Overview
- The Generalitat confirmed the special Sant Joan deployment on Monday, June 15, announcing about a 50% increase in Bombers de la Generalitat staffing for the night of June 23–24 to meet elevated wildfire risk.
- Around 200 Agentes Rurales will carry out inspections and extended patrols from June 21–24 to enforce rules on bonfires, pyrotechnics and the 400–500 metre buffer from forested or agricultural land.
- Mossos d'Esquadra and local police forces will be reinforced and an intensive programme of alcohol and drug checks—reported at roughly 600–678 controls—will target dangerous driving during the verbena.
- The Servei Català de Trànsit is running a special mobility operation that expects about 610,000 vehicle departures from the Barcelona area and will use extra lanes on the AP-7 and C-32, lane transfers, heavy-vehicle limits, speed radars and helicopter patrols.
- CAT112 and regional civil-protection bodies will increase staff and technical capacity, with 133 on-duty 112 professionals and a 50% rise in critical server capacity, while PROCICAT and volunteer protection units move to prealert to coordinate responses.