Collaboration between Municipal Civil Protection Pedrógão Grande and Safe Communities Portugal

On 19th July 2024, David Thomas President of Safe Communities Portugal and Fernanda Goncalves Management Team member visited the Municipal Civil Protection Headquarters Pedrógão Grande

This visit arose from the kind invitation of Engº Almerindo Santos, Civil Protection Coordinator of Pedrógrão Grande, to discuss communication between Civil Protection and those in the foreign community living in the municipality. The municipal civil protection major concern is communicating with/locating those concerned in the event of a major rural fire/emergency, situation that is exacerbated by the difficulty of access, as we discovered in our tour of the municipality.

The meeting resulted in the establishment of a collaboration where both the Civil Protection and Safe Communities would work together to by sharing ideas and information and developing initiatives to help overcome these problems.

Following the meeting we visited with Engº Almerindo Santos various areas of the municipality to illustrate the challenges being faced and the Memorial to the Victims of the 2017 Fires.

We thank Engº Almerindo Santos for inviting us and his hospitality during the visit.