This Wednesday, at 1:16 p.m., the city of Tlaxcala, through the Directorate of Civil Protection, joined the simulation of seismic warning in the facilities of the municipal presidency, as part of the National Day of Civil Protection, with the objective of remembering the victims of the earthquakes of September 19, 1985 and 2017, as well as to foster a culture of action and prevention against events of this nature.
In this regard, the owner of Civil Protection, Julio Blanco Badillo mentioned that in relation to the drill that was made it is necessary to be prepared at all times for contingencies of this type, so he urged those present to have necessary protocols of action and adopt the main elements of a family Civil Protection plan, in order to save life at a certain time.
Reported that this exercise of 7.1 earthquake, had a duration of 50 seconds with epicenter in the state of Morelos, where elements of Civil Protection trained and established coordination actions with establishments surrounding the property to do the same.
So, at the sound of the seismic alarm, Tlaxcala town hall staff evicted the offices and corridors of the building in a calm and orderly way, and went to the meeting point previously indicated https://www.mobilepackages.pk, managing to evict 213 people from buildings A and B, where There was a case of nervous breakdown that was attended in a timely manner.
At the end of the simulation, Julio Blanco offered a balance on the response obtained by staff, where he stressed that it is necessary to adopt a faster evacuation culture, because according to the protocols the estimated time to vacate real estate is 40 to 50 seconds to mitigate risks.
In this way, the city hall added to the actions of generating an immediate reaction among society, in response to the corresponding response protocols in case of earthquakes.