FIREMENSan Antonio de los Baños, Artemisa, Cuba.- Fire Command # 6 in this town faced more than 130 operational services, including 100 fires in the last year, a result of the violation of technical rules in centers or vulnerable targets.
The Command is territorial, accurates Lieutenant Felix Sanchez Garcia. It supports other nearby towns such as Guira de Melena, Alquízar and Bauta. It has 17 workers, the technique and equipment necessary for their work.The Lieutenant states that fires in weeds or barren areas constituted the highest number of incidents, in all cases due to the violation of technical rules laid down in the action plan of each center.
He points out that they oversee the centers or sensitive areas through pre-operative visits, control, counseling and prevention, also they apply disciplinary measures, for example, about 25 fines were imposed as a result of violation of the rules. He insists on that the Command is prepared with the purpose of specializing firemen through theoretical and practical activities, the management of the technical, physical and psychological preparation and behavior in each situation.