Their presence coincided with a session in which much of the political debate focused precisely on fires, emergency prevention and the future of the Provincial Firefighting and Rescue Service (SPEI).
SEVERAL MOTIONS ON FIREFIGHTERS AND FIRES
The agenda includes a motion from En Común-IU to strengthen the Provincial Firefighting and Rescue Service and improve emergency prevention policies, another from the PSOE on fire prevention and territorial resilience, and an initiative from CHA proposing, among other measures, the improvement and modernization of the SPEI and measures for areas affected by this summer's fires.
Vox has also brought several initiatives directly related to the death of Juan Luis Alonso Lete before the plenary session. They include the posthumous award of the Gold Medal of Santa Isabel, economic protection measures for the families of firefighters who die in the line of duty, the modernization of the service and a request for a technical, preventive and independent investigation into the fatal accident.
A SOCIAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR FIREFIGHTERS
The firefighters attending the session are also calling for progress on a social improvement plan for service professionals, a demand that comes just three weeks after the Calatorao tragedy and at a time when the operation and conditions of the force have become a central issue in the provincial institution's political debate.
Juan Luis Alonso Lete, who belonged to the La Almunia de Doña Godina fire station, had worked for 23 years in the DPZ's Provincial Firefighting and Rescue Service. He died after a workshop wall collapsed while he was taking part, alongside other colleagues, in efforts to rescue a trapped person. The fire also claimed the life of an employee of the establishment.
