Inundações no município de Trizidela do Vale - MA: análise da atuação da Defesa Civil Estadual para a redução dos riscos de desastres devido às cheias do Rio Mearim

Abstract

In this work, the actions of the State Coordination of Protection and Civil Defense of Maranhão (CEPDECMA), in the municipality of Trizidela do Vale, were analyzed to reduce the risks of hydro-meteorological disaster classified as flooding, especially in the view of the National Policy for Civil Defense and Protection (PNPDEC), established by Federal Law 12.608/12. The analysis considered those disasters officially recognized by decrees of Emergency Situation - SE between the years 2018 and 2022. The information on the occurrences of disasters were collected on the website of the Integrated Disaster Information System - S2ID of the Ministry of Regional Development and the actions developed in the region were provided through work reports provided by CEPDECMA and the 13th Independent Company of Military Firefighters. The study area is located in the municipality of Trizidela do Vale, a municipality in the state of Maranhão inserted in the hydrographic basin of the Mearim River, more precisely in the middle Mearim, which seasonally suffers the consequences of this adverse situation. The methodological path involved bibliographic review, documentary research and collection of secondary data, survey of information on the registration of disasters that occurred in the municipality and the implementation of protection and civil defense actions aimed at its confrontation. From the results, it was possible to verify the reality of how CEPDECMA acts facing the occurrence of disasters and it was obtained an overview of the actions performed by CBMMA regarding the actions of protection and civil defense. From this study, it is possible to conclude that disasters in Trizidela do Vale have random characteristics and that the State has been focusing its actions on risk management in the municipality according to the vulnerability and susceptibility of the population that occupy the affected areas