Valencia firefighters told the judge they prepared for the damage “as if the entire county” were on red alert

This appears in a letter signed by the Chief Inspector of the Fire Department and addressed to the Magistrate in response to the letter I sent requesting the information they had on 28 October 2024, in anticipation of possible floods due to Dana for the 29th, setting out also how they obtained said information, and whether this was the motivation behind the adoption of measures to strengthen materials and personnel.

This Friday, the coach approved new testimony in the criminal case. He was called to testify, at the request of the popular accusations brought by Ciudadanos and Combromes, two members of the emergency communications team and the head of the press of the Valencia Provincial Council.

The fire brigade report indicates this Reinforcements are generated based on the expected level of risk For each of the province’s four weather forecast zones, created by the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet), the expected duration of the episode in each particular case.

Regarding the requested dates, at 11:40 a.m. on October 28, the Emergency Coordination Center issued a notice sending an orange level rainfall alert throughout the interior areas (North Interior and South Interior Valencia County meteorological forecast areas).

The document continues to maintain reinforcements while an orange rain alert level was in place across the interior with relays to every 12 hours. Then, on 29 October, at 06:50, Emergencies issued an advisory sending out a Level Orange Rain Alert for the North, South Interior and South Coast Weather Forecast.

The fire chief explains that this change “included supplying Torrent, Alzira and Gandia Gardens Two more firefighters in each of them». Later, at 07:45 a.m., there was a new notification sending out a red rain alert for the South Coast weather forecast area and orange for the rest of the province.

“Although this increase in alert status did not affect the entire province of Valencia at that time, with prior permission of the Chief Inspector of the Fire Department, it was decided to fully enhance it as if the entire province were in the red level,” the report said.

Finally, it is reported that at 10 am, the emergency issued an alert reporting orange rain in the southern interior region and red in the rest of the governorate. Promotional measures to be taken in this case It has already been pre-approved He concluded by receiving the notification at 07:45.