At 6:00 p.m., the emergency alarms sounded at the Chillán Penitentiary Compliance Center, which activated the security protocols in the event of a fire drill with injuries.
Preventive action is part of the strategic security plans of the penitentiary institution and are constantly carried out to measure response times, review and improve protocols and put into practice the coordination and communication links that must exist between the Gendarmerie and the different security services. emergency, Health Services, Police and PDI.
The Regional Director of the Gendarmerie, Colonel Juan Navarrete Gamboa, highlighted the professionalism of all the officials who participated in the drill “since they acted in accordance with the established protocols, activating the entire emergency and order and security network that the situation deserved, obtaining very good response times, professionalism and effectiveness with efficient coordination and communication, in addition to highlighting exemplary behavior on the part of the prison population that followed all the instructions given for the proper development of the activity, which will undoubtedly allow us to be better prepared to face a possible real emergency situation”, concluded Colonel Navarrete.
Framed within the same strategic plan, these days emergency drills have also been planned in all penal units in the Ñuble region.
