The coves of Xàbia will have fire hydrants to fight the fire if necessary
The municipal water company of Xàbia, Amjasa, has installed hydrants in the Granadella and Portixol coves to improve the response capacity in the event of a fire. It is one of the actions that marked the recently approved self-protection plans of both coves, pioneering documents that set the protocols to act in an emergency.
Both coves are in areas surrounded by forest and in recent years the City Council has been taking steps to improve their safety, such as regulating access to vehicles and limiting parking areas.
These fire hydrants are incorporated into the municipal network, a system prepared to supply an adequate flow to firefighters in the event of a fire. In this sense, from Amjasa they are constantly renewing the hooking points for which they have the collaboration of both the Provincial Consortium and the local Civil Protection group when it comes to reviewing and detecting any defective point.
This year, taking advantage of the works to improve the pipe network, more than 50 column hydrants (more prone to problems due to being exposed) have been replaced by new manhole points (underground).
The water company has this entire system registered in a computer application that it has made available to firefighters. Xàbia also has other municipal extinguishing resources, such as the large sideinfo sprinklers that the Consistory acquired to be able to make defense lines taking advantage of the available water points and protect especially sensitive areas.