The commander of the Volunteer Firefighters of Castro Verde, Vítor Antunes, presented, last week, your resignation request, due to the “inoperability” of the corporation.
The revelation was made by Correio Alentejo (“CA”), to whom Vítor Antunes said that his resignation, presented to 26 of May to the direction of the Humanitarian Association of Volunteer Firefighters of Castro Verde, is “irrevocable” and is based on “the inoperability of the fire department”.
“We have few professionals and few volunteers” and “it is due to this situation that, if there is any serious situation, it is very difficult to be able to help efficiently and quickly. It got me to a point where it's impossible to stay in charge any longer.”, Explain.
Vítor Antunes also adds that, “about a year ago”, reported the “inoperability of the fire department to the, but nothing else could be done.”.
“It is very difficult to run a fire department without personnel”, ends the resigning commander.
The "CA" tried to get a reaction from the chairman of the board of the Humanitarian Association of Volunteer Firefighters of Castro Verde, Aníbal Conceição, what has not yet been possible.
