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Mallorca offers 16 volunteer firefighters, a dog unit and several vehicles to travel to Valencia

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Mallorca offers 16 volunteer firefighters, a dog unit and several vehicles to travel to Valencia

He Majorca Council assured that 16 volunteer firefighters, a canine unit and several vehicles They are available to travel to the Valencian Community or Castile-La Mancha if they are called upon to face the consequences of the tragedy caused by DANA, which already exceeds the hundreds of deaths.

The president of the island institution, Llorenç Galmés, on Thursday sent his condolences to those affected on behalf of the residents of Mallorca and indicated that he had placed at your disposal all technical and human resources of the Council of Majorca.

Concretely, he indicated that there were 16 volunteers from the Majorca fire brigade, a canine unit and several vehicles ready to go immediately to Valencia. “as soon as the operations coordinators inform them”.

“We are aware and know that at this moment any help is insufficient, but we want to do our part in the face of this tragedy. The people of Mallorca are with Valencia and Castile-La Mancha,” Galmés said.

This Wednesday, the General Directorate of Emergencies and Interior of the Department of the Presidency and Public Administrations brought together the emergency services of the Balearic Islands, the Government Delegation and the different island institutions to coordinate help that they could send to deal with the consequences of DANA.

At the end of this meeting, the government chaired by Marga Prohens announced that it could mobilize two Ibanat helicopters to try to facilitate arrival in inaccessible areas.

In addition to the two helicopters, four teams are made available, made up of a rural pumper, a transport vehicle and 10 firefighters; two teams of canine pairs and guides and all-terrain vehicle; two teams made up of a forestry brigade, a pumper, chainsaws and two drying pumps; a health intervention group with the capacity to care for up to 30 critical patients and 100 mild patients; a group of 5 local police officers and their vehicles; a telecommunications systems technician, a repeater to carry out satellite communications and establish Wi-Fi perimeters, with his own vehicle and an accompanying person, as well as large capacity drying pumps.

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