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The City invests about one million euros to strengthen the mobile equipment and technical means Fire and Local Police (13/04/2016)

The Mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, and the Councillor for Traffic Safety and Civil Protection, Lola Sanchez, presented today some of the new vehicles that reinforce the equipment of the Body of the Local Police and the Fire Service, a total of 17 new vehicles, with an investment of one million euros, including SUVs, passenger cars and fire trucks are included.

During his speech, the mayor explained that "the local police has a fleet equipped with more than 250 units, and our Fire Department, with about 40 fighting vehicles;

a fleet that we must continue renewing and improving with more technical resources to meet the needs of the municipality and safeguard these two essential public services. "

He also added that "the 580 agents of the local police and the 200 professionals who make up the Fire Service of the City of Murcia integrate two elite corps that require the highest commitment and, therefore, our commitment is to support their work more means, since investment in safety and prevention saves lives, providing effective service Murcia where they need it. "

In the case of the local police, it has reinforced its equipment with the main objective to reduce response times and improve safety in villages.

Specifically, they have joined the fleet were two SUVs, designed to improve safety in districts and 13 cars to increase public safety.

soon they will also include a car with mobile radar speed controls and five motorcycles for the Bikers Unit of the local police.

The total investment is 483,000 euros.

With respect to the firehouse, vehicles purchased are two "pumpers heavy mothership '(popularly known as tanks or tank vehicles), with capacity for 12,000 liters of water each and 500 liters of foam, which replace two old vehicles Similar characteristics.

The municipal investment was 480,000 euros.

In this sense, the mayor explained that "it is support trucks of considerable dimensions that are used in large claims and feed other vehicles, thanks to its high capacity of water and a powerful hydraulic pump, ensuring supply in major fire ".

Currently, the operational envelope of Service Firefighting city of Murcia has 37 operating vehicles over 7 headship vehicles, 6 vehicles van light, 6 vehicles tall, 4 nurse pumpers, 3 rural pumps, 2 van vehicles salvages several fire engines and 9.

GPS navigation

The patrol vehicles that are incorporated are equipped with an integrated navigation system (GPS) for easy access to places where their intervention is required, reducing response times in the interventions made by the police service.

This device complements the positioning system using coordinates used in the 'garden houses and field' program, which has some 200 secondments currently.

siren, emergency lights, first aid, signaling equipment and shields: municipal vehicles, in addition, the equipment needed to perform the service available.

Local police continues to adapt its new corporate image also color of vehicles are incorporated today, according to the change of uniformity initiated in 2015.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia

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