2017 Management Report Barcelona Fire Brigade 2017 Management Report Index 04 1. Department 1.1. Mapping 1.2. Simulations 08 2. Prevention 2.1. Civil Protection 2.1.1. Initiatives in the area of civil protection and self-defence plans (PAUs) 2.2. Fire prevention 2.2.1. Initiatives on regulations and prevention 2.2.2. Fire Prevention Lecture Hall 2.2.3. Espai Bombers 2 16 3. Planning 3.1. Technical Support Unit 3.1.1. Maintenance contracts 3.1.2. Investment in vehicles 3.1.3. Investment in equipment and materials 3.2. Procedures Unit 3.2.1. Project for implementing the ISO 9001 standard 3.2.2. Procedures approved in 2017 3.2.3. Training in drafted procedures 3.2.4. Working groups 3.2.5. Situation with other ongoing procedures 3.2.6. The Unit’s other work: Sharepoint Barcelona Fire Brigade 3.3. Training Area 3.3.1. Training initiatives 3.3.1.1. Ongoing training (compulsory) 3.3.1.2. Training at fire stations 3.3.1.3. New recruit training 3.3.1.4. Voluntary training 3.3.1.5. Training in companies or institutions 3.3.2. Facilities and training material 3.3.3. Financial resources 32 4. Responses 3 4.1. Rescues 4.2. Extinguishing fires and explosions 4.3. Technical assistance 4.4. Operational prevention 4.5. Notable services 54 5. People 5.1. Organisational Chart 5.2. Breakdown of staff 5.3. Women in the Barcelona Fire Brigade 5.4. Staff management 1. Department 1.1. Mapping 1.2. Simulations Firefighter apprenticeships are not added as operational staff (they are included in previous reports) 2017 Management Report 1. Department 1.1. Mapping SPEIS’ mapping service carried out several – Maintaining the app for reviewing fire projects in 2017 to improve access to gra- hydrants in the city, the Collserola phic information and updating data, so mountain range and the port. This app they can be refreshed in real time and is used for improving data collection are adapted to the new medium (tablets). on their state and operating capacity These tablets are designed to enable spe- that help to send reports of incidents cific routing for emergency vehicles, as quickly and contribute to maintaining well as dynamic searches for map infor- a network of fire hydrants in good con- mation in real time that are linked to the dition. various information repositories (data sheets, detail maps, etc.) – Administering the ArcGis Online/ Server platform, which enables the SPEIS’ mapping service has taken part in creation of 2D and 3D web maps and various projects, namely: apps adapted to the specific needs of each campaign, as well as share these – Maintaining, monitoring and upda- maps on different levels of privileges ting the emergency routing system so depending on who they are for: in pri- that includes public works, changes vate mode (SPEIS staff) or open mode in direction and the various events or (general public). sports activities that affect the roads. – Administering the Collector and 6 – Producing and maintaining operati- Survey123 apps, which enable the onal Collserola mapping, SOCC (Coll- collection of alphanumeric points and serola Orienteering Mapping System). data with a spatial component, which help to improve maps and apps. – Producing and maintaining operati- onal files for the Port of Barcelona. – Drawing up simulation forest-fire maps geared to prevention on the – Maintaining the Fire Brigade’s Map south-east slope of the Collserola Library, a platform for displaying all range, which are useful when it comes the Barcelona Fire Brigade’s web map- to designing strategies and tactics for ping apps. combating forest fires in a more effi- cient way. – Maintaining and improving the Car- toCGE app for rapid spatial informa- – Maintaining the geo-services that the tion consultations, as well as analysis Barcelona Fire Brigade uses in several and geo-processing, such as rapid apps. detection of vulnerable elements in specific fields of action. – Creating and maintaining offline maps that are stored in the tablets and used as support in areas with a poor internet connection, mainly on Collserola. Barcelona Fire Brigade 1.2. Simulations Following the resumption of the La Sagrera The end of the year saw the start of a station project, SPEIS has been working collaboration process between SPEIS with Barcelona Sagrera Alta Velocitat, a and the company responsible for com- company comprising rail infrastructure puter simulations of evacuating the new operators Adif and Barcelona City Council, Camp Nou as part of the plans to remodel among others, by providing criteria for the stadium. More specifically, SPEIS improving computer simulations of eva- approved the technical criteria governing cuations and fires in the station, which the simulations by guaranteeing the cre- help to define the basic project. In addition, dibility of the results obtained and super- simulations have been carried out on their vising their performance. initiative to study alternatives that would improve station safety in the event of an As regards training, in March the Univer- emergency. This project also led to the start sitat Politècnica de Catalunya and CLUSIC of a collaboration process between SPEIS (Fire Safety Cluster) organised an evacu- and the Consortium of Catalan University ation computer-simulation course for Services’ supercomputing centre, for the companies and public authorities. SPEIS purposes of carrying out fire simulations provided the classroom at the Espai Bom- in large infrastructures. bers (Fire Service museum and training centre) as well as teachers and students. SPEIS has also worked with Sant Martí District Council in amending the Bar- celona Olympic Port Use Plan. In parti- 7 cular, several computer simulations have been carried out to study how evacuation safety varies in the event of an emergency with a different port capacity and layout. 2. Prevention 2.1. Civil Protection 2.2. Fire prevention 2017 Management Report 2. Prevention 2.1. Civil Protection The incorporation of civil protection into Finally, it is expected that a Single Civil the Barcelona Fire Brigade was a deci- Protection Document will be ready in sive factor in improving knowledge of the 2018. Based on conversations with the various risks the city faces and increasing Catalan Government Directorate-Ge- the safety indicators for people in such a neral for Civil Protection, its content dynamic environment as Barcelona. structure will be different from the one set out under Decree 155/2014, in order And the lines of work planned in 2016 to improving operating capacity when consolidated the introduction of a spe- the city’s emergency plans are activated. cific, adapted civil protection system into It will consist of a basic document and an emergency organisation such as the specific annexes for each type of risk that Barcelona Fire Brigade. The day-to-day will include information designed to faci- work of the Civil Protection Unit includes litate the work of the CGE, the emergency drafting mandatory approval reports for management centre. the self-protection plans that are the res- ponsibility of Barcelona City Council and Initiatives in the area of civil protection updating the CP approach to facilitate its and self-defence plans (PAUs) integration into a single document. The following initiatives relating to regu- Effective coordination between the Civil lation and prevention were carried out Protection and Prevention Division and over the course of the year: 10 the Operations Division in drills at compa- nies where there are major risks requires the two divisions to work together and consolidate the professionalism of an integrated emergencies service, which interprets safety as the sum of the approach to civil protection, fire preven- tion and intervention. Self-Protection Plans 276 - PAUs under City Council jurisdiction (report) 129 - PAUs under Catalan government jurisdiction (reports and submissions) 83 - PAUs under Catalan regional government jurisdiction (without submissions) 41 Reports on projects and events 23 CECORS 7 Fire drills attended 24 Municipal Civil Protection