- The Association of Forest Guards of Bizkaia has filed a complaint for an episode that occurred at the end of April this year. Someone pressed the alarm button of a sender of a forest guard, but you still don't know who could be the agent. They denounce that the system has shown "serious deficiencies" and that the Provincial Council of Bizkaia responded to them in three days.
Although the issuer who issued the alarm was on behalf of a worker, that day that worker was not working and responded that his issuer was on behalf of another worker. This occurs in 40% of issuers, according to forest guards. They denounce that this situation has been repeated on more than one occasion.
They criticize the reaction of the Provincial Council of Bizkaia, which three days after the alarm began to call the workers to locate the user of the issuer. Subaso, belonging to the company Basalan, is the provisional manager of the communications of rural workers of the Department of Sustainability and the Natural Environment.
Before Subaso, however, the communication manager was the public service Base Gorria. According to the workers, the problems began with the disappearance of this service, which has been repeatedly denounced in meetings with the authorities. They add that they have been without protection for two years and that they may at any time suffer an accident. They concluded by saying that the elimination of the public sector is a serious mistake with the aim of boosting privatisation.