Firemen financing law will “improve … – TVI24

The Minister of Internal Affairs, Anabela Rodrigues, said on Tuesday that the fire service financing law will “improve the planning and programming ‘of investment necessary to continuous operational capacity of corporations.

‘More than a step very important consequences in operational practice, is in our view a measure of full justice, “said Anabela Rodrigues to intervene during the opening session of the Municipal Civil Protection Center and Portimão Relief Operations .

According to the minister, as the firefighters associations are a key pillar in the civil protection system, “was necessary to draw up a financing law” allowing the stability of humanitarian associations holders of bodies fire, reports Lusa.

“The law will allow the financing to proceed on a stable and predictable manner, which is crucial to better planning, in particular for the programming of the investment necessary for continued improvement in operational capacity “, he said.

The financing law of firefighters, who will soon be discussed in Parliament, provides for an increase of about 12% of the funds released by the central government to humanitarian associations .

Anabela Rodrigues went to Portimão where he inaugurated the Municipal Center for Civil Protection and Relief Operations, structure that joins the space installed in the building of the fire, all the civil protection agents.

The center, whose investment has been around 50 thousand euros supported by the newly created municipal fee for civil protection is intended to ensure the levels of effectiveness in the provision of assistance and protection of the environment and heritage, monitoring continuously the situation in Algarve county.

The National Civil Protection Authority, the Community Intermunicipal the Algarve and the Algarve Fire Department Federation also formalized a protocol that provides close to 1.271 million euros to the Special Device to Fight Forest Fires in the Algarve.

The Special Device to Fight Forest Fires in the Algarve (POOR) for 2015 will receive close to 953 000 euros from the National Civil Protection Authority (ANPC) and close to 318,000 euros of the 16 district chambers Faro to set up intervention teams for the most vulnerable period of forest fires, from May 15 to October 15.