Overview

• Valencia’s city government launched the Valencia + Segura emergency preparedness plan on June 23 to equip citizens with skills to respond to disasters after last October’s flood.
• Online registration opened immediately, with a pilot training set for June 30 aimed at school leadership and teaching staff and a full citywide rollout scheduled for September 1 prioritizing flood-affected districts.
• Training modules include interpreting alert levels, designing family emergency protocols and assembling essential emergency kits.
• Approximately 100 trainers—including university faculty, firefighters and police officers—will deliver sessions through schools, community centers and 40 informational tents.
• The city council has invited the Generalitat and wider metropolitan area to adopt the initiative as a benchmark for citizen protection.