Gov’t offers extensive benefits and bonuses for Emergency Service staff

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.

The new decree reads that together with monthly salaries, which is about 800 GEL ($323), Emergency Service employees who have four and more children will receive additional bonuses, no more than 20 percent of their monthly salaries.

• Those who have four children will receive a 250 GEL ($101) monthly salary supplement; a parent with five kids will receive 375 GEL ($151); the supplement for six kids will amount to 500 GEL ($201); for seven kids and more - 625 ($252) GEL.

If the Emergency Service employee receives:

• A grave injury on duty he or she will receive 7,000 GEL ($2,900) one-time financial support from the state budget.
• For less heavy injuries, the support will reach 4,000 GEL ($1,600), and in the case the injury is light the one-time financial support will amount to 2,000 GEL ($800).
• If the employees marry, they will receive a 1,250GEL ($505) one-time bonus. This amount will also be received in the event of of having a baby or losing a family member (spouse, child, father or mother).

The insurance expenses for the Emergency Service staff, their spouses and underage children, are fully covered by the state budget.