The Emergency Military Unit (Spanish: Unidad Militar de Emergencias, UME; IPA: [uniˈðað miliˈtaɾ ðe emeɾˈxenθjas]) 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.
Emergency Military Unit | |
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Unidad Militar de Emergencias | |
Founded | October 7, 2005 |
Country | Spain |
Role | Emergency management |
Size | 3,987 (2008) |
Part of | Spanish Armed Forces |
Headquarters | Torrejón Air Base |
Motto(s) | Perseverando para servir (Persevering to serve) |
Colors | Yellow |
March | "Himno UME" |
Anniversaries | October 7 |
Website | www.mde.es/ume |
Commanders | |
Commander in Chief | King Felipe VI |
Unit Commander | Lt General Luis Manuel Martínez Meijide |
Insignia | |
Guidon | |
Aircraft flown | |
Bomber | Canadair CL-215 |
Utility helicopter | Eurocopter EC135 |
Transport | Eurocopter AS532 Cougar |
The decision to create the Military Emergencies Unit was agreed upon at a cabinet meeting of the Zapatero administration on October 7, 2005.[1] This was enacted in law by the Real Decreto 416/2006 (Royal Decree 416/2006) on April 11, 2006.[2]
Rank | Name | Start | End |
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Lieutenant general | Fulgencio Coll Bucher | 21 January 2006[3] | 19 July 2008 |
José Emilio Roldán Pascual | 25 July 2008[4] | 26 September 2012 | |
Cesar Muro Benayas | 28 September 2012[5] | 15 May 2015 | |
Miguel Alcañíz Comas | 23 May 2015[6] | 16 October 2019[7] | |
Luis Manuel Martínez Meijide | 23 October 2019[8] | Incumbent |
The UME consists of Headquarters (Unidad de Cuartel General, UCG),
Name | Headquarters | Areas Served |
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BIEM I | Torrejón de Ardoz Air Base | Ávila, Segovia, Madrid, Cáceres, Guadalajara, Cuenca, Ciudad Real, Toledo |
BIEM II | Morón Air Base | Badajoz, Huelva, Sevilla, Cádiz, Málaga, Córdoba, Jaén, Granada, Ceuta, Melilla, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, El Hierro, Lanzarote, La Palma, Tenerife |
BIEM III | Bétera | Albacete, Murcia, Alicante, Valencia, Castellón, Balearic Islands |
BIEM IV | Zaragoza Air Base | Biscay, Guipúzcoa, Álava, La Rioja, Soria, Navarre, Zaragoza, Huesca, Teruel, Lleida, Tarragona, Barcelona, Girona |
BIEM V | San Andrés del Rabanedo | Pontevedra, La Corunna, Lugo, Orense, Asturias, Cantabria, León, Zamora, Salamanca, Valladolid, Palencia, Burgos |
Name | Headquarters |
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UCG | Torrejón de Ardoz Air Base |
RAEM | |
BTUME | |
AGRUMEDA |
NATO code | OF-10 | OF-9 | OF-8 | OF-7 | OF-6 | OF-5 | OF-4 | OF-3 | OF-2 | OF-1 | OF(D) | Student officer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General de división | General de brigada | Coronel | Teniente coronel | Comandante | Capitán | Teniente | Alférez |
NATO code | OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-2 | OR-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Suboficial mayor | Subteniente | Brigada | Sargento primero | Sargento | Cabo mayor | Cabo primero | Cabo | Soldado de primera | Soldado |