NewsWhore
04-13-2011, 05:20 PM
Yesterday the Civil Defense jumped the gun and announced their Holy Week Plan. With the participation of 35,000 people, the Emergency Operations Center (COE) will launch their "Holy Destination, Holy Week 2011" operation on Thursday 21 April. The operation seeks to prevent accidents and save lives during the Easter break, when thousands of vacationers take to the roads.
The accident prevention program will begin at noon on Thursday, 21 April, in the Ministry of Public Health and will end on at 8pm Sunday 24 April with the traditional escort of returning vacationers along the highways depending on the number of vehicles on the roads. The escorted travel into Santo Domingo begins around 3pm.
Volunteers will be posted at 2,400 aid stations located at critical points including beaches, swimming holes, highways, thoroughfares and avenues across the country. COE director General Juan Manuel Mendez announced the operation at a press conference in the Orlando Martinez Room of the Presidential Palace, accompanied by representatives of the COE member institutions.
Mendez said that the 35,000 volunteers include members of Civil Defense brigades, doctors, paramedics, military, police, search and rescue specialists and other aid workers. Some 220 ambulances will be spread out across the country, three helicopters will be on call, and three mobile hospitals and nine regional command centers will be installed.
At the same time, as part of the COE Holy Week operation the Metropolitan Transit Authority (AMET), announced a ban on motorcyclists without helmets and carrying minors or more than one adult as passengers.
The COE has ordered the closure of 168 beaches and bathing spots because they represent a danger for vacationers or because they are polluted. The banned beaches include Sans Souci-El Dique, La Playita de Andres, in Boca Chica, in the city of Santo Domingo East, province of Santo Domingo as well as Guibia in the National District and Manresa Beach in West Santo Domingo. Beaches popular with tourists are not included on the list.
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The accident prevention program will begin at noon on Thursday, 21 April, in the Ministry of Public Health and will end on at 8pm Sunday 24 April with the traditional escort of returning vacationers along the highways depending on the number of vehicles on the roads. The escorted travel into Santo Domingo begins around 3pm.
Volunteers will be posted at 2,400 aid stations located at critical points including beaches, swimming holes, highways, thoroughfares and avenues across the country. COE director General Juan Manuel Mendez announced the operation at a press conference in the Orlando Martinez Room of the Presidential Palace, accompanied by representatives of the COE member institutions.
Mendez said that the 35,000 volunteers include members of Civil Defense brigades, doctors, paramedics, military, police, search and rescue specialists and other aid workers. Some 220 ambulances will be spread out across the country, three helicopters will be on call, and three mobile hospitals and nine regional command centers will be installed.
At the same time, as part of the COE Holy Week operation the Metropolitan Transit Authority (AMET), announced a ban on motorcyclists without helmets and carrying minors or more than one adult as passengers.
The COE has ordered the closure of 168 beaches and bathing spots because they represent a danger for vacationers or because they are polluted. The banned beaches include Sans Souci-El Dique, La Playita de Andres, in Boca Chica, in the city of Santo Domingo East, province of Santo Domingo as well as Guibia in the National District and Manresa Beach in West Santo Domingo. Beaches popular with tourists are not included on the list.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#4)