30 cases of fires per week, required to build fire capacity

30 cases of fires per week, required to build fire capacity

It's the tools they start to intervene more recently, the interventions have been more frequent than usual. This, since at this time of the year, cases of fire extinguishing have been more common and despite lack of staff, the Fire Chiefs are managing the situation. “Only this week [...]

This has been more common since this time of year the fires of extinction

And despite lack of staff, the Fire Brigade is managing the situation.

This is the last week we left behind. We've had about 30 interventions. It's still not at the level of how past summers were seen, but we're appealing again to citizens since the grass, oak, could then be caused by fire, which is taking on huge proportions. Although we're having high temperatures, it doesn't mean they're causing fire. We need to be careful with”, declared Mal Gashi, Commander of the Fire Brigade.

As a result of a lack of capacity, they often have to work overtime.

This is being assessed by emergency management experts who say that the establishment of human and technical capacities would have to be handled with priority.

“The capacity of human fire resources is quite small, add to the fact that the devices are not the level they should be. This also makes it difficult to intervene when we have fires. However, it needs to be invested, the number of firefighters across Kosovo's territory will increase. The number is small in municipalities, except Pristina, which may be slightly better standing, but the capacity should be increased”, notes Tahir Ahmeti, an expert on emergency management.

Television has tried to contact the Emergency Management Agency and the Ministry of Internal Affairs regarding opportunities to build capacities, but by the same has no response.

Under the capacities, by Chairman for Progress Rama was promised at least the founding of 10 voluntary units, but has not so far been completed. Television has also asked the Kosovo Police for the number of fire department cases, but this institution has not returned answers.

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