Emergency and help: a strategic platform launched by the King in Salé
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
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King Mohammed VI, accompanied by the Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, launched, on Wednesday to the commune ameur (prefecture of Salé), the construction works of the platform of basic necessities of the region of Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.
This project embodies the Moroccan model of resilience and rapid deployment of rescue in the event of disasters.
Each region of the kingdom will have a basin reserve platform (tents, covers, beds, medicines, foodstuffs, etc.) in order to allow an immediate response to various types of disasters: floods, earthquakes, floods, chemical, industrial or radiological risks.
The platform of the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region will be set up on a 20 hectare plot, with a budget estimated at 287.5 million dirhams and a period of completion of 12 months. It will include four warehouses of 5,000 m² each, two shelters for equipment outside the size of 2,500 m² each, a heliport and parking lots.
This infrastructure is part of a global program of twelve regional platforms, for a total investment of around 7 billion dirhams (2 billion for construction, 5 billion for the acquisition of products and equipment). A total land of 240 hectares is mobilized to house 36 warehouses, distributed according to the demographic density and the risks specific to each region.
The platforms of Casablanca-Settat, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Marrakech-Safi, Fès-Meknès, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima and Souss-Massa will include four warehouses of 20,000 m². The other six regions (the Oriental, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Drâa-Tafilalet, Guelmim-Oued Noun, Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra and Dakhla-Oued Ed Dahab) will have two warehouses of 10,000 m².
Stored products will allow a rapid and effective response to the needs of disaster victims. The covered categories include:
Accommodation : 200,000 versatile tents and associated equipment (camp beds, mattresses, covers)
Restoration : mobile kitchens, mobile bakeries and food kits
Water and electricity : Potabilization equipment and generators
Rescue : Flood fighting equipment, earthquakes, landslides, chemical or radiological risks
Health : 12 campaign hospitals of 50 beds (including 6 in a first phase), advanced medical stations, medication reserves
Storage will be supervised by specialized teams according to strict standards.
These platforms will strengthen national emergency response capacities, will improve the coordination of emergency services, and allow faster coverage of needs. They will also offer strategic reserves capable of meeting needs three times higher than those generated by the earthquake of Al Haouz.
Finally, this program aims to develop a national industrial ecosystem for the production of rescue equipment. The sites have been selected according to safety criteria, based on an assessment of regional risks and international practices.
