The Order of Physiotherapists, represented by President António Lopes, and the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority, represented by President Brigadier General José Duarte da Costa, signed a Cooperation Protocol this Friday, with a view to establishing forms of mutual cooperation aimed at promoting the occupational health of Portuguese firefighters, as well as the general population, in the event of a serious accident or disaster.
With this Protocol, the two organisations agree to promote the synergy of resources from an interdisciplinary perspective, contributing to clarification and awareness-raising, the provision of technical information and measures to prevent occupational injuries to Civil Protection agents, both during their preparation and during their activity in the field.
The signing of the Protocol took place at the Order of Physiotherapists' premises in Lisbon, followed by a meeting of the Thematic Working Group on Physiotherapy in the Context of Emergencies, Disasters and Humanitarian Action, coordinated by Physiotherapist Maria da Lapa Capacete Rosado and the National Director of Firefighters of the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority, Susana Silva.
