GPS persecution, fire extinguishers and defibrilators: The security measures for the Holy Week in Costa del Sol Town

Eugenio Cabezas

Vélez-Málaga

Wednesday, April 9, 2025, 2:30 p.m.

The countdown for the Holy Week in Vélez-Málaga on the eastern Costa del Sol has started. The mayor of Vélez-Málaga, Jesús Lupiáñez, has announced plans for “extensive and strict security agreements” that are met in the community between 13 and 20 April, one of the most important and most important annual events in the city.

In order to “guarantee security and quick measures in an emergency”, an emergency coordination center (CECOP) takes on a leading role in possible incidents that can occur in Vélez-Málaga during the week.

These and other interventions of crucial importance were announced on Monday, April 7, and are integrated into a comprehensive network of security and emergency measures that “more detailed and in real time to the circumstances or an incident in real time that can take place during the Holy Week,” said Lupiáñez in a statement.

“This security and emergency plan corresponds to all regulations that are necessary to ensure that citizens and visitors can enjoy the week with the highest quality standards,” said the mayor.

In each of the swimmers, defibrillators as well as in the open city buildings (the town hall and on the San Francisco market) will give defibrillators.

In the same direction, each of the swimmers belong to their own fire extinguishers and those that are installed on the streets. Likewise, each of the brotherhoods will work with their own internal security and emergency system, which contributes to more control of the situation and the unexpected eventualities. You have received basic training for action in an emergency, the use of fire extinguishers and the specific use of semi -automatic defibrillators. This follows an incident in 2023 when the image of Virgen del Rocío caught fire when a candle fell on the robes.

Identification bracelets with QR code are provided for children with contact phone numbers when a child is lost. The extensive plan also includes the geolocalization of the swimmers, another essential instrument for emergency interventions with which their location can be recognized and monitored in real time.

According to the legal decisions, all devices are coordinated in a certain and coordinated manner on the streets and squares of the community, and especially during the travel routes of the brotherhoods and other groups and groups and groups that take part in the processions.