Monday, March 7, 2016

municipal fire is not viable because it could generate duplicity – The Journal CoLatino

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Before the proposed amendment to the Law of the fire Department of El Salvador, requested by the fraction of the Arena party to create municipal firefighters, Minister of Interior and Territorial Development, Aristides Valencia, said it was not convenient because having different administrations in the response related to fire emergencies, duplication of effort would be generated when responding.

Valencia also said that municipalities with more resources could provide this service, but those with fewer resources can not, thereby violating the principle of a certain equality in the Constitution of the Republic.

in addition, this proposal is intended that municipalities with economic capacity can have their firefighters municipal, but establishing rates and a transfer of state resources to address these potential competition; weakening the central management is serving the entire national territory.

The current legislation gives exclusive to the Directorate General of the Fire Department, to investigate fire, safety, import and manipulation power hazardous materials, certification of compliance with safety measures, technical advice for procedures billing insurance for fire, authorization to conduct activities related to pyrotechnics.

the general director of the Corps firefighters, Mayor Joaquin Parada, said to be a professional firefighter in a systematic teaching, because they must have technical, physical and skills to address the complexities involved in emergency care public fire service is needed.

the Mayor Parada said firefighter training is not a simple process of pawning a group of people to provide services firefighters provided, as this would endanger the lives of people that would facilitate these services and those who receive it.

“having municipal firefighters would conflict in the application of these laws, severely affecting the population using these services, instead of segregating the fire service, create budgetary mechanisms to strengthen the General Directorate of the fire Department, “he said the official

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the strengthening must reform so that insurance companies provide the Body of firefighters, 4% of all insurance premiums and thus meet current needs, and expand the territorial coverage articulately give municipalities more efficient service to the population; by acquiring pumps, personal protective equipment, expanding coverage to the construction of new stations and the creation of school fire.

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