LANDSLIDE ALARMS SIRENS: RIO DE JANEIRO CITY LEADING EXPERIENCE

LANDSLIDE ALARMS SIRENS: RIO DE JANEIRO CITY LEADING EXPERIENCE

Phenomenological Aspects of Civil Engineering (PACE) - an International Congress
Volume 1 - Issue 1 - PACE-2021

Katia Nunes Marcelo Abranches Abelheira Orlando Sodré Gomes Alexandre Araújo Lima

Abstract

In 2011 a siren alarm system was installed in communities in the city of Rio de Janeiro, aiming to reduce or even prevent the loss of human life resulting from landslides caused by heavy and/or prolonged rains. The recurrent deaths caused by rainfall throughout the municipal history, as a result of geographical characteristics and mainly of inadequate soil use, justified a more incisive action aiming at alerting the residents of communities located in the hills about the risks. In this regard, it should be noted that the siren alarm system has its focus on people. This work aims to report the Rio de Janeiro Municipal Civil Defense experience in the installation and operation of this system, focusing that the siren alarm system represents an initiative of great relevance and success, not only because of the alarm system itself, but also because it has boosted a series of other actions of risk perception and residents mobilization, especially through the performance of several evacuation simulation practices. Therefore, as it was an innovative project and stimulated the installation of this type of system in several other locations, it can be considered a milestone in the actions of disaster risk education in our country.

Keywords

System; Alarm; Sirens; Simulation; Evacuation.
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