Six firefighters from Formentera will travel next Thursday to the Valencian Community to help in every possible way after the DANA that devastated last week some localities. In terms of material resources, they will carrytwo pick up first intervention, a motor pump for cleaning mud, three bilge pumps, a generator, material for cleaning roads, diesel and gasoline to be self-sufficient and different tools. The firefighters of Formentera will go with the retinue of the General Directorate of Emergencies. The Consell insular de Formentera is in charge of the material means, the Dirección General de Emergencias the logistics and the firefighters put their effort on a completely voluntary basis. At the moment there are already two firefighters from the island working in the zone zero of the DANA, who have volunteered on their days off and are performing their work, included in the Balearic Rescue Group. From the Consell have clarified that “the presence of firefighters in Valencia will not affect in any way the work they do in Formentera, as all the troops who come will do so on their days off”.
