PROTECTION AND CIVIL DEFENSE: RAINS IN 2013 IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF JAPERI – RJ

Abstract

This article seeks to show, through a case study of an event that occurred in 2013, in the municipality of Japeri in the State of Rio de Janeiro, in order to point out successes and mistakes made, both by the population and by the Public Power so that it can improve the structures of Civil Defense at the national, state and municipal levels,  with relevance with regard to investments in human and material resources and in the organization of methodologies for diagnosis and mapping of risk areas. All these changes in the environment impact in different ways on the living conditions of different social groups that inhabit the municipalities, whether in their urban or rural areas. The objective of this study was to analyze the vulnerabilities that occurred in the municipality of Japeri, during the rains of December and January 2013, a period when there were greater rainfall changes, in the interventions of emergency and disaster actions, in the scenarios of the accident. The methodology applied was based on a case study that concluded at the end of the study that it is necessary to raise awareness among the population involved, also, by establishing a partnership between the environmental sector and the municipal Civil Defense for the implementation of future actions.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.56238/sevened2024.031-084