A total of 55 firefighters from various locations in Ecuador traveled to Chile to support the fight against forest fires in that South American country.
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For this trip, the Ministry of Defense authorized the use of an Ecuadorian Air Force plane, with all its supply and logistics management, to meet the requirement of the Chilean Government and thus transfer the teams of reinforcement brigades in forest fires.
The National Risk Management Service (SNGR) indicated that it requested the Forest Fire Reinforcement Brigades (BRIF) the proper activation and formation of logistical and operational capacities to mobilize this Thursday to Chile in order to provide its contingent in emergencies. forests registered in the central-south zone.
The groups of reinforcement brigades in forest fires that traveled to Chile are from six different locations.
In total, the delegation is made up of firefighters from Quito (20), as well as Portoviejo, Cuenca, the El Oro community, Cañar (8 of each) and Guayaquil (3).
Guayaquil firefighters will be in charge of helping in logistics and in the unified command post, it was indicated.
The Risk Management Service and the Foreign Ministry are in charge of coordinating the brigades, managing and liaising with the Unified Command Post.
Dozens of citizens, homes and schools have been affected by forest fires that are registered in the center-south zone of Chile. Twenty deaths have been reported.
Source: Eluniverso
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