Financial difficulties and the current crisis scenario in the face of the covid-19 pandemic, led some of the city councils in the district of Beja to grant financial and material support to the Fire Departments of their municipality.
The Municipality of Odemira, the largest in Portugal with 1.729 km2, is the only one with two Fire Departments, one at the county seat and the other in Vila Nova de Milfontes, was the one that provided the most support.
The Odemira corporation will receive 90 thousand euros and a command vehicle, a light mixed all-wheel-drive van, designed to replace the one with which the commander of the fire brigade LuÃs Oliveira, suffered an accident (na photos) last day 18 September 2020, when headed for an accident. The Vila Nova de Milfontes corporation will receive 30 thousand euros and an operational vehicle, a multifunction jeep also with full traction.
The Municipalities of Cuba and Beja have allocated additional funds to help their Fire Departments, having assigned 25 thousand euros to each of the corporations in their municipalities.
Finally, the modality of Almodôvar supported by 100% the purchase of a forest fire-fighting vehicle and the corresponding bodywork transformation, which had a cost of 120 thousand euros. A vehicle deposit was incorporated into the vehicle. 4.000 l, cabin protection for the operational five, larger fuel tank and full traction.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
