The Gran Canaria Firefighters Consortium, one of the groups that has acted on the island of La Palma after the volcano eruption, has activated the GIPDE, a protocol of psychological care for all personnel who have intervened in a situation of high degree of psychological stress. “Now we have to recover, both physically and psychologically”, the firefighters explain in a press release.
This protocol establishes group or individual psychological care to the operation that has been operating on the island of La Palma “and has been affected by situations that have exceeded its management capacity due to the psychological stress to which they have been exposed and subjected,” they say in the statement.
Firefighters are served by professionals from the Las Palmas College of Psychology. According to the Consortium, “they intervene in a maximum of 48 hours after the traumatic events in order to avoid sequelae from the tasks and tasks that have been carried out “.
“We are not heroes nor do we wear capes and many times we face events that generate tears, nightmares… With this protocol we try to minimize or prevent it from happening “, say the firefighters who also assure that” the drama that has generated the consequences of the lava from the volcano has not been easy to manage and it is necessary to loosen all these knots generated to to be able to continue facing situations like this, without collapsing. “
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