Fire Brigade Province of Alicante

The Provincial Consortium for Fire Fighting of Alicante organises the fire brigade in the province of Alicante. The official name is El Consorcio Provincial para el Servicio de Prevención y Extinción de Incendios y Salvamento de Alicante. It was founded in 1997 and manages the fire stations and all fire prevention and fire fighting measures in the province.

The decision-making members are the Provincial Council of Alicante, and the Generalitat Valenciana. Also, the over 140 municipalities of the province with their own local government / a town hall decide with. In your Ayuntamiento you can obtain further information on fire fighting and prevention in your community. You can find a list of all town halls with contact data and address here in the altea.me GeoDirectory town halls.

Bottom line

The fire brigades in the province of Alicante are well organised. As a rule they arrive very quickly. I have been able to observe this myself several times. Fires in the Sierra and two house fires in our urbanisation. The fire-fighting planes and helicopters were on site within minutes. Ground forces from Altea, about 7 km away, in 15 minutes. Also other sources report only very positively about the Spanish Bomberos. That is class and very important. With so much heat, dried out pine forests plus some stupid people, it is a life insurance.

The biggest obstacle for the emergency services is a lack of information about the location and the situation. Avoidable delays occur especially in remote and poorly mapped urbanisations. The settlements from the 60s and 70s in particular usually have streets and hairpin bends that are far too narrow. Road signs and house numbers are also often missing. Yes, sometimes even the old numbers of the former parcels from the construction period are still standing at the houses instead of correct street house numbers. So for example in my Urbanisation. Changing that can save your life and protect your property. Therefore it is very important and quickly changed. There you can address also once the neighbour. 😉

Emergency call correctly set off

The following checklist applies equally to all types of emergencies. Fire, medical care, technical emergencies. The reduced form also helps with communication for more harmless incidents. For example, in the case of a water pipe burst, which is very expensive in Spain.

Always call 112 in case of fire or emergency!

That always applies! Even if you know the telephone number of the local police or fire brigade. The coordination of the emergency forces can only take place via a central office that knows which forces are available where. And which, if necessary, can coordinate the involvement of other units if necessary.

IMPORTANT – KEEP CALM !!!