Commission meetings 1 Civil Protection Executive Commission meetings 3 Barcelona Fire Brigade 2.2. Fire prevention In 2017 the SPEIS Regulations Unit finally high-speed and local-commuter railway adopted the Common Report Template station, the new Sant Andreu station and (MCI). This integrated system for drafting the plans for linking up the tramways on mandatory reports has speeded up report Av Diagonal. management and also, in the short term, consulting the background information on As regards professional qualifications, the construction plans and activities that have Civil Protection and Prevention Division is to go through fire procedures. also extending the need to have a basic fire-prevention level to all the staff of both The joint work of the Civil Protection Unit units. Regulations Unit staff need to have and the Regulations Unit in monitoring the an advanced level. city’s big infrastructure projects should also be noted here. Interpreting aspects of Finally, carrying on from the work done in fire prevention is complex and requires a lot 2016, the comparison of listed-building of dedication in drawing up the plans. The renovation projects was consolidated as end result, fruit of coordination with the an additional factor in assessing peo- Projects Department at the Area of Eco- ple’s safety by means of simulated struc- logy and Environment, BIMSA, BAGURSA ture behaviour in fire situations (CFD). and with the districts involved, as well The Castell dels Tres Dragons and Casa as the participation of various municipal Vicens, on C/ Les Carolines, are examples departments, has been very positive and of this approach. Computer simulations provided indicators that ensure the main- are a necessary element for assessing the 11 tenance and improvement, in many cases, fire-prevention conditions of infrastruc- of the specific fire prevention parameters ture and other projects associated with for these infrastructures. big events. For example, the Regulations Unit and the Civil Protection Unit have intervened in infrastructures such as the Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes tunnel, the big La Sagrera 2017 Management Report 2. Prevention Initiatives on regulations and prevention The following initiatives relating to regu- lation and prevention were carried out over the course of the year: Advice 2.581 - Visits arranged 803 - Telephone queries 1.778 Reports on work projects, activities and events 641 - Project planning reports 531 - Projects reported to the Environment Committee 39 12 - Reports on events: concerts, “fire runs”, firework displays, fireworks, etc. 71 Prevention inspections 239 - Inspections of fireworks and bonfire projects 138 - Preliminary checks supervised by the Environment Committee 21 - Inspections at the request of the Operations Division, the municipal authorities (districts, managers, Irregular Settlements Plan, etc.) 80 and the Catalan government Advice on emergency plans 24 Fire drills attended 24 Number of people from different groups (schools, old people’s homes, communities and local residents’ associations, etc.) that took part in prevention dissemination initiatives Barcelona Fire Brigade Fire Prevention Lecture Hall The Barcelona Fire Brigade has always The highest demand for fire-prevention been an organisation at the service of training initiatives comes from schools, the public which enjoys showing them its under the School Activities Programme everyday work to ensure people’s safety (PAE), as well as elderly people and other in risk situations. In that regard, the Vall public authorities and associations, who d’Hebron and other fire stations are pro- also request advice. The indicators for 2017 ving an ideal complement to the Prevention therefore show the following. Lecture Hall for introducing facilities, the profession, vehicles and the equipment We should add to all that the station’s pre- that are used. ventive and operational concepts which were explained during 84 school visits (47 The year saw the consolidation of the Pre- in 2016) and two open days. (Two open days vention Lecture Hall as a benchmark space were also held 2016). for teaching prevention and self-protection in fire situations. Prevention and self-protection training sessions 170 13 Primary schools 107 Special needs schools 19 Adult and elderly people groups 13 Other institutions 15 Total number of training-initiative attendees 4.100 2017 Management Report 2. Prevention Espai Bombers Espai Bombers started running in 2017, They also had a high level of participation, since when several initiatives and activi- in terms of numbers and in the activities ties have been organise to raise the profile themselves. of the museum and training centre and encourage people to visit it. More spe- The educational activities were organised cifically, 17,994 people visit this old fire in two large groups: those planned for station during the year, a good number weekends and public holidays and those given the fact that it was the first year of aimed at schools and planned for Wed- the project, following the centre’s official nesdays to Fridays during the centre’s opening on 11 November 2016. opening hours. Activity campaigns and one-off activities In all, 67 school groups came bringing have been organised, with the emphasis 1,643 students. The numbers rose in July, on an educational programme, and two owing to summer camp and club activities, temporary exhibitions were held over the and in October, November and December, course of the year on different aspects of coinciding with the start of the 2017-2018 the Barcelona Fire Brigade. school year. One, entitled “Firefighters and the City: These school students and groups were 14 2nd Barcelona Fire Brigade Photography spread between the following activities: “A Competition”, featured the winning pic- day with Barcelona’s firefighters”, aimed tures from the second competition orga- at primary school students (45 groups nised by the SPEIS Cultural and Sports and 1,079 students); “Design your emer- Group. The other exhibition, entitled “Fire- gency plan”, for secondary-school and fighting Ideas in Miniature. The Vehicles post-compulsory education students (12 of Agustí Pech”, featured appliances that groups and 337 students); and “Action-re- have formed part of the Barcelona Fire Bri- action!”, also for secondary-school and gade’s history through the eyes of Agustí post-compulsory education students (10 Pech and his models. groups and 227 students). July also saw the start of a cycle entitled The weekend and public holiday activities “Evenings Round the Fire”, a monthly attracted a total of 1,475 participants, of series of talks/lectures designed to intro- whom 685 attended guided tours and 790 duce various aspects of the firefighting the educational workshop entitled “Fire- service to the general public. fighters: who, what, how”. As regards one-off activities, the Espai took part in Museum Night and the 48h Open House Barcelona Architectural Experience, offering guided tours to enrich visitor experience. Both events helped to put the centre in the city’s cultural diary. Barcelona Fire Brigade 15 3. Planning 3.1. Technical Support Unit 3.2. Procedures Unit 3.3. Training Area 2017 Management Report 3. Planning The Planning Division is split into three new equipment and technologies and by units aimed at strengthening the servi- coordinating deployment through training ce’s internal organisation: the Technical and acquisition of the necessary material. Support Unit, the Procedures Unit and the Training Area. The Training Area identifies and proposes training priorities, ensures knowledge is The Technical Support Unit is involved recycled and incorporates new training in defining the technical conditions and initiatives according to technological and monitoring the acquisition of material and organisational requirements or the need intervention equipment such as vehicles, for incorporating new equipment, vehi- protective equipment, tools, etc. It evalu- cles and materials. ates their risks and plans their incorpora- tion as part of a continuous improvement The investment of the three units is struc- process in maintenance, and ensures they tured according to the guidelines of the are used properly, safely, sustainably and SPEIS Master Plan initially approved in responsibly. 