Beja: celebrations 129 years of Volunteer Firefighters take place today.
This Sunday take place the 129 anniversary celebrations of the Humanitarian Association of Firefighters Beja Volunteers (AHBVB).
Founded in 12 May 1889, the AHBVB promotes this Sunday the 129th anniversary celebrations, a ceremony more inwardly facing, having as guests the Executive Board, led by President Paul Arsenic, or CODIS, Lt. Col. Victor Cabrita and president of the Federation of Beja District Fire, Sunday Fabela.
The celebrations are marked by the pilgrimage to the cemetery 09,30 hours, to honor the deceased firemen, to 11,30 hours in the barracks carried out the Solemn Session, where awards will be given to firefighters and members, follows the traditional corporate car parade through the city streets.
After the return to barracks, at Stop, arises what will be the most important moment of this anniversary, with the blessing of two new vehicles, Forest Fire Fighting Vehicles (VFCI) and a general services vehicle 7 places support the direction and command. The celebrations were with the lunch gathering which will start at about 13,00 hours.
Late last year the Beja Firefighters received the first vehicle VFCi 04, which cost about 150.000 euros, resulting from an application to POSEUR that financed the purchase of the vehicle in 70%, Beja having reimbursed Chamber about 45 thousand euros, the remaining 30% do valor total.
The new fire engine fighting, o VFCI 05 (na photos), was acquired with funds from the compensation awarded by the National Civil Protection Authority, as payment “saved” the vehicle involved in an accident in October 2015. The remaining 40.000 euros result of an investment of one's Humanitarian Association and the contribution of some members and benefactors.
December 2008: Firefighters receive two new vehicles
The Beja Fire received two new vehicles, supported largely by a credit institution, both with width less than the normal, in order to overcome the difficulties in providing relief in the historic center.
Seventy-five thousand euros, fifty thousand of them supported by the Agricultural Credit Beja and Mértola, It was how much it cost the acquisition of two vehicles that were delivered to the Fire Beja Volunteers (BVB). An ambulance for the transport of patients, supported in full by the bank and other fighting urban fires, Bejense of corporate responsibility, both having as main destination, the provision of assistance in the historic center.
The two cars are less wide than usual, order to overcome the difficulties that firefighters feel the narrow streets, many of them littered car, that hinder the movement.
The ambulance is multiple transport, with lifting platform, receiving two patients in wheelchairs and seated five. The first response fire engine, It has a tank 500 liters of water and foam, and respiratory.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
Video: parade 125 years of A.H. of the Beja Volunteer Firefighters
