Seville, (EFE).- The Infoca Plan of Andalusia has decided this Friday to advance the start date of the season of high danger of forest fires to next Tuesday, May 16. In addition to prohibiting the burning of plant remains and the use of fire to prepare food until October 15.
The Minister of the Presidency, Interior, Social Dialogue and Administrative Simplification, Antonio Sanz, attended the meeting held this Friday by the Infoca Plan advisory committee. In which this device has decided to advance the period by two weeks, which traditionally began on June 1.
This decision has been made because “the dry spring and the high temperatures are not letting up”, according to Sanz. What makes “extraordinary measures” necessary despite the fact that there are forecasts of “some possible rains in the eastern area.”
The counselor has warned, however, that these measures “can come to nothing if citizens do not become the necessary collaborators.” For what he has asked the population “responsible attitudes when they are in the forest areas. Avoiding acting negligently, and giving notice to the 112 emergency telephone number in the event of any sighting of smoke or flame.
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“We are farsighted”, has maintained the number two of the Board. That he has also exposed the increase in the Infoca Plan budget for this year, with 223 million, 27% more than in 2022, of which 98 will be for extinction, 22 million for the infrastructure modernization plan and 9.5 million for reforest and restore large fires such as Los Guájares, Sierra Bermeja, Sierra de Mijas and Almonte.
Sanz stressed that 17 pumpers will be operational for this campaign. And that some of these trucks will replace those that are in worse condition, while the rest will be added to those already in service (117 units).
A terrestrial drone will also be available. “Pioneer in Spain and capable of entering the fire to carry out certain actions without putting the lives of the combatants at risk,” according to the Board.
These novelties join those already announced in recent weeks, such as ‘EsAlert’ or “112 inverso”, as defined by Sanz. A tool that allows you to send mass messages directly to the mobile phone of the population affected by a serious fire. That you must carry out a measure such as confinement or orderly evacuation in two languages (Spanish and English).
In addition, for the second year in a row, another “very important” instrument will be available when it comes to geolocating notifications to 112. Such as the Advanced Mobile Phone Location (AML) system. Thanks to which the 112 manager who answers the call has the exact coordinates from which the emergency notification was made. EFE