The City Council has prepared a Special Plan for the Protection and Security of the Pilgrimage Day, with the participation of 411 troops from Local Police, Fire and Civil Protection
The Councillor for Citizen Security, Lola Sanchez, explained that "much of the Local Police, the Rescue and Fire Fighting and Civil Protection work today and tomorrow for the celebration of the Pilgrimage to ensure safety of pilgrims and minimize disruption to traffic that may arise "
From early today, it has established a safety device for full control of the area, cutting off access traffic when the situation demands, consisting of 84 officers, 16 police cars and a crane.
Tomorrow, day of the pilgrimage, the local police service will be provided for the following actions:
- Escort processional Virgin of Fuensanta.
- Control and monitoring of traffic in the city.
- Traffic control and surveillance in the area of ​​the sanctuary and access.
This will provide for 208 police officers, 26 patrol radius, 32 motorcycles and three cranes.
In addition, next to the Shrine of Fuensanta will be installed, since the dawn of September 15, a Mobile Office of Citizen of the local police in Murcia.
Meanwhile, the Fire Service unit located between the sanctuary and Teatinos, opposite the old seminary, another in the Shrine and another in the Cresta del Gallo consisting of a total of 17 people
Also new this year will join the seal of the pilgrimage of a different material provided with vertical rescue medium-terrain light vehicle.
Civil service protection mounted from 6 to 20 hours, with 60 people and 9 vehicles in three devices.
On the climb to the Sanctuary, in Algezares, on Labrador's Crossing will be located a hospital and Basic Life Support ambulance, the hospital will have two nurses, two technicians in health emergencies, a psychologist and an assistant.
The ambulance technicians will have two health emergencies, and four pairs of volunteers in a traveling along the route ensure the status of the pilgrims.
In the Shrine, the Advanced Command with transmission system, a support vehicle for logistics and support staff with a staff of fourteen volunteers, among which are a psychologist, two technicians will be located in health emergencies and two pairs of volunteers throughout the area of ​​the Sanctuary.
In the forecourt of the Powder Camino hospital a truck and a vehicle Rapid Intervention Sanitary be located, along with an ambulance, equipped with five nurses, eight technicians in health emergencies, two psychologists and eight volunteers of the Intervention and Rescue Unit.
These volunteers will be coordinated by the General Coordinator of the Association and the various Heads of Unit, which has a total of sixty volunteers of Civil Protection.
This device is increased by the collaboration of Red Cross in the Shrine with the location of three hospitals and ten ambulances spread across the course and the concourse.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia