Georgian-Turkish emergency management services sign deal
Tweet 
Share
Head of Georgia’s Emergency Management Service Giorgi Mgebrishvili has met with Ankara Regional Deputy Director of Forestry Bekir Karacabey, where he thanked the government of Turkey for their "huge support” during last year’s forest fires in Georgia.
Mgebrishvili said that with the help of Turkey Georgia created a special group, which can extinguish fire at night hours.
During his visit Mgebrishvili signed a bilateral agreement of cooperation with the Turkish emergency management service , which will brought the current cooperation between the agencies to a higher level, Georgian Emergency Management Service reported.
The Emergency Management Service of Georgia has announced a series of systemic reforms. Head of the agency Giorgi Mgebrishvili held the first working meeting with officials of the service and discussed details of the reforms today.
The Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili announced today that Georgia has moved to a new model of emergency situation management, which means the Emergency Management Service will be more independent in decision making and additional funds will be spent on the purchase of anti-fire equipment.
The Government of Georgia and the head of the country’s Emergency Service Giorgi Mgebrishvili have made a decision to allocate additional funds to the Emergency Service staff, as was promised in the wake of the last summer’s intensive fires.
Georgia’s first response emergency units could be united to create an Emergency Management Agency, led by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Head of the Emergency Management Service of Georgia Giorgi Mgebrishvili, who previously served as Interior Minister of Georgia, quit his post today.
Georgian and Turkish Justice Ministers have agreed to create a group to timely respond to extradition, children kidnaping, prisoner handover and prisoners’ rights protection issues.