Canarian Police and PEVOLCA representatives parade today in Madrid for the National Holiday

It is the first time that a regional police force participates in the walking parade that is held annually on October 12

Six vehicles related to the operation that took place on the La Palma volcano and eight people who participated in the management of the emergency will also be present.

A group of 66 officers from the General Corps of the Canarian Police (CGPC), made up largely of members of their last promotion and some representatives of the first and second, under the command of Deputy Commissioner Javier Melián, parade tomorrow in Madrid on the occasion of the National Holiday Day celebrated annually on October 12, which marks the first time that an autonomous police force participates on foot in the parade.

The members of the CGPC, who already participated two years ago with their vehicles, will be accompanied by representatives of the Special Plan for Civil Protection and Emergency Response to Volcanic Risk in the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands (PEVOLCA) who acted in the operation launched by the Department of Public Administrations, Justice and Security of the Government of the Canary Islands, directed by Julio Pérez, on the occasion of the eruption of La Palma.

Specifically, the deputy director of Civil Protection and Emergencies, Marta Moreno; the head of the Civil Protection and Emergency Response Service, Montserrat Román; the director of CECOES 1-1-2, Moisés Sánchez; the representative of the Drone Unit of the General Directorate of Security and Emergencies, Juana María Medina; the former technical director of PEVOLCA Miguel Ángel Morcuende; the insular director of Security of the Cabildo of Tenerife, Rubén Fernández, representing Tenerife's intervention resources destined for the eruption; the head of the Forestry section of the Cabildo of La Palma, Francisco Prieto, representing CECOPIN; and the engineer of the Infrastructure service of the Cabildo of La Palma, Amílcar Cabrera, as representative of the Essential Services Rehabilitation Group in the volcanic eruption.

In addition, six vehicles related to the operation that intervened in the La Palma volcano will also be present, belonging to the Emergency and Rescue Group (GES), the Intervention and Reinforcement Teams in Forest Fires (EIRIF), the Tenerife Firefighters Consortium, the Gran Canaria Firefighters Consortium, the Lanzarote Firefighters Consortium and the Canary Islands Volcanological Institute (INVOLCAN).

The events to mark the National Holiday will begin at 11:00 (peninsular time) and will be presided over by the Kings. They will begin with the raising of the national flag and the tribute to those who gave their lives for Spain. Subsequently, the air and land parades of units of the Armies, the Navy, the Civil Guard, the Military Emergency Unit, the Royal Guard, the State Security Forces and Corps and various Security, Civil Protection and Emergency organizations will take place.

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