EMTs from Comandos de Salvamento place a star atop a Christmas tree at the Central Base in San Salvador. While becoming festive with holiday spirit, CDS staff members throughout the country know that the days between Christmas Eve and New Years day are some of the most active days of the year for emergency calls…
Thirteen year old Alcides Altimirano and fourteen year old Luis Juarez are Volunteer Comandos whose physical abilities and EMS knowledge were put to the test during this last natural disaster that was caused by flooding rains. Alcides and Luis first worked in rescuing those affected from landslides in various isolated communities. They then went to…
Comandos de Salvamento and civilians unload water in Joya Grande, a small village in the Ilopango area of San Salvador. Villages around Ilopango were flooded by excess rainfall that happened the same weekend as Hurricane Ida. In small villages such as Joya Grande, potable water is scare since wells and rivers have become contaminated. The…
