fire brigade Tenerife closed 2022 with more than 4,100 interventions, which represents an increase of 9.40% compared to the previous year. attention to fires increased from 1,649 in 2021 to 1,704 last year, while the rescues they increased from 682 in 2021 to 698 in 2022, representing 16.95% of the total interventions for the year. The security adviser Council of Tenerife, Isabel García, pointed out that “Bomberos de Tenerife continues to grow, and proof of this is the incorporation of 50 new troops during this 2023”. She added that “our firefighters went out more than 4,000 times last year to attend to everything from small fires to major performances.” Notable among them is the Participation in the fires of island scrapping, of a ship in El Chorrillo or a spectacular fire in the Bel Air building in Puerto de la Cruz. If you forget the participation, “hand in hand” with volunteer firefighters, BRIFOR, civil protection, local police and Civil Guard in the terrifying fire that ravaged the northern mountains of the island in July. The counselor also stressed that the Cabildo, which contributes more than 31% of the budget of the Consortium “it supports him in a determined and clear way” by offering “all the availability, as President Pedro Martín has already indicated on several occasions so that his work is carried out in the best and most effective way possible”. Among the forecasts it is worth noting, among other things, the adaptation works for the opening of the Güímar Park, which have financing from the Cabildo de Tenerife of approximately 450,000 euros”.
new vehicles
The insular security director, Rubén Fernández, recalled that this year new intervention vehicles will be acquired such as heavy urban bombs, ladder trucks, rescue vehicles, as well as others that have to do with supporting the intervention. The total investment in this chapter amounts to 885,000 euros. Fernández pointed out that 1,650,000 euros have been invested in the last three years and 700,000 euros are committed by 2023 in mountain infrastructure, autonomous breathing equipment, clothing, intervention clothing, technical rescue, parks and PPE, compressor for recharging bottles , navigation material for vehicles, vertical rescue or communications. Finally, Fernández indicated that “The works of the Güímar Fire Station are scheduled to end on the 28th”. The endowment of approximately twenty troops has already been awarded and the vehicles for the infrastructure have been purchased. Once the work has been received and the occupancy and activity licenses have been obtained, it will be opened with three firefighters and a crew chief.
Statistics
Regarding the statistics, the Chief Fire Officer, Florencio López, broke down the most important performances of the past year. Specifically, those that occurred in January in the island scrapyards in Granadilla, in July in a warehouse in the El Chorrillo industrial estate (Santa Cruz) and in August in a house in the Bel Air building in Puerto de la Cruz. Door openings increased slightly from 503 in 2021 to 532 in 2022 and interventions in traffic accidents they decreased by 1.88% (5.07% of the total incidents for the year) from 213 in 2021 to 209 in 2022.By municipalities, Santa Cruz and La Laguna are the ones that launch the most alerts, with 1,223 and 621 , respectively, followed by Arona with 335 and Adeje with 266. At the other extreme, El Tanque, Vilaflor and La Guancha are the ones that required the fewest interventions, with 7, 8 and 25 respectively. Finally, López indicated that through the 112 Coordination Center, 7,054 emergency calls were received in 2021 with an average response time of 15 seconds.
