Girona province is leading Catalonia in the latest round of municipal emergency plan updates, after 12 municipalities had their documents homologated by the Generalitat's Civil Protection Commission on 28 May.
The municipalities are Beuda, Boadella i les Escaules, Cervià de Ter, Corçà, Cornellà del Terri, Foixà, Jafre, la Vall d’en Bas, Llambilles, Maià de Montcal, Ribes de Freser, and Sant Joan de Mollet. Together, they account for 25 new risks added to their Municipal Civil Protection Single Documents, known as DUPROCIM, and 60 revised risks.
The DUPROCIM brings together municipal planning for different risks that may affect a town. It includes the basic multi-risk municipal emergency plan and specific action plans for special risks such as floods, forest fires, or the transport of dangerous goods.
These documents set out how municipal resources and services should work together during a serious emergency, and the measures needed to protect the population. Local councils prepare and approve the plans, then the Civil Protection Commission of Catalonia homologates them after a technical review by the Directorate General of Civil Protection.
Across Catalonia, the latest Commission meeting homologated 46 DUPROCIMs. In the previous meeting in February, 31 documents were homologated, bringing the total validated this year to 77, according to Civil Protection. Girona had the most municipalities in this round, followed by Central Catalonia with 8, Camp de Tarragona with 7, Lleida with 6, Penedès with 5, Barcelona with 4, and Alt Pirineu i Aran with 4.
Among the special risks revised or homologated across the country, the most frequent were strong winds, with 45 actions, followed by seismic risk with 44, snowfalls with 43, forest fires with 42, and floods with 37. Plans linked to pandemics, chemical risk, transport of dangerous goods, radiological risk, avalanches, accidental marine water contamination, and aeronautical risk were also homologated or revised. More Catalonia news
