UNDP donates firefighting equipment to Georgia’s Emergency Management Service
Modern fire-extinguishing backpacks and an all-terrain vehicle had been handed over to its Mtskheta-Mtianeti division administering the eastern region. Photo from the Emergency Management Service's Facebook.
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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.
Photo from the Emergency Management Service's Facebook
The state body said on Friday modern fire-extinguishing backpacks and an all-terrain vehicle had been handed over to its Mtskheta-Mtianeti division administering the eastern region.
Photo from the Emergency Management Service's Facebook
In its comments, the Service highlighted the significance of equipping firefighters with modern standards for their work.
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.
The Emergency Management Service (ES) of Georgia has received firefighting equipment from the US Embassy’s Office of Defence Cooperation (ODC), reports the press office of the ES.
Poland has gifted Georgia training equipment and devices for firefighters and rescuers, including a multifunctional training simulator for practical training, a fire outfit for 17 instructors and other training equipment.
The government of Japan has provided the Emergency Management Service of Georgia with a second-hand fire engine.
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 International Organisation for Migration, with the financial support of the European Union, on Friday donated modern special equipment - passport readers - to the Patrol Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.
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.