Conafor sent five brigades with 20 members each; they will leave from Jalisco, Mexico towards California.
Pam Cruz. Pen sula 360 Press.
After the emergency situation for the forest fires facing the state of CaliforniaIn the United States, the government of mico report that I sent it to 100 people fighters and a single ethnic link to support fire control and liquidation.
Through a statement, the National Forestry Commission (Conafor) I know that the selected people make up five brigades with 20 members each, which will be coordinated by a single link with command of the English language .
All staff counts with protective equipmenthas the physical fitness necessary and complies with the are training and training data that the United States is requesting.
The selected elements come from different states of the country and are concentrated in the central offices of Conafor, located in Zapopan, Jalisco, and then leave for California from Guadalajara International Airport.
Once in California, the staff will be coordinated by the United States Forest Service and begin their activities in the Sequoia National Park.
They may subsequently be deployed to other federal areas, depending on the nature and behavior of the fires, as well as the mitigation measures that must be taken in response to COVID-19.
The mobilization of these elements to the United States is the result of the events that occurred on August 24, when the Government of Mexico, through Conafor, expressed its solidarity and subsequently received a request from the U.S. government for support work.
It is worth mentioning that the US government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), has allocated more than two million dollars in the