Twenty-four counties at maximum fire risk. Highs reach 35 degrees – News

What to do to have a safe summer

Portugal is in the critical period of rural fires, which runs from July 1st to September 30th.

During this phase, attention must be paid to risks. These are some of the prevention recommendations:

• Consult the fire risk in your area of ​​residence on here.
• Prepare a evacuation kit containing essential items to be used in case of emergency, such as the most important household documents, first aid kit, usual medication and water and non-perishable food, among other things
• If you notice the presence of people with risky behaviors, inform the authorities;
• Check with your Parish Council or City Council regarding the location of the shelters.

In case of fire, follow these steps:

• Call 112 immediately;
• If you are not in danger and have appropriate clothing (typically long-sleeved clothing, boots and gloves), try to extinguish it with shovels, hoes or branches;
• If the fire is close to your house, notify your neighbors, cut off the gas and thoroughly water the walls and shrubs that surround the house.
• Remove your vehicle from the fire access paths;
• See the full list of recommendations, on here.

Prohibitions:

During the critical period, several prohibitions are in place to minimize the risk of fire. These include:

• Fires without municipal authorization;
• Use of stoves and grills outside authorized spaces;
• Smoking or burning in forest areas;
• Launch lit fuse balloons and rockets;
• See the full list, on here.

Contacts:

• Emergency Line: 112
• National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority: 800 246 246
• GNR Transit: 808 201 855
• Infrastructures of Portugal: 707 500 501
• SOS Environment and Territory Line: 808 200 520

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The fire risk determined by the IPMA has five levels, ranging from reduced to maximum.

Calculations are obtained from air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and amount of precipitation in the last 24 hours.

IPMA also warns that the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo are under yellow warning until tonight, due to the hot weather and the persistence of high maximum temperature values.

The yellow warning applies to the two islands in the autonomous region of Madeira between 11:45 pm on Saturday and 9:00 pm on Sunday, said the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA).

The yellow warning is issued in cases of “risk situation for certain activities depending on the meteorological situation”, explains the IPMA.

It is the second least serious of a four-color scale, passing through green, yellow, orange and red, in an increasing order of severity.

The IPMA predicts for today on the continent little cloudy or clear sky, with more cloudiness on the North and Center coast until mid-morning.

The forecast also points to moderate to strong wind on the west coast, in the afternoon, and in the highlands.

There is also a slight rise in maximum temperature in the North and inland Center.

The minimum temperatures will vary between 11 degrees Celsius (in Bragança) and 19 (in Faro) and the maximum between 24 (in Aveiro) and 35 (in Fero and Évora).

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