For the first time, the Security Forces, Relief Forces and Logistics Services will be gathered in a Center that will operate, as of today, 24 hours a day, concentrating all the information and guaranteeing every minute all the decisions that allow a good reception. and accommodation for pilgrims visiting Cascais during the week of World Youth Day.
It's 8:00 in the morning at the Cascais Operations Center (C2). All the security forces are already represented (PSP, GNR, Maritime Police, Municipal Police, SEF), rescue forces, firefighters plus Civil Protection, as well as elements from the areas of Mobility, Logistics, Urban Hygiene, Transport Authority, Division de Transportes da Câmara (DTMA), Cascais Ambiente, Cascais Next.
The day begins with the meeting where the situation is reviewed in the crisis room in a space adjacent to the monitoring office, where all the information arrives through screens that monitor the main points of the municipality. For now, the morning is calm, but the hours that follow promise to be much busier with the arrival of thousands of pilgrims.
“The Operations Centre, which operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, will operate with even more features during the working hours, we will be here for all those who will have to make decisions about what is happening”, said the vice-president of the Chamber, Miguel Pinto Luz, who attended the first breafing of the day. The mayor explained that it will be there, from today and during WYD, that “all the information that arrives from the territory will converge and it is in this Operations Center that all strategic and tactical decisions will be taken on the ground during these journeys”.
An hour later would follow the Briefing with the various teams of the Chamber that work in the Congress Center of Estoril and that will function, during the Journey, as Welcome Center of Cascais.
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