National Civil Defense Day in Argentina

The date is in honor of the people who collaborated during the Caucete earthquake in the province of San Juan, in 1977.

Civil Defense is the organization that prevents and protects the population in cases of natural catastrophes, disasters and accidents of great magnitude. Among its tools it has a Radio Operations Center (COR) where emergency calls are received and, depending on the severity, it coordinates with other areas to cover them. It works together with firefighters, road authorities, Tetra and amateur radio, among others.