and Las Palmas. In all of these centres,
the Armed Forces have supplied medical
equipment and loaned and installed
tents, refrigerated containers, showers,
chemical toilets, various pieces of furniture
such as beds, stretchers, lockers, tables
and benches, as well as oxygen tanks
and generators.
THE HOMELESS
The operation devotes particular effort
to supporting temporary shelters for the
homeless. This is the case of IFEMA’s
Pavilion 14, where a team from the UME,
in collaboration with SAMUR Social
(Madrid social emergency service)
performed a reconnaissance of the
facilities and subsequently provided
a shower service for 150 people and
dining room benches for 50. The unit
also disinfects the exhibition grounds
every day. Zaragoza Logistic Support 41
(AALOG 41) manages another shelter
at the Barcelona Trade Fair, similar to
the IFEMA shelter, where the following
have been installed: 225 three-sleeper
single bunk beds, two cistern containers
–one with a capacity for 100 showers–,
two refrigerated containers, one kitchen
module, 35 sets of table-benches, as well
as lockers and cupboards. “Every day we
serve breakfast, lunch and dinner to 330
An Army soldier and a local policeman during a patrol on the streets of Murcia.
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J. C. Caval/EFE
The operation
devotes particular
effort to supporting
shelters for the
homeless