HOW WAS CREATED FIREFIGHTERS WITHOUT BORDERS SPAIN?

In 1993, a group of professionals belonging to the Firefighters Corp of the Valencia Council asked the Valencian consistory for a Magirus fire engine dated from 1957, as a donation, given the fact that it went directly to the scrapyard.

Working with such a big enthusiasm and effort, this group adapted and repaired the Magirus for it to live its last big supportive adventure: going all over the immensity of the sub-Saharan desert to pay a visit to its counterparts in Burkina Faso (it carried food, medicines and school material) and discovering the reality of the Fire Stations in the Sahel region.

This first experience exceeded all the expectations. The Magirus not only complied with its purpose of sharing hope all over the sub-Saharan Africa desert, but kilometre after kilometre, it let this group of Valencian people open their eyes to a new reality: the need of projecting their solidarity beyond the limits of their professional action. From this day on, the NGO FIREFIGHTERS WITHOUT BORDERS SPAIN was born and continues to live for that trip not to be considered an isolated fact, and the Magirus became its emblem.