On the other hand, the general direction of Emergency red alert has been activated by high temperatures
Totana Civil Protection alert to the risk of forest fire during the weekend and asked citizens to take precautions to avoid accidents especially in the regional park of the Sierra de Espuņa, given the high temperatures are expected.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Water, through the Directorate General of Natural Heritage and Biodiversity, will proceed to cut the access of priority conservation area Espuņa from tonight until Sunday 29 August.
Specifically, closed from Stables (the restaurant if accessible) for Totana, and in the zone of the Partridge in Alhama, from 21:00 pm to 7:00 pm.
Also, the overall direction of emergency has been reactivated red alert for high temperatures that reach up to 44 degrees and will remain on until 19:00 pm this afternoon.
The Councillor for Citizen Security, Roque Molina, recalled that the daily service monitoring Infomur Plan is to cover the areas of recreation areas where visitors are, the shadows of the fixed monitoring of the Directorate General Environment Natural and control from the highest points possible, while maintaining coverage to contact the Operations Center.
In addition, it includes among other measures such as an explicit ban on any type of fire, whether gas or other fuel, barbecues, recreational areas Espuņa, sealed for Forest Managers.
The two patrols, consisting of Civil Defence volunteers in Totana, carry in the vehicle two individual radio equipment, other equipment to communicate with the Operations Centre immediately and another station in the vehicle.
Also incorporate GPS, binoculars, maps, maps of the area and the equipment needed to fight the fire, as batefuegos, hoes and pulaski, among other tools, with the acquisition of two new spray equipment to quell any small outbreak of fire that may occur .
