IMPORTANT! Antofagasta Has a New Alarm-Monitoring Central

In order to have a highly capable firefighting force, we must start by providing them with an alarm-monitoring central. Chile is very aware of this.

In order to provide the best possible work conditions to each of the workers who endeavor for 12-hour work-shifts –and sometimes more— in small spaces, the Antofagasta Firefighters, alongside the local authorities and Armed Forces high command, officially opened the community’s new Alarm-Central 132. Nestor Chayelle shares the good news with the rest of Chile.

The new dependencies in Antofagasta’s north-center will also see the construction of new command offices, in order to provide better support in case of an emergency.

Daniel Bugueño, who works as the Antofagasta Firefighters’ superintendent, said:

“Now that, in comparison to our previous equipment, the new one is full of better technology, it was important to create an Alarm-Central and Firefighting body-exclusive dependency.”

Jairo Arriagada, regional president of the Firefighters, said:

“For us, the Alarm-Central works as our eyes and ears, and it is key for the work we must do when an emergency call comes in. I think it’s a way to invite other firefighting bodies to do the same, in order to work together better when there’s an emergency.”

 

Starting next August, shifts at the Alarm-Central will increase, now employing two operators per shift, allowing for an optimization plan regarding the performance of Firefighters during emergency calls, in order to attend to them as fast as possible, according to the needs of the community.