2014, and training initiatives have been planned in line with the Training Action The Procedures Unit drafts the proto- Plan for 2016-2020. cols adapted to the city’s risk scenarios, taking into account the incorporation of 18 3.1. Technical Support Unit The forecasts for 2017 were met and the – budget increased slightly, given this indicators maintained at appropriate equipment is used more and more. levels. A large number of new projects were carried out while maintaining the – Contract for maintaining, checking, standard of quality of the service’s mate- cleaning and inspecting personal rials, vehicles and equipment. protection equipment (PPE) for fires (jacket and over-trousers) and station Maintenance contracts clothing. As regards the more important mainte- – This contract was renewed for an extra nance contracts, the following measures two years and the budget increased were carried out: slightly. More operations were carried out in 2017 and double pockets were – Preventive and systemic checking of sewn into all senior officers’ jackets. all the service’s electric dewatering pumps. – Periodic checks on full-body har- nesses and chemical protection suits. – Implementation and monitoring of the contract for refilling and checking air – A public invitation to tender for the cylinders. supply of hardware was issued to faci- litate company access to the procure- – Contract for maintaining, checking ment process. and cleaning self-contained breathing apparatus (shoulder pads, accesso- – Likewise, the invitation to tender for ries and masks). This contract was the supply of foam-forming liquid and renewed for two years and the annual for checking and refilling fire extin- guishers. Barcelona Fire Brigade Investment in vehicles As regards vehicle investment projects – Tender for two ambulances. (Chapter VI), the following are worth highlighting: – Incorporation of fire-extinguishing equipment in two all-terrain vehicles – Receipt of two breathing-apparatus for the Sant Andreu and Vall d’Hebron tenders (Bat’s) which will be located stations, which are surrounded by in each sector of the city and take the woodland. necessary material and equipment to interventions: air cylinders, self-con- – Acquisition of four Renault Zoe cars. tained breathing apparatus (SCBA) These electric vehicles will carry out and accessories, ventilators, lighting, administrative tasks in the depart- batteries, a tent, drinks etc. ment’s technical structure and replace the old cars. – Coordination and monitoring of the construction of the two 20-metre auto- – Acquisition of two command vehicles matic telescopic ladders awarded in to replace the A01, which was written 2016. off following an accident, and serve the third command sector (A03). – Invitation to tender for the construc- tion of an equipment vehicle for resol- – Acquisition of two vans. One with a loa- 19 ving pathologies. ding platform for storage and the other a mixed six-seater/loading van. – Tender for a diesel transport vehicle. Vehicle investment in 2017 Budget for 2017 Total Budget Two breathing-apparatus tenders 199.650 € 399.300 € Two 20-m telescopic ladder appliances 299.894 € 1.299.540 € One pathology vehicle 71.289 € 201.289 € One diesel transport vehicle 32.000 € 32.000 € Two ambulances 46.273 € 253.727 € Four electric cars 99.497 € Two sector-command vehicles 42.857 € Two transport trucks 41.349 € 2017 Management Report 3. Planning Investment in equipment and materials As regards new equipment and PPEs: the number required so everyone has two of them. – This has been a decisive year for pres- sing ahead with the project for new – Acquisition of ATEX transceivers for tablets, which will carry out the rou- the BGIs. Incorporation of a new Atex ting function in interventions and also PTT. be used as an in-vehicle computer to enable consultations to be made online – Acquisition of a medical mannequin. or at premises. – Acquisition of a high-performance – New rugged smartphones have also thermal camera. Thanks to this, every been acquired for all senior officers. vehicle now has one that is no more than 5 years old. As regards other equipment, the following acquisitions stand out: As regards PPEs: – Design and acquisition of a first-aid kit – One hundred and twenty pairs of inter- for each service vehicle. vention boots have been acquired. Following tests on 20 pairs, more will 20 – Camera for confined spaces and be carried out in 2018 to see whether geophone. they are suitable. – Four multi-use battery-powered Hol- – Similarly, 280 pairs of fire gloves have matro tools for equipping the light been acquired to try and improve on urban pump appliances (BULs) that the features of the current ones and did not have them. clean them without problems. – Replacing most of the carabiner hooks – Acquisition of 10 shoulder pads from with automatic ones. a new single line model to check how they function. – Acquisition of helmet lights to achieve 3.2. Procedures Unit The Procedures Unit continued to draft In line with previous years, the unit has new procedures while revising and amen- three strategic goals when it comes to ding the existing ones. procedures: These revisions are enshrined in the ope- – New procedures in multimedia flash rational needs of response staff, training format with summary files. needs that require the creation of new training materials that are compatible with – Multimedia procedures approved in the operational work systems, changes in previous years with explanatory videos materials and response vehicles and other in the document base. technological innovations that require ongoing revision of work methods. – Introducing manoeuvre formats into procedures for operational prevention practice carried out at fire stations. Barcelona Fire Brigade ISO 9001 standard implementation Procedures approved in 2017 project “Attempted suicide jump” PROCOP 2.04 An important new development in 2017 (approved 25/05/17) included work on the new ISO 9001 stan- dard implementation project in the Proce- Procedure that establishes intervention dures Unit, which involved defining work and decision-making parameters for processes, quality standards and indica- intervening in attempted suicide jumps. tors, as well as strategic and improvement Training was planned for all staff in 2017, goals. prior to the protocol coming into force. The project led to a series of management “Initial action in chemical hazards” procedure changes and provided a similar PROCOP 3.05 (came into force on methodology and document base for all 22/05/17) procedures. Procedure used for staff training on che- Quality control mechanisms are esta- mical hazards. It came into forces once blished within the project which include the training had been done and the pro- surveys of the whole workforce to evaluate posals which that gave rise to had been the implementation of the various proce- collected. dures (six months after each one comes into force) and to measure the level of Pro- 21 cedures Unit satisfaction (every two years). 