Up: cleaning valve claps from mud and debris
Below: Construction of stairs with timber from trees cut from
On Saturday 20 and Sunday, September 21 was held on a regional drill with various types of project located in Lombardy.
Civil Protection of the City of Merone, along with the VAL Lurago of Grass, the Civil Protection of the City of Ballabio (LC) and the Civil Protection "La Fenice" in Brescia, he participated in an exercise of engineering Nature in the town of Merone, near the river and the river Lambro Bevera.
When they got there early, Saturday, September 20th you'll immediately notice how much this service could be interesting, stimulating and very instructive. Following a check-up, a call to confirm the presence of all members of the various groups, there is going to listen to the engineer dell'AIPIN, which explains very clearly the objectives of the day and the various works to be carried out: to ensure to restore the safety valve claps Bevera the river, clogged with debris, and clean up the river bed, the same used in the event of enondazione, as a place of stagnation.
To do this, is divided into two groups working simultaneously: the first deals with ripuliregli banks and emergency bed, barking and cutting locust trees, which then must be used from the second group the construction of wooden steps to facilitate staff access to the site in question.
Last task is precisely to remove mud and debris from the valve clap remained clogged.
retrieving information from a lot of this has been found to have significant validity of the intervention both in the territory that prior to training to staff of all participating groups. Thanking all those who worked and made possible such an intervention, then all groups of volunteers, Lombardy Region, Province, municipalities and AIPIN it is hoped that services like this happen more often!
Carlo Folco
Civil Defence Merone
