Mid -May and just over a month for the arrival of summer, everything is preparing for the rise in temperatures in the environmental plane such as the case of the protection and fight against fires. That is why, from the Junta de Andalucía and facing this year’s campaign It has increased its troops and will even help technology to face the flames.
He Infoca planwhich is what is called the service dedicated to the extinction of forest fires in the Andalusian community, it will be 2025 A total of 4,700 troops that will be supported by air with A new drone which will allow to know real -time data of how natural areas are.
We remember that the high season with further fire risk covers From June 1 to the middle of next October When the heat is referring little by little with the arrival of autumn. A few months in which the use of fire and the traffic of motor vehicles by forest areas and forest influence is “prohibited into a strip of 400 meters,” they insist.
The Andalusian Fire Extinction Plan relies on more personal and drones
The infoca plan, service dedicated to Extinction of forest fires in Andalusiawill have 4,700 troops this year and will premiere a website with real -time data, the digital communications network and Artificial intelligence with drones.
The Minister of the Presidency and Interior, Antonio Sanz, has presided on Monday the regional advisory committee of this plan, where the resources that the device will have to face the high -risk period of forest fires have been presented. This covers from June 1 to October 15, a period in which the use of fire and the traffic of motor vehicles by forest areas and forest influence will be prohibitedin a strip of 400 meters.
In addition, the infoca plan in the pre -emergence phase 0, during the entire average and high danger, at the beginning until October 31 – and that is characterized by the monitoring of the situation and the variables that condition and implies the Analysis of 100 % of the fires that occur in the territory and information to the citizens.
Sanz has advanced that the infoca will begin to develop communication and artificial intelligence protocols so that terrestrial drones (UGV) and aerial (UAV) become support tools for equipment involved in emergency situations by forest fire.
This novelty is part of the European project ‘Hurricane’ And it will make it possible that the Directorate of Extinction has information in the command post without accessing risk areas, which will help decision making during the course of the emergency.
He also announced that since June 2 he will be available, thanks to the Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan of Andalusia (Pigea), the citizenship platform, a website that will allow real -time monitoring of information on forest fires, where In addition, the zoned forest fire risk index will be published daily.
More means thanks to an increase in the budget regarding fire fighting
Regarding the operative budget, the counselor stressed that this year has experienced a significant increase of 5.8 %, 14 million euros, going from the 243 million 2024 to 257 for this year. Of them 111 million (43.2 %) are destined for extinction and 146 (56.8 %).
The Infoca Plan has the biggest budget in its history this year and with 4,700 professionals with the best media and technology, he said.
For Sanz, the continuous improvement of material and human means is the main trick that the Board has to combat forest fires, “More and more unstacilities, virulent and prolonged over time due to the influence of structural climate change.”
The high degree of efficacy of the device has been achieved thanks to the professionalism of infoca staff and the determined commitment of the Andalusian government for the improvement of infrastructure and means of the fight against fire in Andalusia, has underlined.
The Infoca has 23 Forest Defense Centers (CEDEFO) to which ten forest defense sub -centers built in the last six years, three reinforcement brigades bases (Bricas), nine clues for landing of airplanes, eight are owned by the Board and one of the State.
In addition to three other private that can be used by the media, There are 195 surveillance points and 88 water collection points for helicopters. EFE / ECOticias.com