2017 Management Report 3. Planning Training in procedures awaiting guidelines for the arrival of vehicles at the approval and entry into force service location. The final document is to be drafted once the tests have been done “Ventilation techniques” PROCOP 4.10 over months on different watches and at various stations. In this case the plan is to Once the Occupational Health Committee train the whole staff, approve the proce- had given the green light, the procedure dure, which will then come into force, and was used for training the whole workforce open up an evaluation period for intro- in 2017. It is expected to be approved and ducing possible amendments that may come into force in January 2018. be assessed during the first months of implementation. “Communications during interventions” PROCOP 4.11 Fires in underground car parks: Procedure that followed a very similar Procedure with finalised document. process to the above-mentioned PROCOP Approval of the flat fire procedure will 4.10. In this case, the whole workforce has determine its entry into force, as it will received training, senior officers have incorporate the same actions and the been given a second walkie-talkie and the same order of outgoing vehicles. number of channels and call signs rede- fined. It is also expected to be approved Location of vehicles during interventions 22 and come into force in January 2018. (General Operations Agency): New working groups Multi-force working group created by the General Operations Area (AGO) to regu- Several working groups were created for late responses and organise the occu- various procedures at the drafting stage pation of public roads with vehicles from following the circuit provided for under the various forces, irrespective of their the ISO 9001 standard. These procedures order of arrival to the service location. are as follows: This group also worked on the procedure for dealing with suicide attempts. It will – Biological hazard procedure validate the final proposal for locating vehicles. – Radiological hazard procedure Checking vehicles: – Working procedure in collapsed structures Drafted procedure given the green light by the Occupational Health Committee. It – Intervention procedure in railway includes the Cooper system and IT tools tunnels that did not exist when the previous pro- cedure was being drawn up. Specific files – Fire procedure in recreational ports for each type of vehicle still to be drawn up. Situation with other procedures Responses in aquatic environments: Residential fires: Procedure currently being drafted and at the second stage of revision. Procedure that integrates three different visions for responses: objectives, sec- tors and tasks. It includes an information leaflet for those affected and proposes Barcelona Fire Brigade Interventions in confined spaces: Procedures Unit’s other tasks: Sharepoint Procedure with document drafted and occupational risk table complete. It still In 2016, the Procedures Unit led the pro- has to be put to the senior officers and ject to create DOCU (the service docu- the Occupational Health Committee and ment base which concentrates all the the training process is yet to be planned. information into a single consultation environment) and this year it has lead the Gas leaks: Sharepoint project. Sharepoint is a Micro- soft tool which makes it possible to have Initial document drafted and currently at a repository with all the information and the revision stage. A representative from which incorporates search tools. the gas company has been incorporated into the working group. This IT tool went into operation in 2017 and coexists with the DOCU files. During Information on unique projects: the first four months it should be fully ins- talled so all the workforce can use it. Together with the technical inspection procedure, this is one of the procedures One of the advantages it offers is the pos- that does not specifically regulate ope- sibility of being used outside the corpo- rational intervention work. It is now been rate network and integrating document drafted and distributed to staff affected base tools, the calendar and a blog which 23 by its implementation so they can make were in different environments until now. proposals. Multiple victims: At the drafting stage. After all the staff had been given training in the multi- ple-victim accident protocol, it was felt necessary to draw up a procedure that would regulate the crews, equipment and specific communications for each type of accident. 2017 Management Report 3. Planning 3.3. Training Area Following the line set out under the 2016- time, made to coincide with a course for 2020 Training Action Plan, the planning firefighters, corporals and sergeants in process for training in 2017 began in order to carry out a final exercise-drill to September 2016. The operational staff’s pool the knowledge gained in class. training needs were identified through meetings with the senior staff in charge Training initiatives of the various fire stations. The impact of previously implemented measures was Forty-four training activities were carried evaluated and the aspects that needed to out with a total of 324 courses involving be worked on and improved were raised. 5,247 hours of training and 2,356 partici- At the same time, the various SPEIS pants. But the total impact of all the trai- units raised their specific training needs, ning activities on SPEIS staff was 34,564 whether it was acquiring new tools or vehi- hours of training for the participants. cles or applying new training procedures. A study was also done of operational staff The breakdown of training, covering all accident rates. areas, is as follows: Following the action plan too, the sequence marked out for defining the areas to be developed was observed and, for the first 24 Training Number AREAS Total training Attendees initiatives courses Fires 12 109 2.021 615 AMV 5 98 1.764 501 Chemical risk 3 18 125 124 Health-care 5 18 377 190 Vehicles and tools 3 30 100 301 Driving 1 10 60 94 Risk prevention 3 3 64 12 Divers 2 2 84 18 New recruits 2 2 216 11 Procedures 1 26 78 391 Technical English 1 2 198 14 Rescue 6 6 160 85 TOTAL 44 324 5.247 2.356 Barcelona Fire Brigade The percentage distribution was as follows Number of courses Training hours 4% 1% 8% 1% 4% 1% 1% 2% 1% 1% 3% 2% 9% 34% 7% 39% 5% 2% 5% 34% 30% FIRES HEALTH RISK PREVENTION PROCEDURES AMV VEHICLES AND TOOLS DIVERS TECHNICAL ENGLISH CHEMICAL HAZARD DRIVING NEW RECRUITS 25 Ongoing training (compulsory) – Fire ventilation course: This year an invited as observers and to take part 18-hour course was held on fire-smoke in the final simulation exercise in the ventilation. It was approved by the Fire- role corresponding to their service. fighters School at the Catalan Institute of Public Safety and Security (ISPC) and TMB provided the site as well as two for the first time targeted at all opera- buses for the simulation scenarios tional levels of the service and staff at and the participation of nursing-sc- the Emergencies Management Centre hool students as extras, as many as 50 (CGE). The first two days of the course on some editions of the course, should involved exercises and demonstrations also be mentioned. of how smoke from fires behaves in various spaces. The third day involved Training at fire stations (when on call) a simulation exercise in dark fires and the fire tunnel, where each category Various short training activities (2-3 hours) practised what it had been shown were organised following the acquisition of within its command role. new vehicles and tools, as well as in res- ponse to the training needs detected in – Multiple-victim assistance course: services provided and driving fire appli- The other ongoing training course ances. Specific training was also given by was that of assisting multiple victims, staff at Montjuïc on transferring hydro- a course approved by the Catalan Ins- carbons in Zona Franca simulators. The titute of Public Safety and Security training was as follows: (ISPC) Firefighters School to which Guàrdia Urbana (GUB) police officers, – Transferring hydrocarbons (3 hours x Medical Emergency System (SEM) 15 groups) personnel and Barcelona Metropo- litan Transport (TMB) staff were also 2017 Management Report 3. Planning – New procedure for communications – Course on intervening in fires on and dealing with suicide attempts (25 boats: Course held at the SEGANOSA courses) (Vigo) training centre where fire-extin- guishing techniques are worked on in – Driving 4x4 vehicles (Sot del Migdia) x boats. The course includes a visit to the 20 sessions (2 groups of 5 per session) shipyards, where parts of a boat under construction are shown. – Basic and advanced knowledge of the new E22 automatic