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Butlletí Oficial de les Illes Balears · 20 Aug 2026 · 12 vistas

The Ibiza Council appoints eight new career firefighters

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The Insular Council of Ibiza has appointed eight career civil servants as firefighters, as a result of the selection processes convened for the provision of nineteen firefighter positions. The appointments are made public in the Official Gazette of the Balearic Islands (BOIB) no. 104, of August 20, 2026, in Section II, and are signed by the general secretary of the Council, Pedro Bueno Flores.

The resolutions, issued by the executive councillor of the Department of Economic Promotion, Municipal Cooperation and Human Resources, cover positions corresponding to the public employment offers of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2025, for the open entry turn and through the competitive examination system. The appointments are formalized upon the proposal of the corresponding qualifying tribunal.

The eight new firefighters

The appointments are distributed across eight individual resolutions, most dated August 14, 2026:

  • Andrés Linero Gamonales (Resolution no. 2026000973)
  • David Argüelles Prats (Resolution no. 2026000974)
  • Joan Llansana Riba (Resolution no. 2026000975)
  • Juan Miguel Bea Palmer (Resolution no. 2026000976)
  • Carlos Prieto García (Resolution no. 2026000977)
  • Miguel Font Durán (Resolution no. 2026000978)
  • Ferrán Martí Aguilella (Resolution no. 2026000979)
  • Álvaro Lorenzo Gómez (Resolution no. 2026000980)

A signature by substitution

The resolution corresponding to Álvaro Lorenzo Gómez (no. 2026000980) was signed on August 17, 2026, by substitution by the executive councillor of the Department of Culture, Education and Heritage, in accordance with Presidency Decree no. 2026000735, of August 12, 2026. The remaining resolutions are dated August 14, 2026.

Deadline to take office

According to point 11.2 of the general bases regulating the selection processes for civil servant personnel of the Insular Council of Ibiza, the new firefighters will have one month from the day after the publication of the announcement to formalize the corresponding taking of office. The publication took place on August 20, 2026.

These eight appointments reinforce the island’s emergency service, in a context of covering accumulated positions from several public employment offers. For the citizens of Ibiza, the incorporation of new career civil servant personnel into the fire brigade represents an improvement in the response capacity to fires and other emergencies, and consolidates the service’s staff with stable personnel selected by competitive examination.


Source: Official Gazette of the Balearic Islands, no. 104, August 20, 2026, Section II, p. 45214-45215 (official reference: announcement 8397).