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Military Emergencies Unit

Branch of the Spanish Armed Forces

Summary

Branch of the Spanish Armed Forces

FieldValue
unit_nameEmergency Military Unit
native_nameUnidad Militar de Emergencias
imageCoat of Arms of the UME.svg
image_size150
captionCoat of arms of the unit
start_date
country
roleEmergency management
size3,987 (2008)
command_structure[[File:Emblem of the Spanish Armed Forces.svg25px]] Spanish Armed Forces
garrisonTorrejón Air Base
garrison_labelHeadquarters
mottoPerseverando para servir (Persevering to serve)
colorsYellow
march"Himno UME"
anniversariesOctober 7
websitewww.mde.es/ume
commander1Estandarte Real de España.svg King Felipe VI
commander1_labelCommander in Chief
commander2[[File:Spain-Army-OF-8.svg15px]] Lt General Francisco Javier Marcos Izquierdo
commander2_labelUnit Commander
identification_symbol[[File:Guidon of the UME.svg215px]]
identification_symbol_labelGuidon
aircraft_bomberCanadair CL-215
aircraft_helicopter_utilityEurocopter EC135
aircraft_transportEurocopter AS532 Cougar

The Emergency Military Unit (, UME; ) 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.

History

The decision to create the Military Emergencies Unit was agreed upon at a cabinet meeting of the Zapatero administration on October 7, 2005. This was enacted in law by the Real Decreto 416/2006 (Royal Decree 416/2006) on April 11, 2006.

Missions

  1. 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.
  2. Intervention fighting forest fires.
  3. Intervention during emergencies derived from technological hazards; among which are chemical, nuclear, radiological and biological hazards.
  4. 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.
  5. Intervention during situations of environmental contamination.
  6. Intervention during any other emergency deemed appropriate by the Prime Minister of Spain.

Chiefs

RankNameStartEnd
Lieutenant generalFulgencio Coll Bucher21 January 200619 July 2008
José Emilio Roldán Pascual25 July 200826 September 2012
Cesar Muro Benayas28 September 201215 May 2015
Miguel Alcañíz Comas23 May 201516 October 2019
Luis Manuel Martínez Meijide23 October 201916 August 2023
Francisco Javier Marcos Izquierdo16 August 2023

Organisation

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)
NameHeadquartersAreas Served
BIEM ITorrejón de Ardoz Air BaseÁvila, Segovia, Madrid, Cáceres, Guadalajara, Cuenca, Ciudad Real, Toledo
BIEM IIMorón Air BaseBadajoz, Huelva, Sevilla, Cádiz, Málaga, Córdoba, Jaén, Granada, Ceuta, Melilla, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, El Hierro, Lanzarote, La Palma, Tenerife
BIEM IIIBéteraAlbacete, Murcia, Alicante, Valencia, Castellón, Balearic Islands
BIEM IVZaragoza Air BaseBiscay, Guipúzcoa, Álava, La Rioja, Soria, Navarre, Zaragoza, Huesca, Teruel, Lleida, Tarragona, Barcelona, Girona
BIEM VSan Andrés del RabanedoPontevedra, La Corunna, Lugo, Orense, Asturias, Cantabria, León, Zamora, Salamanca, Valladolid, Palencia, Burgos
NameHeadquarters
UCGTorrejón de Ardoz Air Base
RAEM
BTUME
AGRUMEDA

Ranks

;Officers

;Enlisted

References

References

  1. "RESOLUCIÓN de 19 de enero de 2006, de la Subsecretaría, por la que se da publicidad al Acuerdo de Consejo de Ministros por el que se crea la Unidad Militar de Emergencias (UME).". [[Boletín Oficial del Estado]].
  2. "Real Decreto 416/2006, de 11 de abril, por el que se establece la organización y el despliegue de la Fuerza del Ejército de Tierra, de la Armada y del Ejército del Aire, así como de la Unidad Militar de Emergencias.". [[Boletín Oficial del Estado]].
  3. "Royal Decree 39/2006, of January 20, appointing Mr. Fulgencio Coll Bucher as Chief of the Military Emergency Unit.".
  4. "Royal Decree 1335/2008, of July 24, appointing Lieutenant General Mr. José Emilio Roldán Pascual, as Chief of the Military Emergency Unit.".
  5. "Royal Decree 1368/2012, of September 27, appointing Lieutenant General César Muro Benayas as Chief of the Military Emergency Unit.".
  6. "Royal Decree 392/2015, of May 22, appointing as Chief of the Military Emergency Unit to Miguel Alcañíz Comas.".
  7. "Unidad Militar de Emergencias- El general Miguel Alcañiz pasa a la Reserva y cesa como jefe de la Unidad Militar de Emergencias".
  8. (2019-10-23). "El teniente general Luis Martínez Meijide, nuevo jefe de la UME - Por Tierra, Mar y Aire".
  9. (2023-08-16). "El general Francisco Javier Marcos asume como nuevo jefe de la UME, "un ejemplo en Europa y el mundo", según Robles".
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