The Center for Emergency Operations (COE) announced its Safe Christmas Operation 2018-2019 that calls for the participation of 39,233 persons, including physicians, paramedics, military, police, search and rescue specialists and volunteers. The effort includes prevention awareness actions to reduce food and alcohol intoxication and traffic accidents.
On roads around the country, some 1,831 aid stations have been set up at critical points. Assisting the brigades are 139 ambulances, three helicopters, 95 units for rapid response, 23 vehicular rescue units and nine regional command centers, as well as 33 mobile car workshops.
The National Transit and Transport Institute (Intrant) announced the usual ban on cargo trucks transiting from Sunday, 23 December through Wednesday, 26 December 2018 and from Sunday, 30 December through Wednesday, 2 January 2019.
19 December 2018
