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The mayor and council Francisco Abellán Civil Protection Primitivo Gonzalez have released the memory management and services of the Association of Civil Defence Volunteers in 2010.

This document shows that the Emergency Coordination Centre Municipal CECOPAL received last year a total of 19,203 calls for different services.

Before offering these data, Abellán stressed the "important task of volunteering and within the Association of Civil Defence Volunteers."

The mayor also called on the region "to assume part of the cost of the municipal ambulance, which now fully borne by the City Council."

For its part, Primitivo Gonzalez spoke of the services performed and noted that "this group functions as a public service, we have a collaborative agreement where the council provides 56,000 euros, which is dedicated to all preventive services and volunteerism, to part of maintaining the ambulance and Coordination Center, CECOPAL is a professional service that is assumed by the local administration. "

The CECOPAL, or 1-1-2 the past year has had a total 19,203 calls or services that have been activated due to these calls, these notices, 5,383 have been internally or preventive services, 2,568 were non-health services and coverage events, 3,038 health services and 8,214 medical consultations.

All these warnings apply to social services for disabled people with transportation, traffic accidents, acts on issues of Public Safety, transfers to hospitals, emergencies such as fires, preventive exercises, forest monitoring, landslides, bilge water, fire services , doctor visits, preventive Red Cross and various services.

For Gonzalez "With this service, we have a very quick and effective action, the CECOPAL receives emergency occurring in our municipality and provides the ability to respond appropriately."

The councilman also said that "from Civil Protection has made a major commitment, year after year, facilities, vehicles, ambulance, to offer something that today is commonplace, when there occurs any emergency that response, we have become more professional and therefore has volunteers and professionals. "

Municipal Ambulance Service

The Mayor reported on the current status of municipal ambulance service, which he said that "it is an expense that is supporting the municipality of Jumilla, exclusively without any help from the region and in the end they are supporting the residents of Jumilla ".

He recalled that in 2007 the council signed an agreement with the Health Service of Murcia (SMS), as the local administration took an ambulance with a 24-hour service.

"At that time, each party has obligations, the council agreed to put the ambulance and the driver, and the CAAC is committed to meet the expenses of maintaining the ambulance and equipment," said Abellán adding that " after four years, which is the life of the contract, we realize that are many services that the total cost is 260,000 euros and that the municipality is one that is fully covered. "

Of these, 14,206 correspond to the fuel, oxygen, insurance, maintenance, and apparel and the rest, ie, 246,000 euros are the lists that correspond to health workers and the driver of it.

With this, the highest local authority asks "how is it that being a municipality with over 25,000 inhabitants, hospital, without mobile ICU, no 061 and no emergency department, except the door of the health center, someone will to explain why not working with a new agreement, which the Autonomous Communities is committed to contribute a percentage of the service. "

This situation is attached, notes Francisco Abellán, "lack of support for the Conservatory, as well as Social Services staff and home help, the Equality and Women's staff and staff-stop shop, this makes a total over 900,000 euros that we are supporting the Jumillano. "

Therefore, "from the council propose that the SMS sign a new agreement for the ambulance service and also to other ministries for the other services mentioned, noting the mayor ended.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla