Military_Emergency_Unit
Military Emergencies Unit
Branch of the Spanish Armed Forces
The Emergency Military Unit (Spanish: Unidad Militar de Emergencias, UME; IPA: [uniˈðað miliˈtaɾ ðe emeɾˈxenθjas]) is a branch of the Spanish Armed Forces responsible for providing disaster relief throughout Spain mainly, and abroad if required. It is the newest branch of the Spanish Armed Forces.
Quick Facts Emergency Military Unit, Founded ...
Emergency Military Unit | |
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Unidad Militar de Emergencias | |
Founded | October 7, 2005; 18 years ago (2005-10-07) |
Country | Spain |
Role | Emergency management |
Size | 3,987 (2008) |
Part of | Spanish Armed Forces |
Headquarters | Torrejón Air Base |
Motto(s) | Perseverando para servir (Persevering to serve) |
Colors | Yellow |
March | "Himno UME" |
Anniversaries | October 7 |
Website | www.mde.es/ume |
Commanders | |
Commander in Chief | King Felipe VI |
Unit Commander | Lt General Luis Manuel Martínez Meijide |
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Aircraft flown | |
Bomber | Canadair CL-215 |
Utility helicopter | Eurocopter EC135 |
Transport | Eurocopter AS532 Cougar |
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The decision to create the Military Emergencies Unit was agreed upon at a cabinet meeting of the Zapatero administration on October 7, 2005.[1] This was enacted in law by the Real Decreto 416/2006 (Royal Decree 416/2006) on April 11, 2006.[2]
- Intervention during emergencies that have their origin in natural hazards; among these are floods, spill-overs, earthquakes, land slides, large snow storms and other adverse weather conditions.
- Intervention fighting forest fires.
- Intervention during emergencies derived from technological hazards; among which are chemical, nuclear, radiological and biological hazards
- Intervention during emergencies as a consequence of terrorist attacks or illicit or violent acts, including those acts against critical infrastructures, dangerous installations or with nuclear, biological, radiological or chemical agents.
- Intervention during situations of environmental contamination.
- Intervention during any other emergency deemed appropriate by the Prime Minister of Spain.
More information Rank, Name ...
Rank | Name | Start | End |
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Lieutenant general | Fulgencio Coll Bucher | 21 January 2006[3] | 19 July 2008 |
José Emilio Roldán Pascual | 25 July 2008[4] | 26 September 2012 | |
Cesar Muro Benayas | 28 September 2012[5] | 15 May 2015 | |
Miguel Alcañíz Comas | 23 May 2015[6] | 16 October 2019[7] | |
Luis Manuel Martínez Meijide | 23 October 2019[8] | Incumbent |
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The UME consists of Headquarters (Unidad de Cuartel General, UCG),
- five emergency intervention battalions (Batallon de Intervención en Emergencias, BIEM),
- a support regiment (Regimiento de Apoyo a Emergencias, RAEM),
- a communications battalion (Batallón de Transmisiones, BTUME) and
- an aviation group (Agrupación de Medios Aéreos, AGRUMEDA)
More information Name, Headquarters ...
Name | Headquarters | Areas Served |
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BIEM I | Torrejón de Ardoz Air Base | Ávila, Segovia, Madrid, Cáceres, Guadalajara, Cuenca, Ciudad Real, Toledo |
BIEM II | Morón Air Base | Badajoz, Huelva, Sevilla, Cádiz, Málaga, Córdoba, Jaén, Granada, Ceuta, Melilla, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, El Hierro, Lanzarote, La Palma, Tenerife |
BIEM III | Bétera | Albacete, Murcia, Alicante, Valencia, Castellón, Balearic Islands |
BIEM IV | Zaragoza Air Base | Biscay, Guipúzcoa, Álava, La Rioja, Soria, Navarre, Zaragoza, Huesca, Teruel, Lleida, Tarragona, Barcelona, Girona |
BIEM V | San Andrés del Rabanedo | Pontevedra, La Corunna, Lugo, Orense, Asturias, Cantabria, León, Zamora, Salamanca, Valladolid, Palencia, Burgos |
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More information Name, Headquarters ...
Name | Headquarters |
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UCG | Torrejón de Ardoz Air Base |
RAEM | |
BTUME | |
AGRUMEDA | |
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- Officers
More information NATO code, OF-10 ...
NATO code | OF-10 | OF-9 | OF-8 | OF-7 | OF-6 | OF-5 | OF-4 | OF-3 | OF-2 | OF-1 | OF(D) | Student officer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General de división | General de brigada | Coronel | Teniente coronel | Comandante | Capitán | Teniente | Alférez |
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- Enlisted
More information NATO rank scale, OR-9 ...
NATO rank scale | OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-2 | OR-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Suboficial mayor | Subteniente | Brigada | Sargento primero | Sargento | Cabo mayor | Cabo primero | Cabo | Soldado de primera | Soldado |
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- Suzuki DRZ 400 S
- Santana Aníbal
- Military police vehicle
- Communications vehicle Mérida
- URO M3-24.14. based BFP 40-106 J-1884 firetruck
- Mobile command center
- Zodiac IV
- "Royal Decree 39/2006, of January 20, appointing Mr. Fulgencio Coll Bucher as Chief of the Military Emergency Unit". boe.es. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
- "Royal Decree 392/2015, of May 22, appointing as Chief of the Military Emergency Unit to Miguel Alcañíz Comas". boe.es. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
- "Unidad Militar de Emergencias- El general Miguel Alcañiz pasa a la Reserva y cesa como jefe de la Unidad Militar de Emergencias". www.ume.mde.es. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
- "El teniente general Luis Martínez Meijide, nuevo jefe de la UME - Por Tierra, Mar y Aire". ABC Blogs (in Spanish). 2019-10-23. Retrieved 2019-10-23.