New platform 112 interconnect to allow for emergency crews.
Valencia, May 24 () .- La Generalitat Valenciana has invested 11 million euros in the new technological platform 112 of the Comunitat Valenciana to allow emergency crews to be connected by the network TETRA terminals and to ensure Comdes Ones levels reaching 99 percent "of the Region.
The Minister of the Interior, Serafin Castilian, announced this measure in the, tera gold, presentation of the Special Plan for Prevention and Extinguishing of Forest Fires for the summer campaign has presided over today by the director general of the Natural Environment Management, Ma Angeles Centeno.
"All the emergency brigades de la Generalitat provide TETRA terminal this summer that will allow them to be fully integrated into Comdes network", announced Castilian, who has shown himself convinced that, gods and heroes gold, the fight against forest fires "every minute is basic. "
The minister has indicated that the network not only ensures Comdes levels reaching 99% of the Comunitat Valenciana, but also offers many "more potential" at the time of organizing communications in an emergency and mapping position on the positioning of resources.
Also, Castilian has indicated that the device of the, sto credits, summer campaign will be composed of 23 air assets, of which 10 helicopters, 74 emergency brigades of the Generalitat and 47 fire engines, as well as 76 police officers of the Government.
"In addition, this summer, a total of 101 units will participate in prevention efforts to ensure the protection of our forests," said Ma Angeles Centeno, of which 72 are regular, 14 multipurpose, 11 bike, 3 special services and a technical unit.
The Department of Environment has 71 forest observatories, "a strategic network of key territory in the coordination of monitoring plans and the confirmation and detection of any possible outbreak of the fire," underlined Centeno.
He noted that since the Department is working to boost "good" utilization of the mountain by the society, which plays an important role in the work of teams of national parks.
Besides this work of environmental education from the Department are carried out actions to create and maintain the fire areas, arrangement of forest roads and the expansion of the network of water.
Castilian has announced that the path taken in recent years by the Consell to influence public awareness have wanted to "step over" and that is why the Consell has "directly involved in this awareness" for professionals struggling fires.
For this fire bell, the Department of the Interior will distribute to all means some videos under the slogan 'The protagonist is you' in which the practitioner, a brigade, a firefighter, runs advice to citizens.
Will be a total of 8 videos for certain areas of emergencies that should be distributed according to the corresponding time of year such as fires, floods or snow.
"In the fight against wildfires protagonists are all, therefore, we must make good use of our forests and before any hint of a fire, call 112"Castilian has concluded.