United Nations Margareta Wahlström, in the framework of the V Meeting of the European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction.
It is a recognition of the measures adopted by the municipality to improve the quality of life of older people and their ability to overcome the effects of the earthquake of 2011.
At this meeting all European countries and responsible national and international institutions to minimize the consequences of natural and technological disasters and reduce the vulnerability of people and communities involved.
The Forum is sponsored by the United Nations, through the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, and develops its work sessions at the headquarters of the National School of Civil Protection (ENPC).
The Mayor stated that "in addition to welcoming this award, it serves as an incentive to keep going, because they are engaged in Lorca is a city strongest, most resilient, because being prepared when disaster strikes makes the consequences if this happens they are smaller and easier reconstruction.'s comforting that our work is recognized worldwide and can offer to put on the table our experience. "
For his part, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior, Luis Aguilera, stressed that "this is a totally deserved award, because I was in Lorca in the year following the earthquakes and found that Lorca is an example very prominent we all have to have very aware of how they should react from the moment "while Margareta Wahlström stressed that" Lorca is an example of the importance of the town, a municipality that has given evidence of the importance of good management and the ability to overcome and develop as an example on a case like this. "
The award specifically recognizes the joint effort for all seniors who were in nursing homes of the city count with a new accommodation in municipalities in the region just 4 hours after the earthquake was registered.
We are talking about a reaction outstanding ability, who managed to effectively respond to more than 300 people over 65 years in record time dependent and under especially adverse and unexpected situation.
It should be noted that the rehabilitation of nursing homes 3 people in the municipality was completed in just over a year, taking advantage of improvements and new services on site, and all older people were able to return to Lorca.
The Senior Center located in Residencial Michelangelo also was seriously damaged, so that its activities were transferred to the headquarters of the Department of the Mayor in the neighborhood of San Diego, as well as the residence Sunday Sastre center also hosted service users of the Day Centre.
Alzheimer's patients also treated at the Day Centre your Association Lorca had to be transferred to the district of Puri, where they provided the service temporarily until their transfer to the usual center, after completing the repair.
From the Municipal Social Services actions and interventions were coordinated with the emergency services, addressing at first to direct attention to localization and users responding rapidly to emergency situations, such as evicting elderly dependents housing, provision of household necessities (medicine, clothes and food).
He also proceeded to address the needs of the camps, chronic patients,
The Mayor has stated that the experience of the emergency management of earthquakes has been instrumental in updating emergency plans for homes and social centers for the elderly, as well as establishing new training plans tailored to higher in self-protection measures and first aid.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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