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Morales says that "they have vehicles that are around 15 years old, other means also very old and facilities too small and precarious for the work they do"

The motion also reflects the need to create collaboration agreements and training activities of this Association with entities in the Region

NOW MURCIA claims to renew the vehicles and other means of the Association of Volunteers of Civil Protection of the City of Murcia in the neighborhood of Infante, as well as to expand its facilities.

Alicia Morales affirms that this service "currently has precarious and outdated facilities and facilities, which makes it difficult to work. It seems essential that the conditions are the best for the Association to develop with the best possible service and volunteer service Of municipal emergencies in support of Firefighters and Local Police ".

For this reason, the municipal group is taking a motion to the plenary session next Thursday that collects these needs and seeks to enhance and improve the Civil Protection service in the municipality.

The councilor and spokesman of Now Murcia remarks that "it is clear that the City Council has a very important tool of assistance and emergencies that should be a reference in the Region, but due to the lack of resources and the seniority of those who own , Their work is not as effective as it could be, in addition to which the volunteers deserve, and the Law obliges to it, to have the appropriate means ".

Morales points out that "although the municipality of Murcia manages the seventh municipality of Spain, with more than 880 square kilometers and about 440 thousand inhabitants, groups of other municipalities in the Region, such as Molina de Segura, San Javier, San Pedro del Pinatar or Alcantarilla have more modern and efficient means and vehicles. The service in Murcia has vehicles that are around 15 years old, other means also very old and facilities too small and precarious for the work they do.

It is given the circumstance that a large part of the land belonging to Civil Protection can not be used by the Volunteer Group because it is separated from its own facilities by a wall and occupied by another service of the City, which uses it from warehouse .

"This land would come very well for that need of more space that has the Association, alleviating its current situation in prefabricated barracks, in addition to being a parcel that legitimately belongs to it," notes the mayor.

The Association of Civil Protection Volunteers of the City of Murcia, which is part of the Municipal Civil Protection Service, is made up of more than one hundred volunteers (emergency health technicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, mountain technicians, people Formed in Emergencies, etc.) that in an altruistic and gratuitous way devote part of their time to being part of the Association, forming a municipal emergency service that carries out a fundamental work as a service of help to the public powers (Firemen, Local Police, National Police, 061, Civil Guard).

The Councilor also values ​​the great work of the Unit of Psychosocial Care in Emergencies (UPSE) of the Association, which provides a service of accompaniment and psychological care in emergency situations and gender violence.

"And we can not forget their performance in public events such as the Bando de la Huerta, the Burial of the Sardine, the Murcia Fair or the cycling races, concerts and marathons, which involve more than 14,000 hours of work by volunteers."

The motion of Now Murcia also includes the need to create collaboration agreements and training activities of this Association with the Autonomous Community, 061, the University of Murcia, and other entities.

In addition, it demands a space in the Web of the City council to give to know the work of the Grouping and to foment the voluntary service in the municipality.

Morales concludes that "it is of paramount importance that the Volunteer Group of Civil Protection has adequate and effective means so that volunteers can carry out their work in the right conditions and that society has the highest quality service possible."

Source: Ahora Murcia