It is a priority of the government led by new Mayor Luis Alberto Michel Rodríguez to have a strengthened and well-prepared institution to provide support to the people of Vallarta.
The municipal government of Mayor Rodríguez has the objective of continuing to work on the transformation of the care and prevention services for the population. For this, it began with constant training in the different areas that make up the Directorate of Civil Protection and Firefighters.
The objective is that the personnel of all the areas remain in permanent preparation to be multifunctional, and that everyone can attend to any emergency or service that the population requires, explained Nelson Francisco Juárez Ramírez, Supervisor of the “C” shift of the three protection bases in the municipality.
He indicated that this training ranges from first aid to pre-hospital care and fire fighting. At the same time, it began with physical conditioning for the staff, and generating optimal conditions for the care of any emergency.
He explained that on Wednesday's session, instruction was given on the use of self-contained air equipment, called ERA (Autonomous Breathing Equipment,) to know its functions from the tank, harness, high and low pressure hoses, the valve of demand, pressure gauges, and the mask, all accessories that are generally used for the respiratory tract in case of fires. In addition, they were instructed on how to act in case the mask is fogged while they are in an emergency, and on the panic and pump-down valves.
Another topic that was taught was the 'Initial Patient Assessment,' which is applied when medical staff come to provide assistance to injured people, instructing about the protocols to follow such as assessment of the scene, the environment, the people, the patient's symptoms, their breathing, among others, in order to act accordingly.
For the Municipal President, it is a priority that Vallartans and visitors have a strengthened Civil Protection and Firefighters Directorate who are always ready to lend their support.