On Friday morning, at the Convention Center, a new meeting of the Emergency Committee, formed days ago due to the forest fire issue, was held.
Mayor Francisco Azcué led the meeting, accompanied by César Gómez, Coordinator of the Environmental Brigade of Entre Ríos, and Gustavo Gerfó, head of the Provincial Forest Brigade, where the central focus was to establish and implement the protocol for the use of the water bomber aircraft based at our city's Aeroclub following efforts made jointly with the Provincial Government and the Federal Fire Management System.
In this regard, Mayor Azcué highlighted that after several joint efforts, it was possible to bring the water bomber aircraft to Concordia, which allows us to have “a very important tool in the face of the fire emergency. He highlighted the coordinated work between all sectors because that is how these results are obtained”.
In that sense, Azcué thanked “the good disposition of all the people who make up this Committee. Today we worked on the protocol for the use of the aircraft, with clear guidelines on who authorizes the aircraft to take off, how it works, and who are the people involved when it comes to making the drops” among other points.
ATTENTIVE TO THE EMERGENCY
Gómez, for his part, explained that the meeting was very positive, given that “all the fundamental actors who will be present if we have a fire occurrence were there”, establishing the chain of command when it comes to implementing the flights “with the pilot, so that he can take off and work in combating the flames”.
Gómez stressed that the aircraft is based in Concordia but is available to operate in any part of the province and, in turn, as it depends on the National Fire Management System, if there is any major event in an area of another region, it is also automatically deployed to the location.
Finally, Gerfó remarked that “we are an Environmental Response Brigade that has coverage throughout the provincial territory. We are an operational support team for the Fire Department and Police system”, underlining the importance of having an aircraft when fighting fires in the most critical areas of the entire forest corridor.
After the meeting, Mayor Azcué and other authorities were at the Concordia Aeroclub, where the water bomber aircraft is based, a place where a 100,000-liter liquid reservoir was also set up so that in case the aircraft has to operate, it has the corresponding water supply.
On the occasion, the Secretary of Government Luciano Dell´Olio was present; as well as producers from the region; representatives of the Business Collaboration Group (ACEs), authorities of the local Volunteer Firefighters and Sappers barracks; among others.
Mayor Francisco Azcué led the meeting, accompanied by César Gómez, Coordinator of the Environmental Brigade of Entre Ríos, and Gustavo Gerfó, head of the Provincial Forest Brigade, where the central focus was to establish and implement the protocol for the use of the water bomber aircraft based at our city's Aeroclub following efforts made jointly with the Provincial Government and the Federal Fire Management System.
In this regard, Mayor Azcué highlighted that after several joint efforts, it was possible to bring the water bomber aircraft to Concordia, which allows us to have “a very important tool in the face of the fire emergency. He highlighted the coordinated work between all sectors because that is how these results are obtained”.
In that sense, Azcué thanked “the good disposition of all the people who make up this Committee. Today we worked on the protocol for the use of the aircraft, with clear guidelines on who authorizes the aircraft to take off, how it works, and who are the people involved when it comes to making the drops” among other points.
ATTENTIVE TO THE EMERGENCY
Gómez, for his part, explained that the meeting was very positive, given that “all the fundamental actors who will be present if we have a fire occurrence were there”, establishing the chain of command when it comes to implementing the flights “with the pilot, so that he can take off and work in combating the flames”.
Gómez stressed that the aircraft is based in Concordia but is available to operate in any part of the province and, in turn, as it depends on the National Fire Management System, if there is any major event in an area of another region, it is also automatically deployed to the location.
Finally, Gerfó remarked that “we are an Environmental Response Brigade that has coverage throughout the provincial territory. We are an operational support team for the Fire Department and Police system”, underlining the importance of having an aircraft when fighting fires in the most critical areas of the entire forest corridor.
After the meeting, Mayor Azcué and other authorities were at the Concordia Aeroclub, where the water bomber aircraft is based, a place where a 100,000-liter liquid reservoir was also set up so that in case the aircraft has to operate, it has the corresponding water supply.
On the occasion, the Secretary of Government Luciano Dell´Olio was present; as well as producers from the region; representatives of the Business Collaboration Group (ACEs), authorities of the local Volunteer Firefighters and Sappers barracks; among others.