Interior Minister thanks Georgian rescuers for their dedication, announces emergency service re-equipment
The rescue crews, consisting of 100 Georgian rescuers, have been continuing to help with the search and rescue operations at the site of the quake-hit zone after the devastating Turkey earthquake on February 6, even when rescuers from some other countries have already left Turkey, he stressed. Photo via Interior Ministry
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Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri on Tuesday extended his gratitude to Georgian rescuers and firefighters for their dedication to work and announced the Ministry would continue the technical modernisation and re-equipment process of the Emergency Management Service.
In his address to the Parliament, Gomelauri discussed forest fires as one of the challenges of 2022 and highlighted the “heroic” efforts of the firefighters who had worked “24 hours a day all over the country” and had been also involved in the search-and-rescue operations, the Interior Ministry said.
The rescue crews, consisting of 100 Georgian rescuers, have been continuing to help with the search and rescue operations at the site of the quake-hit zone after the devastating Turkey earthquake on February 6, even when rescuers from some other countries have already left Turkey, he stressed.
The purchase of ten high-mobility fire-fighting vehicles at the first stage of the technical modernisation process was also announced by Gomelauri, noting within the international partnership, the Service would also receive five more fire engines.
As the Minister emphasised, the Emergency Management Service was equipped with new vehicles, including off-road, all-terrain quad bikes and water vehicles in 2022, and added mountain and diving rescue, as well as chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear emergency response equipment, were completely updated.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the President of Turkey, has thanked rescue crews sent from Georgia and other countries to help with the search and rescue operations in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake on February 6, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Monday.
A new group of 85 Georgian professionals left for Turkey’s city of Adıyaman worst affected by the deadly quake, for the rotation, to replace the rescuers on the site and ensure aid for the country in its frantic rescue efforts, Georgian Emergency Management Service said on Tuesday.
A Georgian rescue dog on Thursday saved a survivor of Turkey’s devastating earthquake during ongoing efforts in the aftermath of the disaster, the Spokesperson of Georgia’s Emergency Management Service told agenda.ge.
Georgian rescuers have saved a second survivor during their rescue efforts in Turkey, following Monday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake that has killed thousands in the country, the Georgian Interior Ministry said on Thursday.
The implemented and planned infrastructure projects were highlighted by Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri on Tuesday in his address to the Georgian Parliament, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.
The first stage of the criminal police reform was concluded in 2022, with the operational, investigative and preventive directions completely separated from each other, Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri said on Tuesday.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili will meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after departing for a visit to the country on Thursday with a Government delegation, the Government Administration said.