The work of emergency teams continues unabated in the affected areas for the terrible DANA which devastated Valencia last Tuesday October 29 and there were already 207 deaths at 10 a.m. this Saturday.
From Alicante and after requesting help from the Valencia Consortium, the Provincial Firefighters Consortium deployed troops to reach the current number of one officer, two non-commissioned officers, four sergeants, eight corporals and 28 park firefighters from Denia, Benidorm, Cocentaina and Elda, as well as a helicopter and a boat.
In the early hours of this Saturday, the Alicante firefighters, in addition to continuing to help in other areas, They moved to the town of Aldaia.
They worked there without rest, draw water and check submerged vehicles.
The Consortium claims to work in coordination to “remove vehicles to clear bridges, streets and highways” in order to “release obstacles and obstructions.”
In addition, they ensure check submerged vehicles one by one to find possible victims.
Rescue
On October 31, Alicante firefighters carried out an impressive rescue. A woman and her baby, aged around 12 months, were rescued by helicopter as they They were in an isolated house in the Riola neighborhooda municipality close to Sueca, after the DANA which has already caused around a hundred deaths.
Alicante firefighters this morning in Aldaia.
Alicante Firefighters Consortium.
This woman and her baby were saved this Wednesday by the air rescue team sent to Valencia by the Provincial Consortium of Firefighters of the Provincial Delegation of Alicante, which during the day of this Wednesday. joins relief efforts and saved a total of twenty people.
This unit operated from 8:30 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. with a total of four reconnaissance flights, mainly between the areas of AlbuferaPaiporta, Torrent and Riola. Among the twenty survivors because they were isolated, in danger or found in dispersed family units, are the young woman and her baby.
Saint Vincent
The Provincial Delegation of Alicante and the Generalitat show their solidarity with Valencia by focusing on the park Firefighters of Sant Vicent del Raspeig the logistics of provincial aid.
The coordination protocol they have established will channel all the support that the municipalities offer these days to carry out cleaning, clearing and clearing of roads and streets in the affected municipalities of Valencia.
The president of the provincial institution, Toni Pérez, emphasizes that “the help needed in these first moments after the tragedy is logistical and human.” “Collaboration was required, for example, from local police officers who go to Valencian towns, as was done during the day on Wednesday.”
