The beginning of 2025 was marked by the declaration of an emergency situation in three municipalities in the Rio Grande do Sul as a result of the intense drought that hit the region. The lack of precipitation led the executive powers of some municipalities to declare a situation of drought . In Arvorezinha (RS), Santa Margarida do Sul (RS) and Manoel Viana (RS), they decided to make the decision.
The municipal decrees were registered in the Integrated Disaster Information System (S2ID), a Federal Government platform that brings together and organizes risk management processes.
This procedure in the federal system is the means by which Civil Defense of Rio Grande do Sul and federal bodies are aware of decrees by municipalities. The digital tool centralizes information, providing an overview of the occurrence of disasters across the country.
The first registration in S2ID occurred on January 7th, by Arvorezinha. Santa Margarida do Sul made the situation official on January 13th, and Manoel Viana did the same on January 15th.
Procedure aims to release resources
The inclusion of municipal decrees in S2ID is carried out by the Municipal Protection and Civil Defense Coordinations, bodies responsible for entering the information and maintaining the Civil Defense and the Union informed about the problems.
After the decrees are inserted into the system, the information becomes available so that the municipality can, if necessary, request approval from the state and federal recognition of the situation, important steps for forwarding resources and assistance.
The process of declaring an emergency or public calamity begins with a decision by the municipal executive power, when it considers that the impacts of a disaster exceed the local response capacity.
Registration in S2ID fulfills the purpose of formalizing what happened at the state and federal levels, ensuring transparency and adequate monitoring of cases, even if the municipality does not need immediate help.
Thus, the lack of rain and the severity of the drought at the beginning of the year resulted in the mobilization of municipalities and the formal communication of emergency situations through the federal government system, opening the possibility of obtaining assistance, if necessary, through the sequence of bureaucratic procedures.
This content was originally published in Three municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul declare emergency due to drought on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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