{"id":57148,"date":"2024-09-18T20:32:51","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T18:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=57148"},"modified":"2025-09-18T00:33:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T22:33:18","slug":"spanish-soldiers-from-two-ume-battalions-come-to-the-aid-of-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/09\/18\/spanish-soldiers-from-two-ume-battalions-come-to-the-aid-of-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish soldiers from three UME battalions come to the aid of Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the dispatch of two firefighting aircraft from the 43 Group to Portugal, yesterday Spain activated new aid for our sister country.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/09\/17\/wave-of-messages-of-gratitude-from-portugal-for-the-spanish-aviators-of-the-43rd-group\/\">Wave of messages of gratitude from Portugal for the Spanish aviators of the 43rd Group<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/03\/07\/the-images-of-the-spanish-soldiers-of-the-ume-who-have-fought-the-fire-in-chile\/\">The images of the Spanish soldiers of the UME who have fought the fire in Chile<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><strong>The terrible wave of forest fires that Portugal is suffering<\/strong> today keeps dozens of active outbreaks in the center and north of the country, with some roads still closed. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dn.pt\/1273215573\/atuacao-dos-meios-aereos-esta-a-ser-muito-dificil-devido-ao-fumo-diz-protecao-civil\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">These fires are making aerial operations against the fire difficult<\/a> due to the large amount of smoke generated, according to Andr\u00e9 Fernandes, national commander of Civil Protection of Portugal.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54004938589_b0f0b86795_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54005034995_0ec04b88fc_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54005035030_976a538c24_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To assist Portugal in the face of this disaster, this Tuesday at 11:22 p.m. CET <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UMEgob\/status\/1836153886291197966\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Spanish Military Emergency Unit (UME) announced its deployment in Portugal<\/a>, with units from the First (BIEM I) and Fifth Emergency Intervention Battalions (BIEM V) from Torrej\u00f3n de Ardoz (Madrid) and Le\u00f3n. <strong>Here we can see the BIEM I vehicles leaving Torrej\u00f3n Air Base:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Unidades del Primer y Quinto Batall\u00f3n de Intervenci\u00f3n en Emergencias de la <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UME?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UME<\/a> salen desde sus bases de Torrej\u00f3n de Ardoz y de Le\u00f3n para colaborar en las labores de extinci\u00f3n de los incendios forestales que asolan Portugal \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8\ud83e\udd1d \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf9 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HkkY4KxJEo\">pic.twitter.com\/HkkY4KxJEo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UME (@UMEgob) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UMEgob\/status\/1836153886291197966?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This Wednesday, at 13:07 CET, the Spanish Ministry of Defense <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Defensagob\/status\/1836361407773778056\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has announced<\/a> that <strong>248 soldiers and 82 vehicles of the UME are already fighting the fire in Portugal<\/strong>. The UME has announced that it has been deployed in the municipality of S\u00e3o Pedro do Sul, in the district of Viseu, in the north of Portugal. <strong>Here we can see a video showing these Spanish soldiers in action:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Las unidades de la <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UMEgob?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UMEgob<\/a> ya est\u00e1n desplegadas en Portugal, colaborando en la extinci\u00f3n de incendios forestales en <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Corbertinha?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Corbertinha<\/a>. Con 248 militares y 82 medios, trabajan en el ataque directo para defender a la poblaci\u00f3n. \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8\ud83e\udd1d\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf9 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yUAIP7lk7p\">pic.twitter.com\/yUAIP7lk7p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ministerio Defensa (@Defensagob) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Defensagob\/status\/1836361407773778056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>+ UPDATED 23:15h: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UMEgob\/status\/1836478666374529203\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The UME has announced that a third battalion is joining this deployment<\/a>: the Second Emergency Intervention Battalion (BIEM II). Here we can see the vehicles of this unit leaving this afternoon from its base in Mor\u00f3n de la Frontera (Seville):<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udd25<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IFPortugal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IFPortugal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unidades del Segundo Batall\u00f3n de Intervenci\u00f3n en Emergencias <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BIEM2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BIEM2<\/a> salen de su base en <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Mor%C3%B3n?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Mor\u00f3n<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sevilla?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Sevilla<\/a> para sumarse al dispositivo <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UME?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UME<\/a> en Portugal\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf9. <\/p>\n<p>Durante la tarde, los militares\ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83d\ude92 del <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BIEM1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BIEM1<\/a> y <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BIEM5?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BIEM5<\/a> han estado trabajando en la zona de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cobertinha?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cobertinha<\/a>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kdUn2oTD2n\">pic.twitter.com\/kdUn2oTD2n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UME (@UMEgob) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UMEgob\/status\/1836478666374529203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>+ UPDATED 19.9.2024 19:09h: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UMEgob\/status\/1836766392890048755\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The UME announces that it already has 364 soldiers and 116 vehicles deployed in Portugal<\/a>. Here you can see a video published today showing their fight against the fire:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IFPortugal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IFPortugal<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>364 militares\ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83d\ude92 y 116 medios\ud83d\ude92de tres Batallones de Intervenci\u00f3n en Emergencias <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BIEM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BIEM<\/a> (Madrid, Sevilla y Le\u00f3n) contin\u00faan trabajando en apoyo de nuestro pueblo hermano, Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>Para poder llevar a cabo las misiones de direcci\u00f3n y coordinaci\u00f3n de este gran\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vE2KHnvzVP\">pic.twitter.com\/vE2KHnvzVP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UME (@UMEgob) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UMEgob\/status\/1836766392890048755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>----<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/unidadmilitardeemergencias\/albums\/72177720320420147\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The UME has published a series of photos of this deployment on Flickr.<\/a> You can see some of them below.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54004842453_e9b65c6807_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54004613726_058637473e_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54005034940_5aa4e2fd9f_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54005034970_a58147a5aa_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54004613756_40cabaffd5_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54004938684_b4b8066654_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54004613806_aa89c7b6d7_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54003705352_65de91c7b3_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54004842593_f8899bdb36_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54004613866_46b6bc2fec_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54003705282_b49149dfd8_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54004613851_646655cd73_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Photos: <a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/unidadmilitardeemergencias\/albums\/72177720320420147\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Unidad Militar de Emergencias<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/eu_echo\/status\/1836399888189288929\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the dispatch of two firefighting aircraft from the 43 Group to Portugal, yesterday Spain activated new aid for our sister country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19536,11550],"tags":[16991,17624,933,14627,14232,22734,11013,22735],"class_list":["post-57148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-we-said-yesterday","category-defense","tag-forest-fires","tag-military-emergency-unit-ume","tag-portugal","tag-primer-batallon-de-intervencion-en-emergencias-biem-i","tag-quinto-batallon-de-intervencion-en-emergencias-biem-v","tag-sao-pedro-do-sul","tag-segundo-batallon-de-intervencion-en-emergencias-biem-ii","tag-viseu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57148"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57148\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}