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The Cabinet received a report of the Minister of Defense on the participation of the Military Emergency Unit on the occasion of the earthquake in Lorca (Murcia) last May 11.
As soon as he heard what happened, they alerted the Military Emergency Unit, which received the activation order at 19:45 pm that same day, at the request of the Directorate General of Civil Defense and Emergencies.
At 20:05 hours the element of recognition came to the area and thirty minutes later the first element of intervention.
The first troops arrived Unit to the city of Lorca at 00:20 pm on May 12 and 03:00 hours, work began setting up camps for the homeless and work to clear debris and locate victims.
Also at 15:00 am on May 12 he joined a field hospital setting ROLE 2 equipped with operating room, intensive care and limited inpatient capacity.
At the end of the first twenty-four hours, the Military Emergency Unit, with other support from the Armed Forces deployed in the area had a total of 630 people and 195 vehicles.
Similarly, at the end of the day May 12 Military Emergency Unit was set up three Disaster Relief Centers (Recinto Ferial, Ibanez Martin Institute and "The Vine") with a capacity of over 2,000 beds.
Subsequently, this capacity was extended to the 2,600 spaces with the installation of the Center for Victims of "Turret".
Maintenance work
Completed the first emergency actions, the units of machines contributed between 22 and 26 May to maintenance work in the neighborhoods of "La Viña", "San Diego" and "Santiago", without neglecting the Center for Victims "La Torrecilla" activity that continues to this day.
Currently staying in a total of twenty-Lorca people in the Military Emergency Unit, equipped with eleven vehicles serving primarily the management of the Center for Victims of "La Torrecilla" where 289 people remain housed.
In short, from earthquakes that occurred involving the Emergency Military Unit can be encrypted in:
TOP 804 PERSONAL PRESENCE
THROWING AND BRACING 50
1000 TONS DEBRIS REMOVED
850 BLANKETS DISTRIBUTED UME
OTHER BLANKETS 400
KIT, s HYGIENE 250
FOOD RATION 11,916
MUSLIM SERVING
(Breakfast, lunch and dinner) 503
BOTTLED WATER (units) 7660
Source: Delegación del Gobierno en Murcia
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