telescopic ladder FOCO course: appliance (10 sessions) – Advanced course on high-level res- – New ambulance knowledge (10 ses- cues where participants study rescuing sions) people in tall buildings and highly com- plex situations. – Fire ventilation for latest recruits to the fire service (6 hours x 5 sessions) – Forest-fire command course for cor- porals where they study real situations – Training for oxycut use (10 sessions) in the Collserola area under SPEIS’ control. New recruit training Divers: 26 – Prevention and Civil Protection Divi- sion: Basic fire prevention course for – A rescue course with speed boats held new recruits and an advanced course, at the facilities of the Centro Jove- both approved by the ISPC. llanos (Asturias). – Command-room chiefs: Training for new – Basic life support / administering command-room chiefs at the Emergen- oxygen course. cies Management Centre (CGE). – Course on speed boat rescues with the – Nurses: A course was held to acquaint Red Cross (Zarautz). nursing staff with the hot-area scena- rios and development of fires. Exercises – New recruit training: Equipment confi- were held in the fire tunnel for that pur- guration, air management, safety and pose. security, dry suit and communications. Voluntary training Health service staff: – Fires in urban tunnels: Two courses – Course on handling obstructed airways on intervening in fires in tunnels and (workshop). galleries were organised at the San Pedro de Anes Experimental Centre – Course on airway handling (Asturias), where practice sessions were held with real fires in a 600- metre tunnel, as well as in the adjacent galleries. – Advanced course on traffic accidents: Course studying rescue situations with people trapped in traffic accidents. The scenarios and techniques developed are complex and on an advanced level Barcelona Fire Brigade Training in companies or institutions The following training activities were car- ried out to promote fire prevention among people and institutions: – Basic course on putting out fires: – Advanced course on putting out fire: Course including a small amount of Course where participants put out real theory, where students learn to use fires equipped with PPEs and SCBA. a building’s fire-extinguishing facili- ties. Extinguishers and equipped fire – STWC95 fire-extinguishing course: hydrants (EFHs) Courses for sea crews with compulsory practical training in extinguishing crew – Intermediate course on putting out fires, mainly run by NOSEFO. fires: In this course students also inter- vene with hoses, in situations at certain – Health course: First-aid day. temperatures, and use PPEs. Number of companies/ Number of training Total number Total amount public bodies sessions of students invoiced 27 23 71 872 84.323,18 € Facilities and training material Rubble area / collapsed-structure Methacrylate ballot boxes practice sessions A methacrylate box was bought to help A practice space was prepared with a understand fire ventilation and smoke mock rubble area simulating the collapse dynamics. It will be used in the ongoing of two buildings. This rubble area is used smoke-ventilation training courses and for carrying out exercises and simula- for fire-prevention training at schools. tions for Building Area seminars and for Ongoing Training in 2018. Fire tunnel Clinical simulator Options are being studied on improving and extending the current facility. A high-performance, life-size manikin was acquired with accessories to simu- late casualties and provide health-care training for firefighters and health workers. 2017 Management Report 3. Planning Financial resources The financial resources for implementing Financial resources for implementing the SPEIS training plan were as follows. training were divided between the various areas as follows. The distribution in accordance with the source of funding was as follows. The total financial resources for training in SPEIS, in accordance with the sources of funding, had the following percentage distribution. Total Training Training Number Atten. Total GSiP FEDAP APB AREAS training h. initiativ. courses amount (€) (€) (€) (€) h. impact Fires 12 109 2.021 615 11.164 189.616,58 76.256 2.016 111.344,58 MVAs 5 98 1.764 501 9.018 74.880 74.880 0 0 Chemical 3 18 125 124 531 1.321,20 1.321,20 0 0 28 risk Health-care 5 18 377 190 2.436 14.898,81 14.898,81 0 0 Vehicles 3 30 100 301 1.198 1.585,44 1.585,44 0 0 and tools Driving 1 10 60 94 564 2.642 2.642 0 0 Risk 3 3 64 12 91 834,24 834,24 0 0 prevention Divers. 2 2 84 18 720 14.828,57 3.568,97 0 11.259,60 New 2 2 216 11 1.272 4.938,16 4.938,16 0 0 recruits Procedures 1 26 78 391 1.173 6.341,76 6.341,76 0 0 Technical 1 2 198 14 1.386 0 0 0 0 English Rescue 6 6 160 85 2.011 17.468,50 15.452,50 2.016 0 Total 44 324 5.247 2.356 31.564 329.355,26 202.719,08 4.032 122.604,18 Barcelona Fire Brigade Cost training actions 1% 0,5% 2% 1% 0,4% 0,3% 5% 5% 58% 23% FIRES HEALTH RISK PREVENTION PROCEDURE MVAS VEHICLES AND TOOLS DIVERS TECHNICAL ENGLISH CHEMICAL HAZARD DRIVING NEW RECRUITS 29 37,23% APB FEDAP 1,22% GSIP 61,55% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% APB Barcelona Port Authority FEDAP Training for Public Authority Employment GSIP Manager’s Office for Safety and Prevention 2017 Management Report 3. Planning 30 Barcelona Fire Brigade 31 4. Responses 4.1. Rescues 4.2. Extinguishing fires and explosions 4.3. Technical assistance 4.4. Operational prevention 4.5. Notable services 2017 Management Report 4. Responses The Barcelona Fire Brigade carried out The response service figures were as 18,474 interventions in 2017. This figure follows: represents an increase of 1,560 services compared to the 16,914 performed in 2016, a 9.22% increase. Response services 6000 5890 5096 5000 4639 3964 4060 3989 4000 3000 2159 2112 2000 1822 1657 34 1000 0 Rescues Fires and Technical a Prevention No action explosions ssistance operations 2017 2016 Day Night TOTAL 2017 TOTAL 2016 Eixample 3.963 27,87% 2.390 29,67% 6.353 28,51% 6.085 29,79% Llevant 2.652 18,64% 1.692 21,01% 4.344 19,50% 3.745 18,34% Sant Andreu 2.561 18% 1.588 19,71% 4.149 18,62% 3.705 18,14% Montjuïc 2.679 18,83% 1.226 15,22% 3.905 17,53% 3.487 17,07% Vall d’Hebron 1.717 12,07% 975 12,10% 2.692 12,08% 2.503 12,26% Zona Franca 492 3,46% 172 2,14% 664 2,98% 601 2,94% Vallvidrera 161 1,13% 12 0,15% 173 0,78% 297 1,45% 14.225 8.055 22.280 20.423 Barcelona Fire Brigade Number of call-outs per station (22,280 call-outs in 2017) 6.353 6000 6.085 5000 4.344 4.149 4000 3.745 3.705 3.905 3.487 3000 2.692 2.503 2000 1000 664 601 173 297 0 Eixample Llevant Sant Andreu Montjuïc Vall d’Hebron Zona Franca Vallvidrera 2017 2016 35 Hourly distribution of call-outs (22,280 call-outs) 36% 64% NIGHT DAY 2017 Management Report 4. Responses 4.1. Rescues There were 5,883 rescue operations in As regards the weekly spread of rescue 2017 (not including 7 outside the muni- operations, Thursdays are the least busy cipal boundaries), in other words 794 day (13.07%) and Saturdays the busiest more than in the previous year, which (15.11%). In fact, weekend rescues (Fri- represents 31.88% of the total. There days to Sundays) continue to increase were 5,096 rescue operations in 2016, compared to the rest of the week. representing 30.13% of the total. Emergency service arrival times were as Out of the total number of rescues, 334 follows: were non-emergencies. The figures show that the charter’s ple- 62.84% of the total were to attend to or dged target of service arrivals in under assist individuals (3,701 responses). 