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IMPROVES WITH CIVIL PROTECTION IN BC public will for better training

• The Secretary General of Government launched a course training in prevention, before hundreds of parents of school councils

MEXICALI, BC, A MARCH 1, 2011 .- The strong participation and the willingness of government to promote culture of prevention are two pillars that allow the Baja California substantial progress in the ability to respond to inevitable natural phenomena such as earthquakes, said the Secretary General of Government, Cuauhtemoc Cardenas Benavides, told hundreds of parents and teachers who attended a course in emergency prevention schemes.

the state education system through coordination of citizen participation, school safety and the State Civil Protection Directorate of State called for parents and teachers, members of committees of safety and civil protection of the Social Participation School Councils to participate in the training of school plan contingencies.

The course taught by specialists in the state civil protection and earthquake experts like Luis Mendoza Garcilazo was held for all elementary schools in Mexicali Valley, which was led by Undersecretary of Education, Lucia Lopez Cortez and the Civil Protection Branch.

Mexicali in the act, the Secretary of Education and Social Welfare, Javier Santillan Perez, praised the involvement of parents in school councils organized educational and willingness to distract hours of their time to train on civil protection, on this occasion was held simultaneously in the city and the Valle de Mexicali. This participation is exemplary and demonstrates the commitment of the educational community for prevention, emphasized the Secretary of Education, who was accompanied by the representative of the Federal Ministry of Education, Susana Galván. Cardona

Benavides accompanied by the representative noted that actions for prevention represent the response of the administration led by Governor Jose Guadalupe Osuna Millan, to organize and better enable the company after the earthquake that lived Baja California on April 4 2010.

"is difficult for any authority, by itself, deal with situations like the earthquake and its immediate consequences, so that citizen participation that responds to the urge of authority to prepare better, Baja California and its rulers are moving towards a better capacity to respond to any crisis or disaster, "he said. There

inevitability as well as the disaster that causes an earthquake, thought Cardona Benavides, but at that stage there is pain that can be avoided with better responsiveness citizen and government to address the effects of it and that's one of the most important lessons after the earthquake in almost a year ago.

For his part, Congressman Gustavo Magallanes Cortez, president of the Commission on Vulnerable Groups, Welfare and Civil Protection of the XX Congress of the State Legislature, said to those present for their initiative to the full Legislature approved an initiative to create a state fund for contingencies in the state in case of disaster.

Finally, we note that together with this course for parents organized in schools, the State Civil Protection Department is conducting an intense campaign of prevention against various organized groups in society Baja California and at the same time, assist in strengthening the municipal departments of Civil Protection.