Overview
- Galicia’s government approved an updated Pladiga on Monday, sending the wildfire plan to the Consello Forestal this week for debate and earlier deployment than in past years.
- Staffing will rise with 42 four-person brigades during peak risk months, adding 168 firefighters, and the large‑fire command unit will expand from six to fifteen specialists.
- The surveillance network will grow about 30% to 241 forest cameras backed by smoke‑detection AI, with more drones including three high‑end models provided under an Abanca–Afundación agreement.
- Air support will add fixed‑wing planes and a helicopter, with a heavy helicopter planned, while ground capacity expands with 18 new heavy machines and 16 bulldozers plus ongoing works at the Lalín helicopter base and the Valga aerodrome.
- A citizen app to report fires with exact location is slated for the start of the high‑risk campaign, and prevention funding has doubled to €75 million for biomass clearing through council agreements after nearly 120,000 hectares burned in 2025.