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The Municipal Socialist Group today accused the government team, the PP, of "an unusual irresponsibility to take three years to resolve the opposition of 30 seats for the Fire Department", so "when the new troops are incorporated we will continue to a template inferior to the one of 2005 ", has explained the socialist spokesman, Susana Hernandez, who next to the councilman Juan Vicente Larrosa, has offered a press conference.

In this regard, has pointed out that "with these 30 only vacancies would be filled by retirement of firefighters since the opposition began, at a rate of 7 per year, and the 8 that have become corporal, so it is clear that the workforce will continue to be very depleted and at the speed of the PP, it is very difficult for us to have enough staff. "

He added that when this opposition ends, in 2019, it will be 14 years since the last one, in 2005.

Also, Hernandez has reported that yesterday the PP published that is expected that the 30 opponents begin the academy on June 1, "as long as everything goes well, but then they will have three months of practice", so that everything The process, from registration in May 2016 until its incorporation, foreseeably in March 2019, will be three years when other municipalities only need one.

For the spokesperson, the reality is "very serious and inhumane, since the average age of operational firefighters is about 55 years and, in addition, new applicants have had, in some cases, to rent an apartment, ask for a leave of absence work or give up jobs, while waiting for the academy to start, which will last six months. "

"But we also know that firefighters work day after day, not from June to October and, taking into account that the shifts are 24 hours, the situation has no body to resist it, so the irresponsibility of the PP contrasts with the enormous responsibility of the firefighters themselves who fully comply with their position, "he said, so the socialist council has taken the opportunity to" thank their efforts and dedication to the residents of our municipality. "

For his part, Larrosa explained that "the staff of firefighters is making an average of 7,000 extra hours per month, and already last year it cost 650,000 euros for that concept".

Also, he has clarified that the 125 hours of the Workday Reinforcement Supplement, scheduled for the whole year are already almost sold out in March.

Source: PSOE Murcia