Puerto Vallarta Prepares for National Tsunami Warning Drill Vive Puerto Vallarta
go to original May 13, 2022

Puerto Vallarta is preparing to participate in the National Tsunami Warning Drill, to be held next Monday, May 16, along the Mexican Pacific coastline, under the hypothesis of an 8.2 magnitude earthquake, off the coast of Jalisco.

It is expected that public buildings will be evacuated, which will allow the evaluation of internal protocols and response times.

This exercise is organized by the National Tsunami Warning System (SINAT) and the National Civil Protection System (SINAPROC), through its member organizations and institutions, with the purpose of testing the available operational means, as well as the opportunity to examine the procedures and protocols for response to a possible tsunami eventuality, as established in the manual prepared by the Tsunami Warning Center (CAT).

In Puerto Vallarta, the work of this drill will be in charge of the State Unit of Civil Protection and Firefighters of Jalisco (UEPCBJ), in coordination with the Directorate of Civil Protection and Firefighters of the municipality; and will count with the participation of public institutions, the hotel sector and some companies of the coastal strip.

In the case of the municipality, the evacuation exercise will take place in the buildings of the Municipal Administrative Unit (UMA) and the Municipal Presidency Center, for which reason the internal brigades of the different areas have been summoned to previous meetings to review the protocols established for these cases.

The UEPCBJ announced on its official website the realization of this drill, with the activation of the Tsunami Warning System alarms, next Monday, May 16, at 10:40 a.m., and invited the population and visitors of the coastal strip to participate in this preventive exercise.

The objectives of this exercise are, among others, to exercise and evaluate the operation of the National Tsunami Warning System, to validate the issuance of CAT products and test the response time.

Also, to validate the procedures to respond to a tsunami of local origin, such as exercising the operational capacity of the Local Civil Protection Units in support of the population; to improve the operational capacity; to validate the dissemination of warnings and information or advice to the emergency units and the public, among other aspects.

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This article was translated from Spanish using AI technologies. Errors may exist due to this process.