10 minutes for 90% of emergencies was 24.01% were to rescue people in lifts exceeded by 4.3 percentage points, as (1,414 responses). As for the other rescue the actual figure was 94.38%. (In 2016 it operations, 441 were false alarms, 328 was 95.68%.) Services arrived in under 5 were to rescue or capture live animals and minutes in 69.37% of rescue operations six were to recover dead bodies. within Barcelona’s municipal boundaries (73.61% in 2016). Medical assistance was given in 3,111 of all rescue operations and the Fire Bri- Day-time rescue operations accounted 36 gade’s medical teams took 658 people for 61.24% of the total, while 38.76% were to hospital. Medical Emergency System carried out at night, compared to 61.79% (SEM) staff took all the other cases. and 38.21%, respectively, in 2016. Rescue operations per district 1200 1155 2017 2016 1053 1000 800 737 723 668 581 562 561600 538 510 495 461 449 435 438 422 400 346 340 280 217 200 0 Eixample Sant Martí Nou Barris Sarrià-Sant Gervasi Gràcia Sants-Montjuïc Ciutat Vella Horta-Guinardó Sant Andreu Les Corts Barcelona Fire Brigade Type of rescue 3701 3500 3208 3000 2500 2000 1500 1414 1155 1000 441 500 401 328 327 6 5 0 Aid and assistance to people False alarm Rescue of people who have died 37 Rescues from lifts Rescue and capture of live animals 2017 2016 Rescue-operation arrival times 4200 4086 3751 3500 2800 2100 1473 1400 1125 700 331 220 0 0 to 5 minutes 5 to 10 minutes Over 10 minutes 2017 2016 2017 Management Report 4. Responses Times of rescue operations 1500 1307 1176 12091250 1124 1000 1154 750 1015 986 611 970 463 500 582 250 379 0 From 12 From 4 to 8 am From 8 am From12 noon From 4 to 8 pm From 8 pm midnight to 4 am to 12 noon to 4 pm to 12 midnight 38 2017 2016 Barcelona Fire Brigade 4.2. Extinguishing fires and explosions There were 3,964 responses to fires and As regards days of the week, Tuesdays explosions in 2017, a figure correspon- were the quietest (with 12.66%) and ding to 21.46% of all services. In abso- Saturdays the busiest (with 16.80%). lute terms, there were 96 more services of this type in 2017 than in the previous And 49.75% of fire-related services were year. Excluding the 16 services performed performed during the day while 50.25% outside the municipal boundaries, the were carried out at the night (between 8 responses were distributed as follows: pm and 8 am). There was a slight increase in number Fire operations in Barcelona exceeded the of fires in buildings and a decrease in Service Charter’s pledged target (to arrive number of fires on public roads and woo- in under 10 minutes in 90% of emergency dland settings. Sixteen of these responses cases) by 6 percentage points, as the were carried out outside municipal boun- actual figure was 96.75%. (In 2016 it was daries. 97.04%.) In 75.33% of emergency fire call- outs within the Barcelona municipal area Out of a total of 3,964 interventions, 1,727 the response time was under 5 minutes were for fires on public roads, a slightly (79.66% in 2016). higher figure than the 1,797 recorded in 2016. In addition, responses included The average arrival time for emergencies putting out 1,989 fires in buildings (1,444 (fires/explosions and emergency rescues) of which started in homes), representing was 3 minutes and 59 seconds, compared 39 36.43% of fire-related interventions. to 3 minutes and 57 seconds in 2016. Interventions were required for 62 forest Finally, the duration times for putting out fires, compared to 97 in 2016. The 51.5% fires were distributed as follows: drop was the result of more favourable weather conditions. This type of inter- vention represented 1.56% of firefighting operations. 2017 Management Report 4. Responses Number of fire and explosion operations. 800 750 748 700 653 649 600 566 490 500 419 400 365 363 359 348339 321 300 291274 259 252 224 200 155 168 100 0 40 Eixample Sants-Montjuïc Ciutat Vella Horta-Guinardó Gràcia Sant Martí Nou Barris Sant Andreu Sarrià-Sant Gervasi Les Corts 2017 2016 Location of fires and explosions 1989 1945 2000 1797 1727 1500 1000 500 318248 0 a) Buildings b) Public highway c) Outdoor 2017 2016 Barcelona Fire Brigade a) Fires and explosions in buildings 3% 9% 2% 7% 1% 3% 73% 2% HOUSING: 1444 HEALTH-CARE: 17 COMMERCIAL: 186 EDUCATIONAL: 49 PUBLIC RESIDENTIAL: MEETING PLACE: GARAGES, CAR PARKS: 56 ADMINISTRATIVE: 56 48 133 41 b) Fires and explosions on the public highway 7% 48% 45% CONTAINERS: 771 VEHICLES: 124 OTHERS: 832 2017 Management Report 4. Responses c) Outdoor fires and explosions 2% 7% 25% 25% 7% 34% VACANT SITES: 83 WOODLAND AREAS;: 62 INDUSTRIAL SITES AND WAREHOUSES: 63 BEACHES, JETTIES, SEA, CONSTRUCTION SITES;: 18 RAILWAY INSTALLATIONS:17 RIVERS AND LAKES: 5 42 Fire and explosion time bands 1000 930 847 765 780 800 900 780 767 600 670 425 392 400 412 355 200 From 12 From 4 to 8 am From 8 am From12 noon From 4 to 8 pm From 8 pm midnight to 4 am to 12 noon to 4 pm to 12 midnight 2017 2016 Barcelona Fire Brigade Arrival times for fire and explosion interventions 3234 3000 2986 2500 2000 1500 1000 849 706 500 129 120 0 0 to 5 minutes 5 to 10 minutes Over 10 minutes 2017 2016 43 Times for extinguishing fires and explosions 2500 2257 2133 2000 1500 1016 1009 1000 500 359 369 456 425 0 0 to 15 minutes 15 to 30 minutes 30 to 45 minutes Over 45 minutes 2017 2016 2017 Management Report 4. Responses 4.3. Technical assistance Firefighters perform a large number of Excluding the 7 services performed out- highly varied, “non-emergency” help ser- side the municipal boundaries, the dis- vices for the public which are classed as trict breakdown of responses was as technical assistance. follows. A total of 4,639 operational technical The type of technical assistance carried assistance services were performed in out varied. 2017 (compared to 3,989 in 2016), repre- senting 25.11% of all responses. 64.52% of the technical assistance was provided during the day and 35.48% at night. Number of technical assistance operations 800 786 764 700 612 600 585 528 517 44 500 473 483 492 400 384 400 345 321 343 345 329 300 286 242 212 200 165 100 Eixample Sants-Montjuïc Sarrià-Sant Gervasi Sant Andreu Gràcia Sant Martí Ciutat Vella Horta-Guinardó Nou Barris Les Corts 2017 2016 Barcelona Fire Brigade Types of technical assistance 1500 1343 1294 1200 1074 900 722 600 487 433 369 374 286 273 245 300 232 221 216 155 179 128 123 145 104 62 40 18 10 30 38 17 0 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 Heavy rain and water 2 Reinforcement, remo- 3 Building inspections 4 Builder sanitation 5 False alarm leakage val of objects, etc. and checks 45 6 Gas leaks 7 Inspecting and 8 Collaboration 9 Electricity supply 10 Disconnecting alarms checking products with institutions 11 Liquid spillages 12 Removal of vehicles 13 Shoring up 14 Road cleaning constructions 2017 2016 Location of technical assistance 3500 3354 3000 2932 2500 2000 1500 1133 1000 941 500 152 116 0 a) Buildings b) Public highway c) Various 2017 2016 2017 Management Report 4. Responses a) Buildings 2% 6% 3% 3% 0,4% 2% 1% 83% HOUSING: 2786 ADMINISTRATIVE: 75 MEETING PLACES: 92 COMMERCIAL: 195 PUBLIC RESIDENTIAL: 39 HEALTH-CARE: 14 EDUCATIONAL: 65 GARAGES, CAR PARKS,: 88 46 c) Various 5% 4% 19% 19% 31% 22% INDUSTRIAL SITES, WAREHOUSES: 47 WOODLAND AREAS: 28 LAND SITES: 29 CONSTRUCTION SITES: 34 RAILWAY INSTALLATIONS: 6 BEACHES, JETTIES, SEA, RIVERS AND LAKES; 8 Barcelona Fire Brigade Technical assistance time bands 1200 1053 1049 1000 891 872 800 860 903 811 600 431 685 400 343 426 200 295 From 12 From 4 to 8 am From 8 am From12 noon From 4 to 8 pm From 8 pm midnight to 4 am to 12 noon to 4 pm to 12 midnight 47 2017 2016 4.4. Operational prevention Under the generic name of “operational There were 2,159 environmental prevention”, SPEIS includes every initia- knowledge and monitoring operations tive that enables a better understanding carried out in 2017, representing 11.69% of intervention environments, including of the total. In absolute terms, that means roads and access points, as well as buil- 47 more environmental knowledge and dings and special features. Environmental monitoring operations were performed and activity monitoring services are also than in the previous year (2016). counted as a preventive measure. In both cases, these activities lead to greater Of these operations and monitoring acti- effectiveness and safety. vities, 90.74% were performed during the day and 9.26% at night. 