The Insular Emergency Consortium completed the construction of the Güímar Valley Fire Station, whose scope of action covers the municipalities of Fasnia, Güímar, Arafo, Candelaria and Arico. Its commissioning will be carried out with 20 troops, 10 of which are included in the 50 added to the squad this year. This infrastructure required an investment of three million euros for the purchase of the warehouse, the adaptation works as well as the supply and endowments of the necessary material and vehicles.
The Valle de Güímar Fire Station is the second of the Island Consortium in the south of the Island (the first is in Las Chafiras, in San Miguel de Abona) and its name is B6. It occupies number 12 of Block 15 of the Valle de Güímar Industrial Estate. It is a rectangular industrial warehouse with a constructed area of 962.61 square meters.
Installation and endowments
The facility is sized for three firefighters and one command per shift, which add up to 20 troops assigned to this resource. In addition, this facility will house a heavy urban pump (BUP), a water pump (with a capacity of 8,000 liters of water), a ladder truck, a light vehicle and a 4×4 multi-purpose vehicle.
On the ground floor is the operating area of the park with capacity for five vehicles, a storage area, a compressed air room, a room for rescue material, a washing area and a small climbing wall, as well as two wet rooms, a training area and changing rooms. On the first floor there is a living-dining room, a kitchen, a training room, two bathrooms and a rest area, made up of four bedrooms.
“We hope to incorporate other fire stations in the west of the Island and in Arona”
The president of the Cabildo de Tenerife, Peter Martin, indicated in the visit to the completion of the work that “the park of Güímar comes to cover the demand of the entire region. There will be twenty troops on a rotating basis to guarantee security in this part of the island.” He added that “it is expected to incorporate another new park in the west of Tenerife and another one in Arona”.
“On this path we are going to continue advancing, also providing the Consortium with new technical means and vehicles, to continue increasing security on the island,” he said. In this regard, Martín pointed out that “the evolution and updating of the Tenerife Fire Consortium has been strengthened in these four years with the renewal of vehicles and materials, the inclusion of 50 new troops and the opening of this new park.”
“Having 20 firefighters permanently, in shifts of four people, gives us solvency and security”
The mayor of Güímar, Gustavo Pérez, highlighted the importance of having this service in the municipality. “More than 60,000 people live in the Güímar valley and we also have an industrial estate, with which it was necessary to have this type of security against possible fires. In addition, in the upper part of the municipality is the Siete Lomas forest area, one of the most important pine forests on the Island”, for which, he added, “having 20 firefighters permanently, in shifts of four people, gives us solvency when it comes to resolving any type of incident and gives us a lot of security”.
