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Forest Fire Drill Mobilizes Over 150 Emergency Personnel in Moya

The coordination exercise in the northern municipality reached emergency level 2 and utilized artificial intelligence to simulate fire progression.

Generic image of emergency lights on a rural road with smoke in the background.
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Generic image of emergency lights on a rural road with smoke in the background.

The municipality of Moya was the setting for a forest fire drill that mobilized over 150 emergency personnel, testing inter-institutional coordination and response to a level 2 emergency situation.

On Wednesday morning, Moya experienced a fictional emergency situation, complete with sirens, helicopters, and alert messages. The General Directorate of Emergencies of the Government of Canarias, along with the Cabildo and the Moya City Council, organized this drill to evaluate the response and coordination capabilities of various security and emergency bodies.
The exercise, which reached emergency level 2, involved more than 150 professionals. A notable feature was the use of state-of-the-art artificial intelligence to visually represent the ignition and progression of the fire, providing a realistic simulation for participants.
The initial alert was received at 9:30 AM, when a supposed resident informed the 112 Canarias emergency service about a column of black smoke near kilometer 8 of the GC-75. Immediately, the ES-Alert system was activated, sending messages to mobile phones of the population in Moya. A second alert, around 11:00 AM, detailed the areas that would be evacuated due to the fire's advance.
Numerous personnel, including the Civil Guard, Canarian Police, Cabildo Environmental Agents, Firefighters, members of 112 Canarias, Moya Local Police, staff from the Emergency and Rescue Group (GES), the Military Emergency Unit (UME), and the Canarian Emergency Service (SUC), established an Advanced Command Post (PMA) in the El Pagador area. From there, the fire's progress was monitored, and directives were given to the deployed teams to act in the affected areas.
As part of the drill, traffic cuts were implemented on several roads, such as the GC-75 at El Pagador, the GC-02, the GC-75 in the town center of Moya, the road connecting the GC-350 to the GC-75, and the Cabo Verde road. Additionally, the Cabo Verde neighborhood was evacuated, and residents in areas like Los Dragos, El Lance, Lomo Blanco, El Moreto, Los Toscales, Trujillo, El Frontón, and the town center of Moya were confined.
The fictional origin of the fire was attributed to a collision between two vehicles near El Pagador, which caused one of them to fall down a ravine, generating a column of smoke that quickly developed into a forest fire advancing towards the urban area of Moya.

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