Tsunami risk: 300 persons participating in a simulation exercise

Students in primary schools and pre-primary and other residents of Albion participated in the morning of Wednesday morning to a simulation exercise to prepare for a tidal wave. 22 other neighboring countries have also participated in this training, which was to evacuate people to safety, either at the stage at Germain Commarmond Bamboo. " This is the place, because the stadium is located 100 meters above the sea , "says Superintendent Mamode Oodally, head of the Western Police Division.

Shortly after 10 o'clock the start of the exercise held at the initiative of UNESCO was given. The first step of the simulation was to evacuate the children of the Land of Peace School, which once the alarm started, have not been asked to run towards the bus from the Special Mobile Force (SMF) . Then it was the turn of other students to spin to the soccer field located near the police station in Albion. " This land happens to be the meeting point where everyone will have access to vehicles that will lead them to the stage of Bamboo , "expressed an officer of the SMF.

A dozen vehicles were dispatched to the village of West to handle the transfer of residents. Firefighters, officers of the National Coast Guard (NCG) and paramedics have also been involved for the success of the operation.

Once reached the stage Commarmond Germain, several medical units were at work, to provide the necessary care for the sick and wounded. Evacuees were subsequently installed in the stands until the time of the tsunami was supposed to descend on the coast of Mauritius, that is to say 11:25. The ambulance attendants, at the same time, due to action after a called Stephania Guilllaume was the victim of a malaise. The leaders of the medical unit tried to revive her, but did not however want to take any risk, and immediately taken to hospital.

" We believe that the number of people who took part in this operation is approximately 300. We are fully satisfied with this day simulation and are confident that we are now ready to face a possible tsunami , "said Superintendent Mamode Oodally. "The key stakeholders will then meet to make an assessment of the day to determine the probable mistakes ," he says.