The Valencia City Council will invest nearly €50,000 to rehabilitate the pool at the Central Fire Park, a key space for rescue practices and diving specialty.
The Valencia City Council has announced the comprehensive renovation of the training pool at the Central Fire Park, located on Avenida de la Plata, in the Quatre Carreres neighbourhood. The project, with a budget of nearly €50,000, aims to restore an essential space for training and rescue simulations for the Fire Department, Prevention, Emergency Intervention, and Civil Protection.
The works include the removal of the current cladding and piping network, the installation of new conduits, the regularisation and waterproofing of surfaces, and the placement of high-resistance ceramic tiles in the pool basin. The purification, disinfection, and control systems will also be replaced, and the machinery will be moved to a surface shed to facilitate maintenance.
The councillor for Prevention, Fire Extinction and Civil Protection, Juan Carlos Caballero, has highlighted the importance of these facilities for firefighter training, especially for the diving specialty. According to Caballero, having a controlled environment allows for maintaining the necessary level of preparation for water rescue interventions.
The pool at the Central Park is a fundamental infrastructure for training our firefighters and, especially, for preparing the professionals who are part of the diving specialty,” the councillor stated.
The action coincides with the recent strengthening of this specialty. At the end of July, the Local Government Board approved the appointment of 20 diving firefighters, a step that Caballero frames within the same strategy: “We are reinforcing the diving specialty from all angles: with more specialised personnel, training, and appropriate facilities.”
The project also includes auxiliary works, waste management, technical checks, and documentation and certificates of assembly and commissioning. With this renovation, the firefighters of Valencia will have a space in optimal conditions for their practices, which will result in a better response to emergencies in aquatic environments.
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