INTERNATIONAL WILDFIRE RESPONSE AGREEMENT SIGNED BETWEEN @FIRE AND PORTUGESE TOWN

摘要

Fire International, a disaster response agency based in Osnabruck in Germany, has signed an agreement to help protect the town of Villa Real in Northern Portugal against the constant threat of wildfires in the area. Villa Real and Osnabruck are twin towns, and @fire was previously deployed in the region during the particular heavy wildfire seasons of 2005 and 2006. Now the relationship has been underlined with a formal agreement. As part of this, ©fire's team of 11 highly trained firefighters is on standby against wildfires in the town during the summer season. The agreement was signed on the 18th of July, by the mayor of Villa Real, Manuel Martin and Detlef Maushake, co-founder of @fire. The Fire Commanders of Cruz Branca and Cruz Verde, the district Fire Commander and Commander of the Civil Defense also pledged to take their respective parts in the wildfire response.