For one vehicle of the Presidency of BiH, 200 firefighting suits, 400 backpacks or tank can be purchased

The fleet of 74 BiH institutions has about 4,000 vehicles. Millions of marks are spent annually for their registration, insurance, fuel and maintenance. A member of the BiH Presidency is driving in a car of 200,000 KM. All this in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where firefighters fight in the cars of 50 years old, in damaged compartments and in the backpacks.

For the value of one official car of the Presidency, 200 firefighting suits or 400 backpacks could be purchased, and experts claim a tank, perhaps even a smaller vehicle. Firefighters are the most needed protective equipment and vehicles, younger than 50 years old. If they had 200,000 KM, they do not know, out of great need, for which they would reach before.

"One fire fighting suit costs 1,000 KM One fire truck with equipment costs between 300,000 and 500,000 KM on average, and the backpacks cost 500 KM You should think about what to buy for these assets, many equipment is missing and equipment is day by day I think it would depend on the municipality to the municipality, because every municipality does not meet the same fires, and the assessment of the threat of fire is different. I think that most would be bought personal protective uniforms and equipment for extinguishing forest and other fires, "said Adnan Ćukle, Secretary General of the Fire Brigade of the ZDK, is our source.

Field operations would be much faster for firefighters to have helicopters, but currently they can only rely on the support of the Armed Forces of BiH. The fire department of the municipal civil defense staff seeks support from the helicopter, the municipal headquarters asks for the cantonal civil protection administration, the next address is the Federal Civil Protection Administration, and the last Ministry of Defense of BiH. The procedure is complex and long, but Ćukla claims that everyone is trying to get the process completed as soon as possible, and the helicopter on the ground.

"If each canton has its own helicopter, it will speed up the field activity. There are two problems, the first are finances, and the other is that all the cantons do not have the technical capability to have a helicopter because there must be a lake of adequate depth, such as Jablanica, in order to The helicopter is filled with water. The helicopter can not be filled in rivers or streams, "said Cukle.

Although firefighters are in the forefront when a fireworks sweeps up the forest and threatens the houses, it always has crossborder crossings. Therefore, RS President Milorad Dodik has a helicopter, and Ljubinje does not exist.

• 24 Jul, 2017
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