With the pre-campaign, preventive tasks are activated around Collserola to prevent fires during the summer period, and different teams are deployed over the surface of the park belonging to the city of Barcelona (districts of Les Corts, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, Horta -Guinardó, Nou Barris and Gràcia).
The routes that the teams destined for forestry tasks will take have the objective of:
In mid-May, the Vallvidrera Park will come into operation, which will also increase the number of vehicles and troops to ensure quick access to the forest area and act quickly in the event of a fire. The summer forestry campaign will begin in June and will be active until mid-September.
Outreach actions with the neighborhood
To improve the preparation of the mountain neighborhood, forest fire prevention information sessions are being held, which highlight the importance of collaboration to keep these spaces fire-free and make good use of the environment, and, in addition, explains how to act in the event of a forest fire.
It is also planned to hold a forest fire drill on April 26 to put into practice the operational response in the event that a fire of this type occurs and to make visible the importance of prevention and coordination of the bodies acting with the neighborhood of the neighborhoods. Those responsible for the self-protection plans of the mountain neighborhoods, the Urban Guard and the Collserola Consortium will participate in the drill.
These types of exercises allow the existing action protocols to be optimized, and the neighbors learn first-hand what to do in the event of a fire breaking out near their home.
Resources
The Fire Department has unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) that provide overhead images both in emergency situations and in prevention tasks, and that provide additional security to those involved and facilitate decision-making.
There is also a 4×4 ambulance, unprecedented in the metropolitan area, which has the capacity to circulate in rural and forest environments thanks to four-wheel drive, and which has a stretcher support specially designed for circulation on trails. .
How to protect yourself from forest fires?
In the hottest months, maximum caution and collaboration from citizens is needed. Since March 15, it is prohibited to carry out forestry work or any action that could generate sparks within 500 meters of the forest mass. That includes a ban on burning waste and barbecuing.
If you find yourself facing a forest fire, call 112 and provide all possible information.
Check here how to protect yourself from forest fires.
