HELP PROMISED

THE mayor of Javea, Rosa Cardona and the councillor for Citizen Protection, Juan Ortolá, paid a visit on Thursday, July 14 to the weekly meeting of the Javea civil protection group. In the meeting, which was held at the group’ s base, they listened as José Vicente Serra and Rafael Bisquert explained about the work of the group of 50 volunteers, who were the first in the Marina Alta to receive accreditation to intervene in forest fires together with official firefighters.

After visiting the facilities, they took note of the requests made by the group, such as the renewal of two vehicles in the fleet, to expand the amount of PPE (personal protective equipment) so that each volunteer can have a spare, as well as other improvements at the headquarters that have been requested for some years. The group asked the political leaders to acquire a licence for a mobile phone app that will improve internal functions and will enable the geopositioning of all volunteers in emergency situations.

The mayor and the councillor promised to attend to the requests related to the protection equipment of the vol­ unteers as soon as possible, and with respect to the rest said they will establish a calendar for compliance.

Cardona wanted to thank the “selfless work of all the volunteers who spend their free time watching over and protecting our town.”