April 6, 2023 – Split: representatives of the Croatian Fire Brigade and representatives of Croatian Forests (Hrvatske šume) signed an agreement on cooperation in preventing forest fires, and valuable equipment was handed over to the firefighters.
As Index writes, the agreement was signed by Chief Fire Commander Slavko Tucaković and President of the Hrvatske šume Management Board Nediljko Dujić on the premises of the Split Intervention Fire Brigade.
The purpose of the agreement
The goal of the agreement is better cooperation between organizations, especially in the prevention of occurrence, rapid detection, and extinguishing of forest fires, as well as prevention and better rehabilitation of possible ecological accidents in forests.
Hrvatske šume donated chainsaws to the Croatian firefighting community in order to improve the equipment of the firefighting forces and increase readiness when extinguishing fires in open spaces. The chainsaws are intended for fire departments from all over Croatia and were handed over to county fire chiefs.
The agreement should also regulate relations in the joint implementation of fire protection publicity activities through the organization of collaborative educational workshops and the installation of fire prevention posters in areas owned by Hrvatske šume.
“Investments will go towards expanding video surveillance with 20 new camera locations all along the coast of the Adriatic”
Dujić pointed out that as much as 16.3 million euros have been planned for this year’s firefighting activities and that the investments will go into expanding the area of video surveillance with 20 new locations for cameras along the coast of the Adriatic.
The plan is to cover all coastal counties with cameras. It is also planned to build 400 kilometers of new fire roads and maintain a network of almost 10,000 km of existing ones.
Commander Tucaković concluded that the preparations for this year’s firefighting season have been going well.
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