20 - 26 July 2023
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THE mayor of Javea, Rosa Cardona and the councillor for Citizen Protection, Juan Ortolá, paid a visit on Thurs day, July 14 to the weekly meeting of the Javea civil pro tection group. In the meeting, which was held at the group’ s base, they listened as José Vicente Serra and Rafael Bis quert explained about the work of the group of 50 vol unteers, who were the first in the Marina Alta to receive ac creditation to intervene in forest fires together with offi cial firefighters. After visiting the facilities, they took note of the re quests made by the group, such as the renewal of two vehicles in the fleet, to ex pand the amount of PPE (per sonal protective equipment) so that each volunteer can have a spare, as well as other improvements at the head quarters that have been re quested for some years. The group asked the political lead ers to acquire a licence for a
CIVIL PROTECTION: The mayor and councillor learn about the group’s work.
mobile phone app that will improve internal functions and will enable the geoposi tioning of all volunteers in emergency situations. The mayor and the council lor promised to attend to the requests related to the pro tection equipment of the vol
unteers as soon as possible, and with respect to the rest said they will establish a cal endar for compliance. Cardona wanted to thank the “selfless work of all the volunteers who spend their free time watching over and protecting our town.”
Credit: Javea Council
Issue No. 1985
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