Mihai ATANASOAEI: Public-private partnership, essential to educate the population
The capital city of Bucharest is highly exposed to risks, among which the most important one is that of earthquake. "It is estimated that in Bucharest, in case of an earthquake with intensity exceeding 7 degrees on the Richter scale, there will be 35,000 buildings destroyed or damaged ", said Mihai ATANASOAEI, Prefect of Bucharest, at ICAR - The International CAtastrophic Risks Forum, organized Monday, October 12, this year, at the Palace of Parliament, in partnership by Media XPRIMM and the Ministry of Administration and Interior.
In the capital there are identified and classified in grades 1-3 of seismic risk over 5000 constructions. Out of these, over 372 buildings fall into first class of risk.
"Local authorities should not create panic among citizens regarding emergency situations, but they are meant to make plans and strategies", said the Prefect of Bucharest.
"I draw the attention to local authorities to get involved in the allocation of equipment for emergency situations. It must not be neglected, though, the importance of prevention and education of population, and public-private partnership is an essential condition", said ATANASOAEI.
"Knowing that, in the next period, there will be a close cooperation between state authorities and insurance companies, the latter may have an important role in transmitting useful information to citizens regarding the appropriate behavior in case of disasters", said the Prefect.
"Thus, I propose to all insurance companies interested to initiate a dialogue and a partnership with the Institute of the Prefect of Bucharest to meet the citizens' need to be properly informed, by professional and reliable means, on those issues that, at a given time, could save their lives", said Mihai ATANASOAEI.
Author: Mihaela CIRCU
on 13.10.2009
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