"very high" fire risk emergency plan in Navarra
- In Navarra a high risk of fire is foreseen. Civil protection and emergency services, firefighters, the police environmental protection brigade, the environmental department, the Civil Guard and the Navarra delegation of the State Meteorological Agency met on 18 August and launched the special civil protection and emergency plan called INFONA.
The State Meteorological Agency has asked citizens to “act with great attention”, especially to those living in forest areas. The use of fire, grilling, blocking of forest roads and the use of means of transport or machinery that may cause sparks shall be prohibited.
Experts met on 18 August to discuss the issue and take some action. Civil protection and emergency services, firefighters, the Police Environmental Protection Brigade, the Environmental Department, the Civil Guard and the Navarre delegation of the State Meteorological Agency, met.
Measures in doubt
In a recent report published in ARGIA we explained that the discrepancies with the measures of the Government of Navarra are evident. Above all, it has shown little political will to date. The farmer Xabier Unzue has denounced that the main measure of government is to pass on responsibility to municipalities. Mirian Otxotorena and Unzué highlight in the report that the most important thing is fire prevention.
One of the first violets has been the arrival of the mountain fires, persecuted by their excess. And then the protests, including the ones I usually bring to this journal.
Two years ago it was terrible. The fires spread throughout Lapurdi, Navarra and Gipuzkoa, from Mount... [+]