The Cabildo puts into operation three new drones for surveillance tasks in the natural environmentl. The Island Councilor Area and Security Management, Isabel García, He explains that they will be used, among other tasks, to carry out slope and slope evaluation work, detect exotic flora, search and rescue people and control unauthorized activities, in addition to monitoring and assessing forest fires.
The Cabildo, through the area of Management of the Natural Environment and Safety has recently acquired these three drones that will be used mainly for the development of technical work such as the aforementioned and other cases of topographic surveys, wildlife surveillance, monitoring of forestry and repopulation work, evaluation of erosion control or monitoring of the works carried out on tracks and trails.
These new units are incorporated into the technical staff of the Environment agents “with the intention of increasing the means of surveillance and control in the protected natural spaces of the Island”, explains Minister García.
The intention of the area is to complement, as far as possible, all the necessary tools “for the development of the control of infractions in the environment, but also for the analysis of circumstances such as forest fires,” says the counselor.
“The objective is to control infractions, but also to analyze forest fires”
The three devices, 2 DJI Mavic Enterprise Dual models and one Mavic Enterprise Advanced, as well as the spare parts kits with batteries, focus loudspeaker and night flight beacon, together with its equipment made up of spare parts, GPS beacon, fleet control software, insurance and memory cards, have been acquired with a total budget of 13,137 euros .
With this technology, environmental agents will also be able to survey illegal constructions and non-permitted uses of spaces; even missing person searches or rescues in between.
The Cabildo, on the other hand, yesterday deactivated the Insular Emergency Plan (PEIN), launched last Monday afternoon, when the weather alerts were reduced due to the passage of the Celia storm. The island president, Pedro Martín, has valued when making the decision that the Government of the Canary Islands terminated the alert for wind and the pre-alert for snow, and that the weather conditions improved on the Island. The protocol had been activated at 1:30 p.m. day 15 preventively. Martín consulted with the civil protection technicians of the Cabildo that the weather conditions have improved and we have proceeded to deactivate the Insular Emergency Plan.
Most of the interventions carried out on Monday were related to falling branches and street furniture due to the wind. Tenerife Firefighters carried out 78 interventions during the activation period, mainly in Adeje, Arona, Güímar Valley, Santa Cruz and La Laguna by falling branches, trees, power and telephone poles or solar panels.
On the access roads to the Teide National Park, the section from Vilaflor to the Cable Car had already been opened yesterday, although, however, the others were still closed due to the presence of ice on the road. They will stay that way until it disappears.
