Overview
- The RespuestA26 exercise was held on Tuesday, November 10 and staged two simulated quakes—magnitude 4.2 followed by magnitude 6.0—centred on Santa Fe, Atarfe and Vélez de Benaudalla.
- Authorities activated the ES-Alert mass mobile warning for Santa Fe and carried out planned school evacuations, building-collapse scenarios and urban search-and-rescue operations.
- Atarfe hosted a Seveso-style chemical incident at the Fertisac site that required NRBQ Guardia Civil teams, firefighters and specialised medical response in a controlled simulation.
- University of Granada modelling shown at the Rules reservoir projected an eight-million-cubic-metre landslide could produce a wave topping 40 metres, though exercise leaders said the dam would hold while Guardia Civil helicopters and mountain teams practised rescues.
- More than 500 personnel from UME, Speis firefighters, Infoca, Guardia Civil units, health and psychological teams, forensic services and volunteers worked from an advanced command post to test coordination, alerts and damage-assessment tools informed by this summer's seismic swarm.