The Undersecretary of Defense, Stefania Pucciarelli, comments with satisfaction on the exercise that has just ended in Sardinia under the name of “Bentu Estu 2021”.
"We have witnessed an intense and transversal inter-agency program in all the Sardinian provinces - he said during the closing ceremony at the Capo Teulada shooting range - The harmonious involvement of multiple institutional realities has allowed the simulation of extremely realistic and complex emergency contexts, confirming the importance of consolidating a close synergy between all the main players involved in similar situations ".
The program was divided into two phases: on 17 and 18 November with experimental activities on Teulada of prototypical tools and the active participation of the students of some school complexes of Sant'Anna Arresi and Teulada, and from 29 November to 3 December with a federation of events, each inserted in an emergency scenario chosen by the Prefect responsible for the area by simulating industrial accident, fire and flood.
The activities were attended by the armed forces, the police, the national fire brigade and the voluntary military corps of the Italian Red Cross.
"Thanks to this articulated and qualifying device it was possible to develop a so-called Various Disaster Relief Exercise (VARIDEX) characterized by various potential emergency scenarios that could affect Sardinia - added Pucciarelli - It was also made possible thanks to the use of simulation systems. of modern conception, suitably 'customized' for the needs of the structures responsible for Civil Protection functions and tasks ".
In conclusion, "the activities carried out successfully during this exercise are the result not only of the generous energies put in place to create a virtuous team game, but, even more, of that essential process of formation and training, individual and group, particularly tiring, rigorous, tight and demanding, carried out within the respective organizations of reference. Behind the brilliant results of this joint demonstration exercise there are servants of the institutions who have decided to make themselves available to the community, with professionalism and a sense of the state, without saving energy ".
(Unioneonline / ss)