830 Civil Protection volunteers from Aragon have been activated to collaborate in Catarroja

In groups of six to eight people and shifts from 2:00 p.m. in the afternoon to 2:00 p.m. the following day, this is how the entire network of Civil Protection volunteers from Aragon is working, supporting the Community’s Operational Command Post, located in Catarroja, since last Saturday. There are more than 830 people who, in different shifts, go to the Valencian town to support all the Aragonese personnel who are working in the area.

Sara Pelegrín, Director of Operations at the Advanced Command Post, highlights that the work of these volunteers provides “basic and very necessary” logistical and operational support to the command post, which is currently made up of 260 people. “They supply all our supplies, they provide us with meals, they collaborate with the security area by blocking traffic and controlling access. They supply materials to the operatives who are deployed and give support to anyone who needs it,” she stressed.

Pelegrín also underlines the commitment of these professional volunteers from Civil Protection to the work they are doing during these days, highlighting that many of them are using their personal holidays to be able to spend these days “helping and supporting” the operation in Aragon.

WAVE OF SOLIDARITY

This weekend, a flood of people from all over Spain is expected to come and help out altruistically. Aragon insists on the need for all help, both material and personnel, to be channelled in the appropriate way so that it is more effective.

For this reason, the Generalitat Valenciana has set up the Museo Príncipe Felipe, Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències for volunteers to register and distribute them to the most needed areas. The need for all help to be channelled is key to ensuring that the work is supportive and safe, as there are many heavy machines involved in the rubble clearing and cleaning of public roads.