The Government Delegation in Huelvathrough the services of Infoca and emergencies 112, He has made a Forest Fire Simulation In the municipality of Cartaya, specifically in the Rompido, to Update coordination and response protocols in case of real emergency before the start of the next summer campaign.
The drill, which was attended by the Government delegate, José Manuel Correa; The mayor of Cartaya, Manuel Barroso, and the territorial delegate of Sustainability and Environment, Pedro Yórquez, has developed in the vicinity of Cañada Velasco of the Cartayero municipality.
Exercise has forced the activation of Emergency Plan for the risk of forest fires in Andalusia (Infoca Plan) In emergency phase Operational situation 1.
The fire has originated in the area known as Laguna del Águila, north of the Malpica road (A-5058), where mainly Pinar predominates with broom, lentis, aulagas mainly.
Correa has reported that “in the area there are several urbanizations, agricultural and health facilities, hotels and scattered buildings.” In addition to accounting for this situation, it has also indicated that “the intervening operations are incorporating new incidents to be resolved by the participating media until the fire (simulated) is stabilized and the emergency phase is deactivated. Operational situation 1”.
The delegate said that “there is a circumstance that the core of The Rompidowhich, in summer period, multiplies by 10 its population, can be affected, so preventive measures must be taken ”.
“All these factors entail that, due to the evolution of the fire, the emergency deputy director of the Board, by order of the Minister of the Presidency, activates the emergency phase in operational situation 1 and the advanced command post (PMA) in the area is constituted,” Correa has completed. “It is,” added, “to verify the capacity and solvency of the intervening devices in a place with forest mass, with urban-forest interface areas, where other activities are carried out and near a town-the Rompido-that considerably increases its population in summer.”
-In the exercise, among others, the Emergency Agency of Andalusia (EMA) -That encompasses Infoca and 112-, the Government Delegation in Huelva, Subdelegation of the Government, Cartaya City Council, Local Police of Cartaya, National Police attached to the Junta de Andalucía, Civil Guard, Firefighters Consortium and Public Sanitary Emergency Company. About 100 people and about 40 vehicles have mobilized.
The advanced command post has been located in the vicinity of the Las Villas de El Romido urbanizationfrom where the simulation of the advance of the fire has been carried out, and the human and material means has been coordinated.
The Government delegate recalled that last year the campaign ended with 257 hectares, being the province of Huelva the third with less damaged space of all Andalusia and having descended this data in more than 180 hectares with respect to the same period of the year 2023. It was the lower figure of the last 10 years, well below the decade, located in 3,095 hectares.
José Manuel Correa has highlighted the “professionalism, commitment and public service vocation of the 570 professionals who make up the Infoca Plan in the province of Huelva, thanks to those that we advance more in the fight against forest fires every year.”
Finally, the head of the Board has taken advantage of this scenario to call for citizen collaboration to avoid fires and has insisted on the message of being cautious, “that we take care of our environment, our fields, and be responsible in every daily action, and, please, before any conato, before any suspicion of fire, call the emergency telephone number 112,” he finished.
After the drill, a first balance sheet has taken place to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses detected so that the device is maximum of its capabilities for the next summer campaign.
