15/08/2022
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Together with the environmental agents, the members of the Seprona of the Civil Guard are in charge of reviewing the land, collecting evidence and determining the origin of the fire. When the mountain bursts into flames, sometimes it does so due to natural causes, as in this fateful summer in which lightning from dry storms were, for example, behind the fire that at the end of July devoured more than 25,000 hectares in the Sierra de Zamora. The Viper.
But in 90 percent of cases, the hand of man is behind it, either recklessly or deliberately. Provoked or intentional, as everything indicates that he was the one unleashed on July 29 in the Tiétar Valley and that he has burned a miller of hectares in Ávila. Hence, the key work of the Nature Protection Service (Seprona) of the Benemérita, to 'hunt' the culprits and also to prevent fires. For this reason, the Professional Association of Justice for the Civil Guard (JUCIL) calls on the General Directorate of the Corps to "immediately" update the catalog of positions "due to the alarming shortage of personnel suffered by this unit."
As reported in a press release, the staff "was incomplete in one of the most sensitive units." The number of agents "has been reduced worryingly", going from about 1.800 in 2010 to just over 1.500 now and "the Civil Guard has lost its operability in the mountains and the rural environment in general".
"Fires have become in recent years an especially sensitive matter and Seprona is currently not up to the task due to lack of troops," they warn from JUCIL, which also stresses that "preventive work" is “crucial to reduce the number of fires”.
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