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The fire fighting services of the Autonomous Communities have alerted this weekend on the extreme fire risk. Thus, It is requested maximum caution Before the reopening of citizens' mobility, the increase in temperatures and the large amount of fuel plant mass.

During the past week more than 500 Field fires. The main cause of these fires is due to negligence related to agricultural activities, Therefore, from the prevention and extinction services of forest fires, the importance of applying security measures and extreme precautions to minimize risks during the development of these activities is remembered. To this usual risk, The end of the alarm state and mobility restrictions adds, So an increase in hikers and visitors in the mountains has been appreciated, Natural parks and protected spaces.

Especially in the next few days, With the increase in temperatures, the extreme risk of forest fires throughout Spain is noticed.

If the biomass cluster is this extraordinary year, Climate change increases its ignition capacity. Recent studies show that there is a direct relationship between global warming and increased surface burned in Mediterranean Europe.

From Technifuego, Spanish Association of Fire Protection Societies, We believe imperative to manage the mountain with criteria of sustainability, Taking advantage of biomass as fuel, Furniture manufacturing, extensive agriculture and more flocks; In short, Increase ecosystem diversity. To this diversity and use of the mountain, a Comprehensive management of the territory, so that this is more resistant and resilient to fires.

To manage the Forest Fire Prevention and Extinction campaign 2020 It is important that public administrations respect, and if necessary increase, las Economic endowments destined for prevention (Cleaning the mount of urban-forest interface areas, Creation of fire zones, …), and to extinction (Extinction material in general).

This campaign 2020 It is expected especially difficult. The pandemia we are suffering -with periodically low personnel-, and this year's weather (More rains, More biomass, increased temperatures) They can aggravate the risk, Also taking into account that the climatic emergency causes increasingly long forest fire campaigns and therefore require greater investment every year. www.tecnifuego.org