2017 Management Report 4. Responses 4.5. Notable services Evacuation of three buildings in Poblenou district authorities, CUESB, the Guàrdia owing to the risk of collapse Urbana, building companies, municipal services and power companies. A week On 15 March a worker carrying out a repair later, residents began a staggered return in a basement alerted SPEIS that he had to their homes and the Fire Brigade closed detected cracks which seemed dange- the operation on 31 March. rous to him. This affected a building with a basement, ground floor and two upper Fire at Port del Fòrum floors, with four flats on each, and land on the other side of the street where two Barcelona firefighters were needed to hotels were being built. It was confirmed help the Catalan Government Fire Bri- that one of the basement’s load walls was gade put out a fire on boats at Port Forum broken and permeated by water, and that (inside the municipal boundary of Sant the paving surrounding the area had a 70 Adrià del Besòs) on 8 April. Initially four cm gap. The inspection showed that the yachts caught fire but their proximity to building adjoining it was suffering from the pier and scale of the blaze meant the similar pathologies. fire spread quickly to nearby yachts. The operation ended with the fire being put As a preventive measure, the brigade pro- out on ten boats, seven of which sank ceeded to evacuate residents from the while the other three suffered conside- three properties. The subsoil was stren- rable damage, as did part of the pier’s 48 gthened, structural shoring carried out facilities. and possible movements monitored, in addition to accompanying residents on numerous occasions to get items from their homes. In all, 19 dwellings with 32 residents were affected. The operation was coordinated with the Sant Martí Barcelona Fire Brigade 49 Railway accident in the Port of Barcelona of metal ladders that enabled them to get off the train and up onto the platform. The A call made from the Port of Barcelona evacuation ended without any incidents required intervention in an accident invol- and TMB staff were left to handle the situ- ving a lorry and a goods train at the port, ation. causing a small spillage of diesel on 12 April. As soon as it had been confirmed Ethanol spillage at the Port of Barcelona there were no injuries, the fuel leakage was neutralised and potential risks to the On 8 June the Port Police alerted the Fire rail facilities put under control. Thanks to Brigade of a leakage of ethanol from a the use of cut and release techniques, the tanker berthed at the Sant Bertran wharf. lorry was freed from the fence it was stuck Once firefighters had reached the site, in and from the train’s structure, and then they detected the tanker’s metal casing removed Once the area’s safety had been had been punctured and a decision was ensured, rail traffic was re-established. taken to transfer the ethanol. For that they worked on a simulation of the sce- Rescue of passengers on Metro Line 3 nario using the ALOHA programme to anticipate the possible effects of any spi- A call from Barcelona Metropolitan Trans- llage igniting. Once the transfer had been port (TMB) made on 6 May alerted the Fire completed, the damaged tank was taken Brigade to an incident at the Plaça del to the storage area agreed to with port Centre station on Line 3. A train was stuck staff. This was the first incident involving in the tunnel owing to lack of power and chemical product simulators had been passengers were rescued with the help used in. 2017 Management Report 4. Responses 50 Accident at França Railway Station Terrorist attack on La Rambla At 7.32 am, on 28 July, we received a war- 17 August, 5 pm. A vehicle enters the ning that a local-commuter train had central section of the Rambla, driving smashed against a buffer at França Sta- down from Plaça Catalunya to Pla de la tion on track 11. When firefighters arrived, Boqueria and attempting to run over as they confirmed the first carriage had been many people as possible. This was a ter- derailed, the driver was trapped in his rorist attack that three light urban fire cabin and there was a large number of engines, a rescue and release vehicle, four wounded people. The protocol for acci- ambulances and the Fire Brigade’s Com- dents with multiple casualties was acti- mand Centre were assigned to deal with. vated, an evaluation cell was set up and “START triage” applied to the wounded. The protocol for accidents with multiple Firefighters then proceeded to rescue and casualties was activated and an advance transfer injured people to the emergency command centre was set up with two area and, subsequently, to hospitals in advance medical centres, one at each some of the cases. Fifty-six people were end of the intervention site. A total of 29 assisted in all, of whom one was seriously injured people were attended to and 11 injured and 19 slightly injured. were hospitalised. Barcelona Fire Brigade The Barcelona Fire Brigade took part in Serious fire on C/ Saragossa the rescue, providing medical assistance and transferring the injured; in setting At 9.50 am on 1 November, we received up the emergency management centre; warning of a fire on the sixth floor of a in lighting the surrounding area to faci- building on C/ Saragossa. Fifteen fire- litate the tasks being carried out, and in fighting crews were deployed there, as the technical checks on the facilities that well as 14 from the Medical Emergency could have been affected. System (SEM) and a number of city (GUB) and regional (Mossos) police officers. As a result of this operation, we were awarded the Catalan Government Gold The fire, which was put out around midday, Medal. affected the building’s three upper floors, while the other flats were evacuated as a Rescue of eight people in a fire at Plaça precaution. del Bonsuccés As a result of the fire, a 93-year-old man During the early hours of 12 September, died, one person was seriously injured firefighters were sent to put out a fire in and 18 people were slightly injured, 12 of Plaça del Bonsuccés, a short distance whom were transferred to different hos- from La Rambla. The fire, initially reported pitals and 6 attended to on site. in a shop, spread to a car park, a Chinese bazaar and a flat, causing heavy smoke 51 and spreading panic among passers-by and local residents. Eight people had to be rescued, two of whom were treated for smoke inhalation. 2017 Management Report 4. Responses Deadly fire in Sants-Montjuïc at around 5 pm in the electric oven of the shop, which is on C/ Numància, almost On 14 November, we received notice level with Av Diagonal. No one was injured. of a fire on C/ Nou de la Rambla in the Sants-Montjuïc neighbourhood of Three people wounded in a flat fire on C/ Poble-sec. Seven Barcelona Fire Brigade Piferrer crews were sent to the site. As a result of the fire, an 80-year-old man died and A first-floor flat on C/ Piferrer, in the Porta a seriously injured 86-year-old woman neighbourhood of Nou Barris, caught fire was transferred to Hospital de Sant Joan at around 10 am on 17 December. Five Despí Moisès Broggi. The fire seriously fire crews put out the fire and rescued affected the flat where it started but it a number of people. Three people were did not cause any structural damage to slightly injured from inhaling smoke the building. during the incident, one of whom was an 80-year-old man who was taken to hos- A fire burns down a cake shop on C/ pital to keep him under observation. The Numància building did not suffer any structural pro- blems, although the flat that caught fire On 5 December, seven crews intervened to was rendered uninhabitable. put out a fire that broke out in a cake shop on C/ Numància. The fire was extinguished 52 within nearly half an hour but it produced a spectacular cloud of smoke. It broke out Barcelona Fire Brigade 53 5. People 5.1. Organisational Chart 5.2. Breakdown of staff 5.3. Women in the Barcelona Fire Brigade 5.4. Staff management 2017 Management Report 5. People 5.1. Organisational Chart AREA OF PREVENTION AND SAFETY Fire Prevention, Extinction and Rescue Service Operations Division