PP parliamentary spokesperson Lorena Roldán on Tuesday called on Generalitat President Salvador Illa to acknowledge mistakes over recent fires in Catalonia, saying the regional government "has not prepared forest management". The criticism matters for residents in high-risk areas because Catalonia's wildfire planning sets the rules for municipal emergency plans, local prevention work and how authorities respond when fires threaten homes and roads.

Roldán made the remarks in relation to the management of fires in Catalonia, according to the verified source text. Her statement directly targets the Generalitat, Catalonia's regional government, at a time when the administration has already presented a new INFOCAT plan, the region's special civil protection plan for forest fires.

"The government has not prepared forest management," Roldán said, as she asked Illa to assume responsibility for errors over the fires in Catalonia.

New INFOCAT plan expands duties for municipalities

The Generalitat said when it presented the new INFOCAT plan that it is designed to adapt wildfire response to new scenarios made worse by climate change. That matters locally because the plan governs prevention, warning systems and emergency coordination across Catalonia.

Separate reporting cited in the source materials said the Govern planned to require around 80% of municipalities to have a forest fire plan and to recommend one for the remaining 20%. For residents, that means town halls are expected to play a bigger role in evacuation planning, local alerts and prevention measures in the urban-forest interface.

  • INFOCAT is Catalonia's special civil protection plan for forest fires.
  • The Generalitat says the updated plan responds to more severe fire scenarios linked to climate change.
  • Municipal obligations are expected to affect roughly 80% of councils, according to the verified source materials.

Forest policy already includes grazing and woodland tools

The criticism comes against a backdrop of existing regional forest policy. A report published by Red PAC said Catalonia had launched the SilPas tool to promote grazing as a measure to help combat forest fires, linking land management with fire prevention.

The source materials also include a March 2026 report stating that Catalonia had received €2.2 million in EU funding for forestry-related work. That funding claim appears in the verified materials, but no further official funding breakdown was provided in the supplied primary documentation for this article.

For residents who want to know what applies in their area, the practical next step is to check announcements from their local ajuntament, or town hall, and the Generalitat's civil protection information on INFOCAT, because municipal fire plans and local risk measures are handled at council level under the regional framework.

Primary sources: govern.cat, redpac.gob.es. Reported by Source Text Link, omygod.be, Norma Vidal / Pol Solà, CatalunyaPress.cat, sciencedirect.com, Europa Press Barcelona.