●This year, the Generalitat Fire Department responded to a total of 833 calls between 8pm yesterday and 8am today, while there were a total of 934 calls last year.
●Mossos d’Esquadra is investigating the violent deaths of two people in the Font de la Pólvora neighborhood in Girona and the violent death of another man in Barcelona.
●Mossos d’Esquadra arrested 55 people and carried out 1,340 blood alcohol readings during St. Joan’s Night
●About 2,000 officers from the 217 local police forces across the country worked during the night.
●Catalonia’s 112 emergency telephone line answered 7,406 calls related to 4,566 incidents in the context of the celebration of Sant Joan’s Carnival during the carnival (until 09:00).
●061 Salut Response received 2,981 calls between 8:00 pm on the evening of 23 June and 7:00 am on the 24th, due to 2,334 different incidents, 154 of which were related to the Sant Joan Carnival.
●The rural agents, with more than 400 employees, implemented 808 actions.
●Yesterday afternoon, the State Civil Protection issued a PROCICAT advance alert to follow all the events of Saint John’s Eve.
●The return process is expected to take place on Monday between 12:00 and 24:00, and it is estimated that about 280,000 vehicles will be mobilized towards the Catalan capital’s area of influence.
The Generalitat Fire Department responds to a total of 833 calls between 8:00 PM and 8:00 AM.
This year, the Generalitat Fire Department responded to a total of 833 calls between 8:00 pm yesterday and 8:00 am on June 24, New Year’s Eve in Sant Joan 2024, while last year, there were a total of 934 calls. Notifications.
In terms of services related to vegetation fires, this year the state fire department responded to a total of 187 warnings and last year they responded to 289. In terms of urban fires, they received a total of 505 warnings and last year they received 474 and in terms of other services, they received this year 126 notifications, 3 more than last year.
One person drowned this morning in Sitges
This evening and morning, the rescue of two people on the beach of La Ribera de Sitges (00.55 notice) should be highlighted. Five teams from the Generalitat Fire Department were activated, including GRAE divers. When first responders arrived, two people were pulled from the water, and resuscitation attempts were made on one of them, to no avail. The other person was evacuated by EMS, in a less serious condition, to St Camille Hospital. Six ground units and a team of psychiatrists were deployed there. Marine rescue personnel with a helicopter, the Mossos d’Esquadra water unit, local police and the Red Cross were also sent to the site. A preventive search was conducted in the area to ensure there were no other people inside the water.
In Torridambara, at 01.39, the fire department was alerted to a fire in Carrer del Pont. The fire reached the outside of a single-family villa and spread inside the garage on the ground floor, and the smoke also reached the first floor. The tenants were outside the building and no one was injured. The presence of the municipal architect has been requested to review the backlog. Two teams moved there.
At 01.55, a fire alert was also issued for the Cami dels Frares industrial area in Lleida. The fire affected two industrial buildings and burned various paintings and materials, as well as a small truck outside. The state fire department is continuing firefighting work with ten teams, and smoke has reached the garage on the ground and first floors.
In the attached document, we leave you by county, a summary of the services provided by the State Fire Department between the hours of 8:00 pm and 8:00 am.
Mossos d’Esquadra arrested 55 people and carried out 1,340 blood alcohol readings during St. Joan’s Night
Tonight, the Mossos family deployed a special device in order to ensure security, movement and public order during the celebration of Saint Joan. The operation began at 10:00 pm on June 23 and ended today at 6 am.
55 people were arrested overnight, 18 of them related to property crimes, 3 people for injury crimes, 11 for sexual violence, and 23 for other incidents.
In terms of traffic, it has been implemented 1340 blood alcohol readingsOf these, 79 were positive, and 11 of these were punished. Also, 11 positive drug arrests were seized under the Criminal Code, and 3 were administrative complaints.
There was no need to regret it There are no traffic fatalities on this St. John’s night. There were 19 accidents resulting in 10 people sustaining minor injuries.
On the other hand, the Mossos d’Esquadra team is investigating the matter Violent death of two people Last night in the Font de la Polvora area of Girona as well as the violent death of another man in Barcelona.
Some also worked during the night 2,000 officers from 217 local police across the country. As Chancellor Elena explained last Thursday at a press conference, this means an increase in cash of approximately 75%.
Emergency Medical System (SEM)
061 Salut Response received 2,981 calls between 8:00 pm on the evening of 23 June and 7:00 am on the 24th, due to 2,334 different incidents, 154 of which were related to the Sant Joan Carnival. Of these cases, 1,146 cases were resolved by telephone, and in 1,188 cases it was necessary to activate a home doctor or EMS ambulance.
During this night, Catalonia’s Emergency Medical System (SEM) treated 76 people for illnesses linked to Saint John’s Night, with fewer people being treated than the previous year; 37 of them were poisoning, 12 assaults, 26 traffic accidents, and 1 burns.
It is estimated that about 280,000 vehicles will be mobilized towards the Catalan capital’s area of influence.