Management 56 Civil Protection and División de Operaciones Planning Division Prevention Division Territorial Operational Procedures Civil Protection Unit Unit and Planning Unit Operational Regulations Unit Development Unit Technical Support Unit Barcelona Fire Brigade 5.2. Breakdown of staff The breakdown of staff in 2017 was as The organisational structure breaks down follows. as follows. SPEIS staff in 2017 consisted of 658 The average age of operational staff on 31 people and had 47 more compared to 2016 December 2017 was 42.27, representing as a result of the incorporation of several a slight increase on the previous year. (It officers (health, prevention and planning), was 42.04 in 2016.) as well as 59 new recruit firefighters, who partly replaced some of those who had The average age of non-operational staff retired. went from 48.25 in 2016 to 46.68 in 2017. Professional categories TOTAL TOTAL a) Operational staff Hombres Mujeres 2017 2016 Senior officers 6 1% 0 0% 6 18 Technical staff 17 2,8% 3 16,7% 20 14 57 Nursing staff 18 3% 9 50% 27 22 Sub-officers 8 1,3% 0 0% 8 8 Sergeants 26 4,3% 0 0% 26 26 Corporals 74 12,2% 0 0% 74 78 Firefighters 456 75,4% 6 33,3% 462 421 TOTAL Operational staff 605 100% 18 100% 623 587 b) Non-operational staff Senior technical staff 12 52,2% 3 25% 15 11 Middle management technicals staff 1 4,3% 1 8,3% 2 1 Administrative staff 4 17,4% 3 25% 7 7 Administrative support staff 6 26,1% 4 33,3% 10 4 Firefighter apprenticeships GUB police officers 0 0% 1 8,3% 1 1 are not added as operational TOTAL Non-operational staff 23 100% 12 100% 35 24 staff (they are included TOTAL staff 628 30 658 611 in previous reports). 2017 Management Report 5. People Operational staff 480 462 421 400 320 240 160 74 7880 26 26 27 22 18 20 6 14 8 8 0 Firefighters Sergeants Senior officers Sub-officers Corporals Nursing staff Middle-ranking officers 58 2017 2016 Non-operational staff 18 15 15 12 11 10 9 7 7 6 4 3 2 1 1 1 0 Administrative staff Senior technical Admin. a Administrators/ GUB police officers staff ssistants technical staff 2017 2016 Barcelona Fire Brigade Organisational structure TOTAL TOTAL Operational staff Non-operat. staff 2017 2016 Management 2 0% 4 11,4% 6 5 Operations Division 606 97,3% 10 28,6% 616 573 Prevention and Civil Protection 7 1,1% 16 45,7% 23 21 Division Planning Division 8 1,3% 5 14,3% 13 12 TOTAL staff 623 100% 35 100% 658 611 Organisational structure I 1,1% 1,3% 0,3% 59 97% OPERATIONS DIVISION: 606 PLANNING DIVISION: 8 MANAGEMENT: 2 PREVENTION AND CIVIL PROTECTION DIVISION: 7 2017 Management Report 5. People Organisational structure II 660 606 573 550 440 330 220 110 7 21 8 120 2 5 Operations Division Prevention and Planning Management Civil Protection Division Division 60 2017 2016 Age Nº PEOPLE 210 199 176 175 197 140 155 101 105 86 70 56 41 86 30 35 9 68 49 0 21 29 25 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 > 60 AGE BANDS 2017 2016 Barcelona Fire Brigade 5.3. Women in the Barcelona Fire Brigade The incorporation of women into the Bar- Chief Constable, Evelio Vázquez, and the celona Fire Brigade is a relatively recent Director of SPEIS, Manel Pardo, reflected development (2007) and they still repre- on the need to incorporate a women’s sent a very low percentage of the staff as perspective in the area of emergencies. a whole. So the City Council is working More specifically, the Chief Constable on selection process measures to benefit highlighted the spirit of service, serenity women who apply in the coming years. and sensitivity of women for resolving disputes. In terms of the data, while the overall per- centage of women within SPEIS continues For her part, the Head of the Department to grow slightly, up 1.23% on 2013, most of Gender Mainstreaming at the City of that increase has been due to women Council, Sonia Ruiz, presented the Muni- joining the brigade’s central and health cipal Plan for Gender Justice, a commit- services. ment to promoting initiatives that seek to ensure equality at every level in the So, to help highlight and increase the institution. presence of women in the force, in March 2017 the Fire Brigade participated in an Trinidad Yera Cuesta (IESE Business event organised by the Area of Preven- School and UNIR) gave a speech on “Auto- tion and Safety entitled “Women in the ritas”, in feminine key, and Begonya Curto Safety and Emergency Services”. This was Ferré (Deputy Director-General of Police the first time it included the vision of the Coordination in Catalonia) chaired a round 61 Fire Service and the Medical Emergency table on local public safety in the hands System. The purpose of the meeting was- of women, with members of the Vila-real step up the necessary fight for gender (Castille) and Oñati (Basque Country) equality in the uniformed forces, as well local police forces, the Catalan Medical as invite reflection on the role of women Emergency System (SEM) and the Barce- in the public safety and emergency forces. lona City Council Fire Prevention, Extinc- tion and Rescue Service (SPEIS) Opening the event, the City Council Safety and Prevention Manager, Jordi Samsó, the 2017 Management Report 5. People 62 The task of bringing the meeting to a close Finally, it is important to stress that the fell to the Commissioner for Security and Equality Plan Technical Committee (made Safety, Amadeu Recasens, and the Mayor up of City Council and trade union repre- of Barcelona, Ada Colau, who pointed out sentatives) approved and implemented that, historically, women have always a protocol for preventing, detecting and been in the first line of safety and pre- resolving situations of sexual and sex-re- vention, despite the long time it has taken lated assault. for such responsibility to be transferred to a professional level. This protocol determines the actions and responsibilities of the bodies that need SPEIS also attended the Education Fair to intervene in resolving these situations for the first time. They shared a booth with and ensures a plurality of interventions the GUB (city police), where firefighters to guarantee appropriate treatment in dealt with requests for information from assessing each of the actions, following a large number of young people who came the most suitable methodology in each to the booth to ask what it took to become case, in line with the general principles a firefighter. established. And they offered an informal talk at the Àgora, explaining all the job options the fire service offers. They also explained the various ways of entering the service and the requirements for joining it. Barcelona Fire Brigade Staff breakdown by sex 4,5% 95,5% WOMEN MEN 5.4. Staff management 63 There was a 6.33% absenteeism rate surgery; authorisation for rehabilitation among SPEIS operational staff in 2016. during service hours to check the duration More specifically, 210 officers were off of sick leave, and coordination with the on sick leave and there were 269 cases of City Council medical inspection team and temporary incapacity for work, represen- the mutual insurance company PAMEM, ting a total of 8,499 days off work. In the until it was wound up. case of non-operational staff, there were 5 cases of sick leave among five people, On the other hand, given the nature of totalling 180 days and representing a rate its work, the Barcelona Fire Brigade has of 0.83%. one of the highest levels of work-related accidents. More specifically, 73 accidents The most notable steps taken to reduce leading to sick leave were recorded in levels of absenteeism including monito- 2017, corresponding to a total of 2,573 ring cases of sick leave (some by sum- accident-related sick-leave days. These moning the person concerned); adapting data include accident-related sick-leave workplaces; the work carried out by the days caused by accidents going to work Manager’s Office inspection team, con- or returning home and relapses from pre- tacting health centres to go through wai- vious accidents. ting lists both as proof of visits and bcn.cat/ BOMBERS twitter.com/BCN_Bombers