The shortage of resources and waves of layoffs have been denounced repeatedly in recent years, with the absurd excuse from authorities that there is redundancy in firefighting operations. All this is happening in a context where the budget for the Unidad Militar de Emergencias (Military Emergency Unit, UME) grows disproportionately, while firefighting brigades remain in precarious conditions. They forget that fires are extinguished by firefighters, not soldiers.
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2024/09/12/spanish-firefighters-sound-alarm-on-precarious-working-conditions/