Tarragona, with two huge petrochemical polygons implemented in a densely populated area, this afternoon tested the accident system by accident with chemical risk. The 55 sirens distributed by 14 municipalities (200,000 neighbors) have been correctly activated and alerts have been sent in the mobile phones of the hypothetically affected zone, urging preventive confinement. Among the priority objectives of Civil Protection in this test, with a previous awareness work, better prepare the entire tourism sector, including hotels and strategic points such as Port Aventura, in case of a severe chemical accident. Observing this afternoon the reaction of the tourists, the work done in close collaboration with the tourism sector begins to bear fruit. Several emergency device technicians have moved to the Hotel Sol Costa Daurada as observers to check if the sound of the sirens was clearly heard at a point considered border, at the limit of one of the confinement areas in case of an accident. The result, a success. Hotel customers, at that time of day (16:00 hours), resting in their sun lumbers or diving in the pool, have gathered their barrels and have taken refuge in the immense reception hall. Majority of British between the joke and the resignation while their mobile phones sounded by the alert launched by civil protection. The message, Stay Inside (stay inside), because the best way to protect yourself before a toxic leak in the air is just staying or looking in a covered place, you are in a hotel, at work, at school or in a theme park. A kind of mantra that the Department of Interior wants to be serious on fire in the subconscious of the population, including the guiris and especially those who work in the tourist infrastructure near the chemical industry. In schools, about 11,000 students (34 schools) and their teachers have also practiced confinement this hot afternoon. Message aimed at fathers and mothers, in case of chemical accident or talk about running with the car to look for their children. Stay inside: Wait at home or low to receive civil protection instructions. At the Hotel Sol in Salou, after fifteen minutes of the drill, tourists have recovered their positions, in the pool.
