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The Minister of Agriculture, accompanied by the Mayor, has presented the three reform projects for the fixed surveillance post of 'El Nevazo', expansion of the Center for Defense against Forest Fires and conditioning of the La Alberquilla Forest Base The works, which will begin this June and will last until May of next year, will improve surveillance tasks and modernize the units where the personnel remain throughout the period of high risk of fire. 0.

Caravaca de la Cruz will improve the facilities for the prevention and fight against forest fires, thanks to an investment of more than 670,000 euros, announced by the Government of the Region of Murcia.

Specifically, from this month of June until May of next year, works will be carried out to improve the fixed Surveillance Post of 'El Nevazo', the expansion of the Center for Defense against Forest Fires and the conditioning of the facilities from La Alberquilla Forest Base. To present these projects and explain their implementation, the councilor for Water, Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and the Environment, Antonio Luengo, has traveled to the municipality, who, together with the mayor of Caravaca de la Cruz, José Francisco García, has Visited the Forest Base of 'La Alberquilla', where the operation of the INFOMUR Plan is already active, which has the means and personnel of the regional and national administrations. The mayor, José Francisco García, has highlighted "that coinciding with the week of 'World Environment Day' two important initiatives directly related to the necessary protection of the natural environment go ahead in Caravaca, such as these projects to improve forest facilities and the electric recharging points for vehicles installed in the urban area ". For his part, Councilor Luengo has also invited all citizens to "join the celebration of 'World Environment Day', becoming active agents of protection of the natural environment, by taking care of our environments, flora and the fauna that inhabits them and assuming as their own the sensitivity towards biodiversity, which is the central issue of the celebration this year ". This month will start the works aimed at improving the fixed Surveillance Post of 'El Nevazo', for just over 133,000 euros, which will consist of rebuilding the plant that occupies the observation tower and equip the kitchen and toilet facilities for the use of the personnel who provide services for the detection of forest fires at a particularly strategic point. In July the improvement works of the Center for Defense against Forest Fires will begin, for 242,000 euros, to condition the facilities that the Forest Brigade and the Rapid Intervention of Caravaca de la Cruz occupy, expanding the kitchen units, area of stay, changing rooms and warehouse to facilitate the conditions of the workers who provide this service. Finally, at the beginning of 2021, those of the Forest Base of the Place of 'La Alberquilla' will be launched, with a budget of more than 295,000 euros, allowing the facilities of technicians, pilots and mechanics to be adapted to the considerations of aeronautical regulations and obtaining better conditions for the crew of the helicopter of the Ministry of Agriculture, which has its base there. The Ministry of Water, Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and the Environment will assign 60 people exclusively to detection tasks this year, which, complemented by 90 environmental agents, will be the precise strategic group to detect and locate the outbreak of fire wherever it occurs within the regional territory. "In addition, the forest fire defense brigades of the Region of Murcia, during the time of low danger, carry out silvicultural treatments that comprise a total of 120 kilometers of defense systems throughout our territory.

Specifically, the preventive treatments that They have been carried out consisting of cleaning and clearing of scrub, thinning, clearing and pruning in the tree layer and elimination of waste from previous operations, "said the head of the environment in the regional executive.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Caravaca de la Cruz