At road level, the night in Sant Joan was quiet on the Catalan road network. After a holiday without major incidents on the main roads, the return operation is expected to take place on Monday 24 June between 12.00 and 24.00, and it is estimated that around 280,000 vehicles will be mobilized towards the area of influence of the Catalan capital.
AP-7 and the roads that allow you to go to or from coastal destinations will be the ones that will concentrate the greatest amount of vehicle flow.
As always, the Catalan Traffic Service recommends planning your trip and informing yourself of the traffic situation before setting off on the road.
400 employees in the Rural Agents Corps
The Corps of Rural Agents of Revetlla de Sant Joan operation, which has more than 400 members, was carried out between 21 and 24 June and included the implementation of 808 actions.
Of these, there were 436 fire inspections and 66 inspections for the release of firecrackers and pyrotechnic materials.
In addition, 30 of these actions were conducted inspections to verify the correct location of fires to prevent forest fires. Those who were not located correctly or did not obtain a permit were reported to the relevant city council for removal.
Throughout the 24th, actions carried out by rural agents were aimed at controlling pyrotechnic materials and verifying and investigating fires in forest vegetation.
Active support for the transfer of Flama del Canigó to Coll d’Ares should be highlighted. In this edition, 198 firefighting teams were registered. This safety device has been enhanced and integrated for the first time with automatic document feeders. It involves a series of actions to control and monitor the path of the flame through the region from June 21 to 23, the eve of Saint John, when the flame will have traveled from the top of Cañigo (French territory) to the entire Catalan territory for lighting. From the flames.
Throughout these days, citizens responded correctly to the agents’ instructions.
Activity similar to 2023 activity in CAT112
Catalonia’s emergency telephone number 112 answered 7,406 calls related to 4,566 incidents in the context of the celebration of Sant Joan’s Carnival during the carnival (until 09:00). This is a similar number to last year. The calls were made particularly from the Barcelona metropolitan area.
The municipalities where the most calls originated were Barcelona (2,046 versus 1,939 last year), Badalona (468 versus 345 last year) and Hospitalet de Llobregat (419 versus 422 last year). Other municipalities from which more calls were made during Carnival are Mataro (261), Tarragona (154), Terrassa (149), Sabadell (139) and Girona (108).
The calls were distributed by province: Barcelona with 3,055 calls, equivalent to 50.62% of the total, Valles Occidental (639 calls; 10.59% of the total), Maresme (547 calls; 9.06% of the total), Pex Llobregat (526 calls) . calls; 8.72%).
By that time, the peak of calls answered was between 11pm and 1am with a total of 2,426 calls.
The type of incident that results in the most calls is fires: container fires, burning trees on public roads, trash can fires, fires in public places with hazards, lot fires, tree fires, other outdoor fires, woodland vegetation, cover fires Forest vegetation: shrub or agricultural margin burning or ditches, vegetation fires on agricultural land and vegetation fires on forest land with other types of vegetation or fires (2,154 calls), followed by calls for civility issues (1,489 calls) and calls for security issues (1,293 calls). There were 876 health care calls.
Civil Protection Agency and the #RevetllaSegura campaign
The State Civil Protection issued a advance alert to the Civil Protection Plan PROCICAT yesterday afternoon to follow up on all incidents that could occur as a result of the celebration of the Sant Joan Carnival.
The municipalities that have informed CECAT of activating their municipal civil protection plans, in the warning or pre-warning phase, during the detection period as a preventive measure and to manage possible emergency situations that may occur are: Corbera de Llobregat, Palamós, Calafell, Sant Cugat del Valles, and Sant Puy de Llobregat, Llobregat Hospital, Sant Quinte de Mediona, Sant Andreu de la Barca, Castelldefels, Prat de Llobregat, Matadepera, Mollet del Valles, Lica de Mont, and El Vendrell.
The General Directorate of Civil Protection would also like to thank the work carried out by the Voluntary Associations for Civil Protection (AVPC) that were activated during the celebration of the Sant Joan Carnival. The AVPCs that have notified CECAT of preventive measures on the occasion of Revetlla de Sant Joan are Ametlla del Vallès, Balsareny, Begur, Bigues, Riells del Fai, Cardedeu, Castellbell i el Vilar, Castellbisbal del Vallès, Cervelló, La Garriga, La. Pobla de Mafomet, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Lleida, Mollet del Valles, Montcada and Rexac, Palau Solita and Pligamans, Pineda de Mar, Puigcerda, Sant Adria del Besos, Sant Andreu de la Barca, Sant Antoni de Villamagor, Sant Puy de Llobregat, and Sant Cugat del Valles, Sant Faust de Campesintelles, Sant Joan de Villaturada, Sant Cerze del Valles, Santa Eulalia de Roncana, Santa Margarida and the Friars, Santa Perpetua, Torello, Torrelles de Llobregat, Villadecanes, and Vilanova del Cami.
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