The phone of Emergencies 112 Andalusiaa service attached to the Ministry of Health, Presidency and Interior Council, managed a total of 3,590 incidents throughout the autonomous community during Christmas Eve and early Christmas morning (between midnight). … hours on December 24 and 7 a.m. today, the 25th), a figure that is 17.74 percent more than those handled during the same period last year, when 3,049 incidents were handled.
The majority of notifications to the 112 service concerned healthcare (1,825), followed by public safety incidents (713). This is followed by road incidents (242), road accidents (173), animal problems (142) and fires (124). With a smaller number of notices, we distinguish, among other types, anomalies in basic services (88), rescues (47) and requests for social services (46).
By province, Seville is the one which has accumulated the greatest number of incidentswith a total of 953; Then come Malaga (754), Cádiz (467) and Granada (465). The provinces that experienced a quieter Christmas Eve were Córdoba (274), Almería (269), Jaén (228) and Huelva (180).
Regarding the count by provincial capital, Seville is the one where the greatest number of emergencies have been managed (446). Behind are the cities of Malaga (252), Córdoba (135) and Granada (122). The Andalusian capitals with the lowest number of incidents this Christmas period were Huelva (74), Almería and Cádiz (53 each) and Jaén (40). The time of highest review volume across all 112 rooms is between 1:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. on December 24, when as many as 189 incidents were resolved within an hour.
Pre-emergencies in Axarquia
On Wednesday afternoon, the Minister of Health, Presidency and Emergencies, Antonio Sanz, activated, at 4:40 p.m., the Special Emergency Plan for the Risk of Floods in Andalusia (PERI) in the pre-emergency phase, operational situation 0, taking into account the weather forecasts which predicted an orange warning (significant danger) in the area of Axarquia (in the province of Málaga).
This pre-emergency phase is characterized by monitoring the phenomenon produced and the available forecasts and predictions, of which the competent civil protection organizations and authorities, as well as the general population, are informed.
During the afternoon, around thirty incidents related to rain and hail were reported, the majority concentrated in the municipalities of Rincón de la Victoria, Vélez-Málaga, Almogía and Casabermeja. The warnings referred to flooding of homes and public roads. Additionally, several accidents have been recorded on AP-46, resulting in occasional road closures due to heavy rains.
Public, free and multilingual service
Emergencies 112 Andalucía is a free, multilingual public service that can be called for any emergency, whether health issues, firefighting and rescue, public safety or civil protection. 112 is a telephone number in force throughout Europe, and remains active 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
It is a multilingual customer service that provides user support in English, French, German and Arabic, as well as Spanish. In this way, it guarantees coverage for all emergency situations that arise in Andalusia, regardless of the origin or language of the person requesting help.
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