With the earthquake hypothesis 7.5 degrees and a depth of 20 kilometers, at 11.00 a.m. a seismic alert was activated at Mexico City. During National Simulacrum, 13,739 speakers worked correctly, with 98 percent effectiveness, highlighting Head of Government, Martí Batres.
At the end of the exercise, the coordinator Command, Control, Computing, Communications and Citizen Contact Center (C5), Manuel Garcia Ortegóndetailed that there were 250 speakers that failed during sound reproduction; 156, due to lack of communication lines; 87, due to damage to the electrical network; 3 due to damage to public works and 4 due to damage to the location. Besides that, At least 194 reports were received due to the low volume of alerts.
In addition to the speakers, for the first time text messages with audible alerts are sent to mobile phones using a telephone operator’s network.
The President of the Capital City explained that in this exercise, 26,099 properties had been registered and 8.4 million people had evacuated and retreated to the meeting point.
“5,203 housing units plus the participation of 600,000 people; 1 million 500 thousand students also attended 7 thousand 50 public and private elementary schools, 331 markets, 180 shopping centers, and 106 embassies,” explained Batres.
In addition, 5 helicopters condor bird from Secretary of Citizen SecurityThe overflight was carried out as part of an initial evaluation of the exercise and 28,163 police officers and 3,115 vehicles were deployed to support the evacuation and traffic cutting.
120 paramedics, 20 ambulances and 15 motorbikes also took part. Rescue and Medical Emergency Squad, who treated 4 people, one because of a fall and 3 because of nervous disorders.
During the exercise, the units Integrated Mobility Network They stopped their journey for 5 minutes; then they resumed service without incident.
That Ministry of Health reported that 230 clinics, as well as 34 IMSS-Bienestar hospitals, activated action and evacuation protocols without reporting any contingencies.
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