The Mayor of Baião, Ana Raquel Azevedo, met this Wednesday, October 28, in Lisbon, with the Secretary of State for Civil Protection, Rui Rocha. The meeting aimed to present the projects the Municipality intends to develop in the area of civil protection and convey a set of needs identified among the council's fire departments.
During the meeting, which included the participation of Baião's Municipal Civil Protection Coordinator, Alexandre Pinto, the government official was informed about the priorities and challenges facing the municipal Civil Protection services, from the perspective of planning and preparing future responses.
During the meeting, which included the participation of Baião's Municipal Civil Protection Coordinator, Alexandre Pinto, the government official was informed about the priorities and challenges facing the municipal Civil Protection services, from the perspective of planning and preparing future responses.
Another topic addressed was the needs communicated by the fire departments in meetings the Mayor has been holding with these institutions. Ana Raquel Azevedo sought to directly convey to the oversight bodies the concerns identified on the ground, aiming to improve the operational conditions of civil protection agents and the response capacity to the populations.
In this context, the mayor also expressed the Municipality's intention to proceed with the signing of a protocol with the National Authority for Emergency and Civil Protection (ANEPC) regarding the second Permanent Intervention Team (EIP). This team is already constituted and operational through an agreement between the Baião Municipal Council and the local fire departments, and the aim is now to also ensure its protocol framework with ANEPC.
The meeting is part of the institutional contacts that the Mayor of Baião has been developing with various government departments, seeking to present the council's priorities, challenges, and needs directly to the responsible officials.
