Sort will host the new headquarters of the Pyrenean Emergency Region, a facility that had long been demanded in the territory and which will reorganize the management of the Generalitat Firefighters in the Pyrenean counties. The service currently depends on the Lleida Emergency Region, which maintains a sub-headquarters in the Pyrenees.
The decision shifts the coordination center towards its own structure for the area, after years of administrative dependence on Lleida despite the geographical and operational singularities of the Pyrenees. The change will affect the attention and coordination of the service in the area.
Sort will assume its own structure to coordinate Pyrenean emergencies
The new headquarters will be located in Sort, a municipality that the Generalitat de Catalunya considers strategic within the Alto Pirineo and Arán. The facility had been claimed in the area and several town councils had shown their willingness to host it.
Silvia Romero, delegate for Alto Pirineo and Arán, defended the choice of the capital of Pallars Sobirà by highlighting its position within the territory and the interest the project had generated among different municipalities.
"Sort is a strategic location and many municipalities were willing to host the new headquarters" - Silvia Romero, delegate for Alto Pirineo and Arán, Generalitat de Catalunya
With this decision, the Pyrenees will cease to depend solely on the Lleida regional structure to have its own reference headquarters. The modification will affect the internal organization of the service and the coordination of emergencies in the area.
Construction will keep service devices active
While the building is under construction, the administration will deploy the necessary devices so that the service is not interrupted. The forecast is to maintain the operational capacity of the Generalitat Firefighters throughout the transition.
This construction period will coexist with the current model, in which the Lleida Emergency Region retains a sub-headquarters in the Pyrenees. The future headquarters in Sort will modify this structure to specifically serve the Pyrenean territory.
Silvia Romero, delegate for Alto Pirineo and Arán, assured that during the construction of the building, the necessary devices will be deployed to maintain the service.