WARNING TO THE POPULATION - DANGER OF RURAL FIRE - PREVENTIVE MEASURES YELLOW ALERT LEVEL UP TO 14th june
published on 9 June 2022
SITUATION
According to the information provided by the
Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), it is expected that hot and
dry weather is expected to continue for the coming days, expected to last
until June 18, highlighting:
− Gradual rise in
temperature until the 12th, with hot weather persisting in the following days,
although with some fluctuations in the maximum temperature;
− Instability
inside from tomorrow, persisting at least until the 14th. Possibility of
occurrence of showers and thunderstorm. Possibility of dry thunderstorm and
strong and dry wind gusts.
− Humidity
relative to decrease in the coming days with poor night recovery.
− Wind prevailing
from the north quadrant sometimes up to 40 km/h on the west coast and
highlands.
− Risk of fire at
high level in alentejo and very high in the interior North and Central and
South region, being of maximum level in some municipalities in the Algarve,
Tagus valley and interior North and Center.
2. EXPECTED
EFFECTS
Increased difficulty in suppressing rural
fires as a result of rising temperature and low relative humidity.
3. PREVENTIVE
MEASURES
The National
Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC) recalls that, in accordance
with the legal provisions in force:
− IT is FORBIDDEN
to burn on days of very high or maximum fire danger. Check your city hall or
808 200 520.
− On days of very
high and maximum fire danger It is forbidden to burn clotted without
authorization or without prior communication. Check your city hall or 808 200
520.
− On very high
and maximum fire hazard days it is forbidden to use fire for food storage
throughout the rural area, unless used outside the critical areas and in places
duly authorised for this purpose.
− On very high
and maximum fire hazard days it is forbidden to smoke or disinstill in apiaries
unless the fumigators have faúlhas retention devices.
− In the days of
very high and maximum fire danger it is FORBIDDEN to launch lighted wick
balloons and rockets. The use of fireworks is only permitted with the
permission of the city council.
− On very high
and maximum fire hazard days it is forbidden to use motor brush cutters,
cross-bushes and shredders. Avoid using disk grids.
The National
Emergency and Civil Protection Authority recommends the adequacy of behaviour
and attitudes towards the rural fire hazard situation, in particular with the
adoption of the necessary preventive and precautionary measures, in accordance
with the legislation in force, and paying particular attention to the evolution
of the fire danger in this period.
Follow the
evolution of the fire danger for the coming days, available on the websites of
ANEPC (www.prociv.pt), IPMA (www.ipma.pt) and ICNF (www.icnf.pt), or with the
Municipal Civil Protection Services and Fire Brigades.
4. OPERATIONAL
DETERMINATIONS
The ANEPC has ordered the transition to the
Special Alert State (EAE), yellow level, for the Special Device for Fighting
Rural Fires (DECIR), between the period between 00:00 hours on the 10th and
23:59 on June 14, for all districts of the continent.
Source:
https://cm-lousa.pt/aviso-populacao-perigo-incendio-rural-medidas-preventivas-2/
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