The Canary Islands operation is working to search for missing people in the La Albufera area with an underwater drone from the Las Palmas Fire Department, in collaboration with the Civil Guard and Brifor teams from Tenerife.
In addition, the Canary Islands emergency device in Valencia has also focused on completing the cleaning of two avenues of Alfafar to allow the reopening of a school, with works so that the roads can be opened to traffic and try to bring life back to the population in the city.
This work is particularly relevant, as evacuation routes have been planned for troops due to rain forecasts and security measures for troops have been increased, as, according to Aemet, they could be intense from ‘today Wednesday.
The deployment also continues works to drain water and remove mud from tunnels and roads, as well as vehicles affected by the damage in Alfafar. and continues with the emptying of the garages, yesterday with one with fifty vehicles in sector 2, a technical and complicated task that will last several days.
For its part, the health system formed by the Canary Islands Emergency Service (SUC) and the Canary Islands Health Service (SC) maintains the implementation of preventive measures before, during and after each intervention. Added to this is a new health indication which requires the use of FPP2 and FPP3 masks to avoid respiratory illnesses due to the solidification of the mud which raises large quantities of dust.
The Forest Fire Reinforcement Brigades (BRIFOR) of the Cabildo de Tenerife were relieved by nine soldiers who arrived in Valencia yesterday. Eleven members of the Tenerife Fire Brigade Consortium and two from the Security, Emergencies, Rescue, Prevention and Extinguishing Consortium of the island of Lanzarote also joined the group, succeeding the professionals who worked until yesterday in the assigned areas .
The emergency device sent by the Government of the Canary Islands to Valencia is made up of members of the fire consortia of Tenerife, Gran Canaria Lanzarote and Fuerteventura; La Oliva, Puerto del Rosario and Pájara firefighters; Emergency and Rescue Group (GES) and Forest Fire Intervention and Reinforcement Teams (EIRIF) of the Canary Islands Government; and the Forest Fire Reinforcement Brigades (BRIFOR) of the Cabildo de Tenerife, accompanied by a doctor and two nurses from the SUC and the SCS.
