Denmark donates modern firefighting equipment to Georgia’s Emergency Management Service
In its comments, the Service noted it “actively continues” cooperation with its European partners to provide firefighters with all necessary equipment for their work. Photo via Emergency Management Service of Georgia
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The Emergency Management Service of Georgia has received modern firefighting equipment from its Danish counterparts under the Substantial NATO-Georgia Package, aimed at helping the body to respond effectively to forest fires, the Service said on Saturday.
The equipment handover ceremony was attended by the head of the Fire-Rescue Forces Department Davit Sukhishvili, Colonel Norbert Hess, the Deputy Permanent Representative of Georgia to NATO, and Colonel Susan Christensen, the leader of the crisis management initiative of the NATO-Georgia Package.
In its comments, the Service noted it “actively continues” cooperation with its European partners to provide firefighters with all necessary equipment for their work.
The Emergency Management Service of Georgia has received firefighting equipment within the United Nations Development Programme project aiming to support sustainable and climate-friendly forest management practices in the country.
Georgia’s Emergency Management Service will be able to take advantage of brand-new equipment after the Danish Emergency Management Agency donated hardware to its counterpart.
The Emergency Management Service of the Georgian Interior Ministry has provided rescuers with new, "European-standard" fire retardant suits and equipment, the state body said on Thursday.
An agreement between Georgia and Austria in the field of Mutual Assistance in Time of Natural and Manmade Disasters and their Prevention was signed on Wednesday by Deputy Interior Minister Aleksandre Darakhvelidze and Austrian Interior Minister Gerhard Karner.